When I came across this Liliane Romi white evening gown in a magazine from 1987, my immediate thought was, "I've seen that dress before." And I knew exactly where. The image at the left, by George Hoyningen-Huene was featured on my blog back in February of 2009. He photographed the white gown for Bergdorf Goodman in 1940.My question is, where do you draw the line between a design being a copy or simply an inspiration? Romi had to have been staring right at this Hoyningen-Huene image when she designed these gowns in 1987. And, while they're not line for line copies, they surely are close. I wouldn't call her work original.....
....would you?
