I received the following email from an eBay member:
I’m searching for a latex version of snow whites dress, and found one here on Ebay. It is from the seller XXXXX [seller name deleted due to their practice of selling knock-offs from other designers]. However, I’ve read some in the comments and one single bad comment from someone who happened to have bought just a snow white dress.
According to her it is a very bad rip-off. So I did some googeling and found your blogg.
There I read that XXXXX is some kind of rippoff from other well know manufacturers.
I’d really like to have that snow white dress, and you seem to know quite a lot concerning latex.
Do you happen to know who the “real” manufacturer is?
So, my eagle-eyed latex experts: who is the actual designer?
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Why that be the work of a Mr Harald Wilfer, master creator of all things rubbery! check out HW DESIGN
I saw yet another set of rip off designs from them that they were advertising on you tube from syren and the silk spectre outfit they had copied. I have cretainly wrote to them and told them what I think of them!!
It was originally made by HW-Design, Austria.
Bye,
Feenz
http://www.hwdesign.at
Color me wrong, but I do believe that is Jean Bardot in the photo.
http://shop.fetish-live.com/snow-white-dress-with-corset-p-712.html
Yes I would agree HW-Design, but I think a much better job could be done. Google Snow White and you will see a much nicer version in velvet (Girl under tree) and I think with a little work this kind of authenticity could be attained. Heavier latex for the puffed sleeves with inserts and fitted corset body, and slightly lighter weight latex for the skirt.
Didn’t HW Design copy it off Disney originally though?
It’s a pity too see such rip offs being on sale on eBay, but these items I foubd here is probably even worse, http://triangle.en.alibaba.com/search/product?IndexArea=product_en&SearchText=Latex clothes
It starts to be important for the EU/US manufacturers of premium latex to protect their image and brand names. I guess this is only the beginning and we will soon see more rip off’s on the shelfs in Europe as well.
anders
Thanks a bunch! Strange I couldn’t find it through google…
I simply hate rip off’s. I knocked into a chinese company, and after ½ years research we found out that it was a rip off company. After this, I am clapping in my hands, that I haven’t bought anything from them, as I many times were very interested in some of their things. It showed up, that the pictures they use in their catalogs is from demask, and other brands. So watch out – do not buy from China Catfish Latex Factory – although they promise you a lot, its a rip off.
/Michelle
Greeting to all,
Well by reading these post they tell me one thing and one thing only that if you want the best you have to purchase from the best so people why buy junk latex when you have makers like HW, Demask,Libidex and more that are located in the UK & Europe and they know how to make latex garments, I live in Canada and purchase from Demask & Libidex I think that when you have the best you sometimes forget how lucky to have the best in your backyard and get tricked in thinking that you do not and start looking in the incorrect direction.This is a saying I go by and all should right it down
THE BITTERNESS OF POOR QUALITY LAST FAR LONGER THAN THE SWEETNESS OF A LOWER PRICE.
This speaks for itself and I will be going to UK & Europe to take in the best and to live there for sure!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So it’s OK for a good latex company to rip off the design of another big company, but it’s not OK for a chinese company to rip off a rip off? What a strange world we live in.
It’s OK to be inspired and develop your own idea… It’s NOT OK to copy latex designs from other and shit on photographer/model rights!
To the coward in question,
First good latex makers do not steal latex photos from other good latex makers and show them on rip off latex makers websites.
As for designs it is like the fashion industries all fair who ever makes it but they make it who ever the maker is, got me so far coward,
Now go to catfishlatex website there you will see model Susan Wayland is she not a German model or does she part time it in China?
Coward all photos on the best makers websites are copy right and in latex court it is breaking the law also it is misleading the buyer as false advertising another law broken. So rip off makers show the buyers what you can really make and stop using top of the line latex makers garment photos.
Got the point coward I have more to add but this should make you think I HOPE if not get out of latex and get into spandex we in latex do not need you
My point was about the design of the garment, the ripoff of the photograph is a different issue, and shouldn’t happen.