Gold Coast designer Isabelle Quinn says TopShop jumper remarkably similar to one of her own

A Gold Coast fashionista has slammed a big brand fashion chain after noticing one of their latest lines bears a remarkable similarity to one of her designs.

A GOLD Coast fashion designer has described her disappointment after a massive UK chain put a jumper on sale bearing a remarkable similarity to one of her own designs.

Isabelle Quinn, the founder of a luxe fashion brand by the same name, said the mega store TopShop was selling a knit jumper eerily similar to a design she released last year.

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“Disappointed but not surprised,” said Ms Quinn, who has called for the large companies to quit taking inspiration from smaller brands that did not have the money to pursue them in court.

Ms Quinn this month shared a picture of the thick-knit top being sold at the Melbourne TopShop.

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Top Shop design, sold as the Moss Stitch Roll Neck Jumper.

Isabelle Quinn's Amira Roll Neck knit jumper released last season.

“I was in Melbourne and I just couldn’t believe it when I saw a jumper that was so similar in the window,” Ms Quinn said.

“I thought that was almost exactly identical from my winter collection last year.

“Not one thing was changed, even down to the stitching of the wool and the drop shoulder. “Everything.”

Ms Quinn, who has been working in the fashion industry for over four years, said she had seen such cases before.

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Top Shop design, sold as the Moss Stitch Roll Neck Jumper.

“I am quite a small store, but have been told apparently they have scouts that take and reuse the work of smaller designers,” Ms Quinn said.

“Not like I can afford to do anything about it. I have tried it before.”

Previously, Ms Quinn pursued a duplication of her designs for velvet dresses and pants which were copied by another designer, down to the colour.

“I spoke with a lawyer and they sent letters but there is only so far you can go.

“They know you can’t take them on in a legal battle.”

Speaking from her Mermaid Beach studio, Ms Quinn said she would be in contact with TopShop over the copy.

“I try to be different, being different it is very important to me. I work hard to have unique designs.

“Customers should be wary, if they want to support local designs be sure you aren’t buying a copy taken from elsewhere.”

Ms Quinn is not the first Gold Coast designer to challenge a major retailer.

In 2014, local label Peony Swimwear reported a number of its unique prints were being used by other major companies.

TopShop did not respond to requests for comment.