[Not single-page] Tory Burch’s ex-husband Christopher Burch has a new fashion line called C. Wonder. But some in her circle wonder if it draws a little too much inspiration from her own brand:
“To Chris Burch, C. Wonder is the realization of a long-held dream to provide low-to-mid-price retail in a luxury setting. To Tory Burch, he might as well have erected a giant lacquered middle finger in the front window, directly facing the orange-lacquered doors of her eponymous store a few blocks away. ‘It’s a rip-off, Tory knows it, and everyone knows it,’ says someone we will refer to as a Friend of Tory. ‘The interior is blatantly plagiarized. Then there’s the snap bracelets. The wallets. The buttons … ’”
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