Inspiration to copycat to thief!?

Ok, ok, the title is a little dramatic but I wanted to touch on a subject that recently got me thinking a lot.  Maybe too much if I'm honest.


So, we all scour the internet, seeing wonderful things, oooohing and aaaaahing over clothes, things for our home, pieces of art, etc, etc.  But what happens if we see something we love and know that we can re-create it ourselves?


I have loved the 1960's fashion designer Ossie Clark for as long as I can remember and when I saw this stunning dress below on Pinterest recently, I instantly started to look for sewing patterns which then got me thinking about getting inspiration from somebody else's work to actually, well, copying it.


Has anyone else though about this?


For me, I guess it all depends what/who/why you are 're-creating' and how you actually go about it (I'm just talking about fashion). 


As it happens, I'm pretty sure no pattern for an Ossie Clark actually exists for mere mortals like myself but I do have some patterns that I can re-work and actually make something similar to the dress below and I know I will never have a spare thousand or so quid to buy myself an original piece (nor would I want to if I had the money to be honest).  So where do I go from here? 


...It's decided, I shall be making myself an Ossie Clark 'inspired' maxi dress designed by Pennycones ;)


I'm looking forward to making it actually.  Roll on the warmer weather!

The fabulous man himself with another one of his creations

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