About a month ago I wrote about Rachel Kane, the girl who runs WTForever21, a blog that pokes fun at Forever 21′s often ridiculous clothing. Forever 21 had contacted her, demanding she take her site down before they press legal charges, and I was pretty sure she would have to do it because of Forever 21′s monstrous legal department and capabilities. It was pretty much a huge infringement on her First Amendment rights.
BUT. This awesome girl totally stood up to Forever 21, hired lawyers and is back in action!
She posted her first post-hiatus entry on Tuesday. Here’s what it said:
Dear Lovers of Gnarly Fashion:
After two legally baseless cease-and-desist letters from Forever 21, two painstakingly researched responses, and zero substantive replies from Forever 21′s legal team, I have no choice but to interpret the company’s non-responsiveness as an admission that my blog, WTForever21.com, does not infringe any of Forever 21′s rights.
Through my attorneys, Charles Colman of Charles Colman Law, PLLC, and Scott Burroughs of the Doniger/Burroughs Law Firm, I recently imposed my own deadline on Forever 21 which the company has failed to meet. My attorneys and I will not permit Forever 21 to use silence as a strategic tool or intimidation tactic, particularly when the company stood idly by for over a year as I blogged about their design disasters.
As such, please enjoy today’s long-overdue offering of WTFashions. This is a dark defeat for MC Hammer pants, floral jumpsuits and blinged out mini hats, but a joyous triumph for those who like to make fun of them. Which is pretty much anyone with eyes.
With love and lulz,
Rachel
I love this! Power to the little guy. Rachel, you rock. Check out the site, now back in action, here and get your head shaking on.
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i hate forever 21 too!
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lolololol funny blog
daffodil / 1579 posts
I’m glad she’s fighting back!
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awesome!
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coolness. I’ll never buy anything from them.
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lol i love f21 but they really do sell some hideous clothes that make me think “who would seriously wear this?”
magnolia / 1369 posts
I wonder if she’d get upset if I made a site called wtfrachelkane and just bashed her reputation?
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Haha, aaaaawesooome. Her site is really funny, I would have missed it.
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@xxx_MYLiFE@xanga - Ugh I always thought I was the only one. I will never buy any of their stuff.
daisy / 568 posts
@MangoWOW@xanga - word.
sunflower / 342 posts
LOL how sad.
xo’
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there aren’t any advertisements on that site to make money like perezhilton does, so is she trying to protest the clothes and run them out of business:D doesn’t seem like it is happening anytime soon.
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I think more girls that shop at Forever21 need to read that blog.
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NICE.
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I only go to f21 to buy a cheap dress for a party or something to go clubbing with. Although, I’m very pleased with the skinny jeans and shorts so far.
They do have hideous clothing, but there’s some cute stuff too. So, why hate?
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wait, I’m confused. first, I love forever21. and second, if you don’t, why would you create a website just to make fun of them?? I mean, I like to make fun of things sometimes too but I don’t create a website and be rude about it. really??
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I honestly love shopping at forever21. Not gonna lie about it. That said…they do sell some pretty hideous stuff sometimes.
tulip / 22 posts
@MangoWOW@xanga - WTF are you serious? that is not at all what she is doing.
magnolia / 1369 posts
@deathcantholdme@xanga - She created a site poking fun at some of their outfits. Thats exactly what it is. That is all.
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Same here, I like Forever21 myself but I have to agree, some of their clothes are definitely WTF worthy.
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Hahahah it’s a funny blog. I am guilty of shopping there though. I do love a lot of their clothes D: I do agree that some are just… WTF worthy.
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I happen to like forever21..and dont find their clothing all that ridiculous…but the one thing i do have a problem with is them pushing religion on us the “john 3:16″ on every bag, and how poorly they treat their employees. forever21 also steals designs for their graphic t-shirts…rachel should blog about that!
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Congratulations? I guess?