about freakin time.

FINALLY!

After probably about a thousand direct rip offs of other people's designs, scam artist Steve Madden is getting sued for his latest copy.

These two shoes may look the exact same, but one is an original design made with quality materials and one is a terrible impostor.

The one on the left is Alexander McQueen's Faithful bootie, which he designed to inspire the look of a motorcycle jacket. The one on the right is Steve Madden's copy that he refuses to stop selling, even after threatened with a lawsuit.

McQueen has had enough, and filed suit on October 1 against the copy of his design, according to WWD. I really hope he wins. I get personally offended when I see these shoes in the windows or on the shelves of my store.

Um hi, use your brain and be a designer...which means actually designing and not stealing other people's hard work. K, thanks.

Photo by Steve Madden and Alexander McQueen, via The Cut.

so, size 12 is unacceptable?

Obviously, this story is a little closer to my heart.

In a world that completely revolves around the superficial, it comes as no surprise that when someone tries to go against the stereotypical, size 2-perfect body-completely flawless, something dramatic must ensue.

This week at London Fashion Week, designer Mark Fast did just that.

In his Spring 2010 ready to wear show, he cast three models ranging from size 12 to 14 to walk down his runway in the new designs. But some people, apparently including some audience members and people working on Fast's team, were not so comfortable with the idea of--gasp--a non-size two girl taking part in the show.

According to an article from the BBC in London, Amanda May, Fast's managing director, walked out of the show completely because of the casting, citing that there were "creative differences with regards to the casting of those girls."

Also, according to Fashionista, another stylist backstage was so rude to the girls that she was asked to leave and not come back.

The beautiful model in the picture is Hayley Morley, one of the size 12 models that caused this alleged controversy last Sunday at Mark Fast's show. Personally, I'm a size 12 and I don't look nearly that good.

Now, that being said, I could turn this post into a rant about how superficial and ridiculous it is that a gorgeous girl that looks like that raises such hell. Or how ridiculously scared I am to attempt to enter such a world where extra pounds makes me an undesirable candidate for anything, despite my skills or personality. Or how I have always loved fashion and consider myself fairly knowledgeable on the subject, but could be written off at sheer glance due to the tiny number printed on the inside of my pants label.

But I won't. I will give my sheer amount of adoring praise to Hayley and the girls that had the courage to walk where most girls my size would not walk before. And challenge people to challenge their ideals and principles and superficiality.

Sorry for the serious rant. Yay fashion week. Boo bitchy people.