So “the man” made the dress?
I suppose if it is in a shop window then it has probably passed through a few hands and money is being distributed largely to go-betweens who do nothing AND taxed by “the man” … but still… Someone made that dress and is probably being deprived some amount of cash by it not being sold.
It’s a vintage store, presumably in the common resale/antiques niche. That dress in particular is HIGHLY unlikely to have been given first-run in such a store and have remained unsold that entire time. After the time between the end customer purchasing an item and reselling it somewhere, unless (under certain common circumstances) it was returned, the originator no longer recieves money for further sales. That’s why major video game companies are so intent on reducing resalability; they don’t get any money from the resale market (outside of stores owned by the companies or with company agreements), only the retail market.
TL;DR: There’s a TINY chance that the dressmaker/designer will get a bit of payment, but it’s VERY near a 100% chance that the only people being fiscally harmed by such a theft are the shop’s owners.
So “the man” made the dress?
I suppose if it is in a shop window then it has probably passed through a few hands and money is being distributed largely to go-betweens who do nothing AND taxed by “the man” … but still… Someone made that dress and is probably being deprived some amount of cash by it not being sold.
It’s a vintage store, presumably in the common resale/antiques niche. That dress in particular is HIGHLY unlikely to have been given first-run in such a store and have remained unsold that entire time. After the time between the end customer purchasing an item and reselling it somewhere, unless (under certain common circumstances) it was returned, the originator no longer recieves money for further sales. That’s why major video game companies are so intent on reducing resalability; they don’t get any money from the resale market (outside of stores owned by the companies or with company agreements), only the retail market.
TL;DR: There’s a TINY chance that the dressmaker/designer will get a bit of payment, but it’s VERY near a 100% chance that the only people being fiscally harmed by such a theft are the shop’s owners.
Especially since they closed in 1971, and the owner/founder died in 1976. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainbocher