>Beautiful visually...but there is a certain stink to them. What
>do I mean by that? Simply this--if you or I were to make shoes
>of identical visual beauty and sell them at a price reflecting their
>cost the Gucci people would--successfully--move heaven and earth
>to have us locked up for the "crime" of stealing intellectual property.
Exact copies with a forged Gucci label, yes, but knockoffs are universal in the fashion world.
Doug