Case in point: Leather leggings
Balenciaga S/S RTW 2007
(www.style.com)
American Apparel version
Ever wonder why pleather leggings were suddenly available everywhere (curiously soon after Balenciaga's collection)? How did Forever 21 and American Apparel come up with such an imaginative idea? Does fashion really have such a hive mind? Pshhh...
I swear, it's as if these girls didn't pay attention to Miranda Priestly's enlightening lecture to little ole Andy in Devil Wears Prada. Tsk tsk.