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TEA TIME: The Update You’ve Been Waiting For

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TEA TIME: The Update You’ve Been Waiting For Hey guys! A few months ago, I told you how I found out that Nordstrom Rack was selling a straight up dupe of my patented Pirouette Skort. Get ready, it’s tea time. First, let’s recap what happened.   Basically I found out about the dupe, which is by a brand called Gottex. I sent a cease and desist because wellllll my design is PATENTED and they responded with a threat to sue ME. So I posted a video about it. I gave them a chance to fix it. I gave them an easy out. I told Nordstrom, “Hey, let’s turn this into an ‘enemies to lovers’ arc.” All they had to do was reach out and get the real thing in their stores. It would’ve been a win for everyone… a PR win for them, a victory for me, and a win for YOU because you’d get to shop one of our favorite things in-store! But instead, nothing happened. Months went by with no resolution and no one getting back to me. I was tossed around like a hot potato between lawyers, retailers, and manufacturers. Like if they gave me the run around I would just… go away? The disrespect. The GASLIGHTING.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Cassey Ho (@blogilates) SHOP THE REAL PIROUETTE SKORT Time to speak up. We all know I wasn’t going away without a fight. After I shared the truth about the Nordstrom dupe with you all, things took a turn. News outlets picked up the story and you started showing me receipts! Turns out Nordstrom Rack isn’t the only one selling this skort, but also TJ Maxx, Marshalls, and Beals. Why didn’t I know about these other stores earlier? Something didn’t add up. Shady much? And how convenient that THIS is when the lawyers finally decided that they had time to respond. Only instead of apologizing or trying to work with me, things got worse. The lawyer literally said, “We request that your client remove all defamatory remarks.” Excuse me? Defamation? I’m just stating the facts. They took my design, and I’m calling them out. A Pirouette dupe at TJMaxx! How can they copy it down the the color that went viral after the Taylor Swift ICDIWABH music video and just pretend like it’s their own original design? No.   This should speak for itself. The NDA. After we finally had people talking to us, I proposed a settlement to simply end the madness. Just pay me a fair royalty, stop selling the dupe, and we’re done here. But no. THEY CAME BACK WITH AN NDA. And not just any NDA… this one said I could NOT talk about the situation on ANY platform. Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube… they were very specific. And if I did post about it… they would fine me $250,000. Umm excuse me?! Hard no. I’m not signing their NDA. I won’t be silenced and you cannot buy me.  In fact, I’m going to keep talking about this because truth is on my side, and I’ll NEVER be bullied into silence. Nice try though. SHOP THE REAL PIROUETTE SKORT   Here’s how you can help First of all, your support is everything! I cannot express how grateful I am for your kind words and just the way you have my back! If you’re wondering how you can help, keep spreading the word about what’s happening! Like and share my videos and leave comments! More engagement tells the algorithm to show the video to more people. We must show Nordstrom and other big corporations that may be watching that small businesses are DONE being silenced. Hey guys! A few months ago, I told you how I found out that Nordstrom Rack was selling a straight up dupe of my patented Pirouette Skort. Get ready, it’s… Cassey{authorlink}https://www.blogilates.com/blog/nordstrom-gottex-popflex-dupe-update/Blogilates The official blog of Cassey Ho https://i0.wp.com/www.blogilates.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/fav-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1

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The Trickle Down Effect of Celebrity Influence on Fashion Trends

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The Trickle Down Effect of Celebrity Influence on Fashion Trends The trickle down is trickling. Once and for all, I want to tell you the story of the POPFLEX Pirouette Skort and what had to happen in order for me to be in the situation I am today, with dupes all over the internet and dupes being sold at multibillion dollar corporate giants such as Nordstrom, TJMaxx, Marshalls, JCPenney, and Kohl’s. SHARE THIS POST   If you’re wondering how you can help me fight back, you can go to my IG and share my post! These companies want to ignore small business owners like me. To silence us. But enough is enough and its time to get LOUD about what they’re doing, which is stealing. As always, thank you so much for being here. The trickle down is trickling. Once and for all, I want to tell you the story of the POPFLEX Pirouette Skort and what had to happen in order for me… Cassey{authorlink}https://www.blogilates.com/blog/celebrity-influence-on-fashion-trends/Blogilates The official blog of Cassey Ho https://i0.wp.com/www.blogilates.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/fav-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1

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One of the largest retailers in America is trying to silence me

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One of the largest retailers in America is trying to silence me One of the largest corporations and retailers in America is not only selling a dupe of my patented Pirouette Skort design, but they also threatened to SUE ME for speaking up about it. Yeah. When I sent a cease and desist to stop selling the dupe, that’s the response I received from their legal team. On my birthday, btw. Here’s the dupe, the “Tutu Skort” by a brand called Gottex. I mean, they even had ZERO SHAME making the exact same color as my lilac Pirouette that went viral after Taylor Swift wore it. The other two color options are also exact copies of POPFLEX colors. Did they not think anyone would notice? Or do they just know they’re the big fish and bet on me doing nothing about it? Prob the latter. Nordstrom is worth 4 billion dollars. They have 54,000 employees and 351 stores in the US. But they chose to infringe on my patent instead of oh…idk… WORK WITH ME?! SHOP PIROUETTE SKORT Fun fact: I was granted the patent for this skort (my very first design patent!) on my birthday last year! The application process takes a lot of time and effort, which is one reason why they are not always an option for small businesses. And as you can see, a patent doesn’t always deter a big corporation from stealing a design. Sadly, my story is nothing new. Corporate America is full of twisted greed, where big corporations steal an independent designer’s creation and make money off of the product while the original designer goes unpaid. Instead, they pay their lawyers to gaslight and threaten to sue anyone who tries to fight back. But nah. That’s not how I do business.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Cassey Ho (@blogilates)   Nordstrom and Gottex Studio are treating me like an annoying little insect they can squash at any moment with their big bully corporate dollars. Well guess what? Corporations are run on money from the consumer – YOUR HARD EARNED DOLLARS. Without your money, they have nothing. I can’t believe they don’t understand that?? WELL LET’S MAKE THEM UNDERSTAND. I need your help to share this video and EXPOSE Nordstrom and Gottex Studio. It’s time we all stand up to the big corporations that walk all over small businesses like mine. This is happening too often to people who pour their souls into their creations but cannot afford the money, energy, and time it takes to fight back. I tried to keep this classy and private but unfortunately their behavior left me with no choice but to make this a very public matter. One of the largest corporations and retailers in America is not only selling a dupe of my patented Pirouette Skort design, but they also threatened to SUE ME for speaking… Cassey{authorlink}https://www.blogilates.com/blog/popflex-nordstrom-rack-dupe/Blogilates The official blog of Cassey Ho https://i0.wp.com/www.blogilates.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/fav-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1

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