There’s a whole lot of buzz going on right now on twitter. @urbanoutfitters is trending and not in a good way.
Apparently Urban Outfitters messed up two fold.
1. They ripped off designs from a small etsy artist http://imakeshinythings.tumblr.com/post/5855716317/not-cool-urban-outfitters-not-cool
2. The president of the company is against gay marriage.
My opinions will defiantly not be popular ones but they were too long to tweet in 140 characters which is why this is a blog post for today.
In regards to no.1
Urban Outfitters

vs.
Independent Etsy Artist United/World of Love line
I agree this is not cool, but it happens all the time. Some thing hip and trendy gets popular enough and moves into the mainstream market. I see this all the time at Forever 21. Every accessory they have in there store reminds me of a cheap china knock off of something lovely and handmade from etsy. I’ve also just recently saw this state love concept on Tip Junky from lollyjane’s blog post .










