Ivanka Trump Denies copying Derek Lam

Though she’s only been in the shoe game a couple of years, Ivanka Trump has stepped on some pretty big toes, lately she received a cease-and-desist letter from Derek Lam, who claims one of her designs is an exact replica of his. “We have seen very similar copies before but we have never seen a shoe that perfectly copied,” Jan-Hendrik Schlottmann, chief executive officer of Derek Lam. The shoe in question, a $150 Cadie wedge from the Ivanka Trump Footwear Collection, is said to be knock-off of Lam’s $780 

But Marc Fisher Footwear, the collection’s distributor, strongly denies the claims.

Derek Lam's sandal (left) and Ivanka Trump's (right): twins!

“The Lam wedge sandals are of a popular design type that has been used by numerous manufacturers for many decades,” the company says in a statement. “There is nothing iconic about the appearance of the Lam sandal.”

As for Lam’s lawyer’s insistence that Trump’s Cadie wedge “mimic each unique design detail,” the licensee says there are discernible differences. “The Ivanka Trump sandals prominently display the Ivanka Trump name, and there can be no confusion as to the source of the Ivanka Trump sandals.”

Lam has reportedly given Trump seven business days to pull the shoe off the market.


The designs are twins as you can see,  I agree with Ivanka's lawyer above... but also I sympathize with Derek, and many designers who work their A... off creating designs and struggling for many years to be recognized, while Celebs like Ivanka Trump and many others are making it over night! regardless if they copying others or not!