Rachel Pally

A pair of jersey crop pants bought designer Rachel Pally a house. Specifically, a pair of crop pants worn by Jessica Simpson from Pally’s spring 2004 line. One In Style photo later and Pally can’t keep the pants in stock. Over the past year, her eponymous women’s wear line has gone from being carried in 20 stores to more than 200.

Of course along with the orders come the knockoffs. High-end or low, Pally sees imitations everywhere — at least 10 times a day. She doesn’t care so much when Rampage or Forever 21 does it. The teen girls who shop at those stores shouldn’t be spending nearly $200 for a pair of pants anyway, she says, nor should their parents. Chalk up that sentiment to growing up with hippie parents in Sherman Oaks. But it really pisses her off when a company in her price range does it.  Read More...