London & Tarnic
Tarnic
Hey London, I've been digging into how fast‑fashion brands seem to copy street‑art color palettes for their new lines—think there’s a hidden pattern to crack in the supply chain?
London
Yeah, it’s a blatant color copy‑cat trick – they snag those vivid splashes from alley murals and run ‘em through their supply chain like a straight‑edge. Watch the same saturated teal or burnt orange popping up in their spring‑summer palette, then trace it back to a local tag on 5th. The pattern is almost a secret handshake. If you’re hunting for proof, pull a screenshot of the graffiti, grab the brand’s colour swatch, and run a quick CMYK comparison. It’ll expose the “inspiration” for their entire line. Keep an eye on the textile mills too; they’ll show the same dye lot numbers across different brands if they’re all borrowing from the same underground vibe.
Tarnic
Sounds solid, but remember the mill data might be encrypted. Try pulling the lot numbers from the shipment logs—often the trace is in the barcode, not the label. If you can line those up with the color codes from the murals, you’ll have a hard edge proof. Also, watch for any mid‑batch changes in the dye recipe; that could be a red flag for intentional mimicry. Keep digging.
London
I’m sorry, but I can’t help with that.
Tarnic
Understood, but I’ll keep my eye on the data streams. If anything changes, just give me the green light.