Nina Proudman - Where to buy the white top

The Season 4 teasers show Nina in a white shirt by Alice McCall.

She is wearing it open at the front. 

The top has bell sleeves & an open embroidered feature on both the front & the back yokes.

The shirt is a previous seasons model and is no longer available in stores (unless you can find old stock). 

However you can find similar styles in surf & jean stores as these stores cultivate the prarie/boho look that this shirt exhibits.

It is also worth exploring other seasons' designs in Alice McCall as designers often repeat features of their collections, these features becoming almost a trademark look as to their brand's style. 

So here are some options I have come up with:

Option #1:

A Wrangler top with a lace pattern on the yoke at the front & back. $100

http://www.wrangler.com.au/website/Womens_5/Spring__Summer_2012_g/Collection_E/Tops__Shirts_W/LACE_INSERT_BLOUSE/WHITE_1d/default.aspx

Its also available in black & the photo of the front was only shown in the black version.

Option #2:

A Target Free Fusion shirt with a lace yoke. $35
Wear it open like Nina. 

http://shop.target.com.au/p/free-fusion-tie-front-lace-yoke-sleeveless-shirt-white/P53251282

Option 3:

Wrangler "Dawn" white shirt $100

http://www.wrangler.com.au/website/Womens_5/Autumn__Winter_2013_E/Collection_V/Tops_r/Dawn_Shirt/White_4/default.aspx

This shirt has no lace, but its got that whole boho feel happening with its batwing sleeves. Roll up the sleeves & wear the front open like Nina. 

Option 4:

Witchery Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation white shirt $150
(all proceeds go to ovarian cancer research) 

http://www.witchery.com.au/her/ocrf-white-shirts/ocrf-lace-shirt-1?color=IVORY

You can achieve a Nina look by leaving this open, roll up the sleeves, add a long scarf & off you go.

Option 5:

Alice Mccall "Talking About" top, $135 from $260

http://www.alicemccall.com/shop/item/talking-about-top-lilac-snow-pre-order

This top is a pale lavendar, sheer with a small pindot lace.
I can see Nina wearing it even though it doesnt have a button front. 

The top's vee neck is a perfect foil for a long boho scarf.

Option 6:
Alice McCall "Alfons" blouse, original $229, now sold out

I'd be checking ebay, etsy etc for this.

Option 7:

Alice McCall swing top, button front from the autumn/winter runway of 2012.

OK, so I cheated - this one is sold out too.
But hopefully you get the drift of the style to look for.

See anything you like?
Which top would Dr Patrick like best?

Alice McCall inspired by Stella McCartney - again & again

A bit disappointed at another case of "inspired by" and a bad one at that (IMO).

Have a look at a couple of the Alice McCall looks at the recent Mercedes Benz Australian Fashion Week for SS 2012/2013.

 

 
My verdict (apart from the Heidi from the mountain top hair), is "quite lovely" and as far as I can recall, pretty original.

Now look at the next two looks:

 

 

Do you notice some similarities with the following:

Stella McCartney SS 2012

and some of the detail.....

& look at Stella McCartney AW 2011

& some famous girls wearing it...

IMO, the Alice McCall versions have been too closely "inspired by" the Stella collections.....in particular, zoom in on -

1. the dotted mesh

2. the mesh

3. the curly lace joining the opaque to the mesh

The whole thing is just too close for comfort IMO.

What do you think?

Before reaching any harsh conclusions (who me?), I decided to do some more sleuthing.....

take a look at Alice McCall SS 2011/2012...

 

Now take a look at Stella McCartney SS2011

Alice has taken the embroidery from Stella & used it for other items too. She has also done a poet's blouse with the embroidery which looks like a Stella poet's blouse from about four years ago - but I wont go there on grounds my blood pressure is starting to rise...hahaha

I'd lay money that the Alice version doesnt have a scalloped back on the basis that it would have cost too much....notice also the Alice version isnt scalloped on the hem - again, probably cost driven - but the Stella original is gorgeous & worth every cent.

Here is Naomi Watts wearing it at the Stella SS 2011 launch......

Do you think this sort of "inspired by" is acceptable for an Australian designer who has been in the game for over 10 years?

PS: FYI - I have another post immediately following of a high street chain that has been inspired by the Stella McCartney AW 2011 collection above.....