What Happened When Chinese Students Ripped Off An Entire Victoria’s Secret Show…
"Good artists copy, great artists steal".
Cover image via Huffington PostChina is known for their ability to copy anything and make it their own. From fast food restaurants…
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… to entire cities. China has been there, done that.
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But did you know that the Chinese ripped off an entire Victoria's Secret fashion show three years ago?
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In 2012, students from the Chengdu University Of Technology decided to stage their own fashion show for their graduation ceremony…
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… And according to a university representative, all the clothing and lingerie were "designed" by the school's students
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But don't you think they look like they were wearing props and lingerie from the Victoria's Secret fashion show?
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Although they looked like they were copied to the tee, there were some differences…
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For example, this Chinese version conveniently left out the "VS" initials on the lingerie
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While this one had a different pair of shoes on
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On the left, the "Mickey Mouse" wings look elegant and dreamy, while the knockoff version was quite a mess
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They tried really hard to make this work, but the students weren't nailing the forest look
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You can see that the copies need a lot of improvement
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They never came close to the original
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It must have taken a whole lot of time and effort to create these replicas and send them down the runway – why didn't they just create original masterpieces?
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