Sad news for Cashmere Mafia fans…the show has been cancelled. It showed a strong following at first, with 10.7 million viewers watching its pilot episode, but it dwindled down to 4.7 million viewers for its finale. Lipstick Jungle had more consistent ratings through its season, and 6.7 million viewers tuned in to its finale.

So, why did Lipstick Jungle survive? Personally, I think it had a better script, letting the drama build through the season instead of hitting viewers with it in the first two episodes a la Cashmere. But, the fashion was better on Cashmere, even when they put a belt or two on every character. Maybe it was cancelled due to belt overload – I know I found it annoying.

Last night’s show tackled a big fashion issue as of late – copying designs. But it wasn’t a fairly simple situation of Forever 21 knocking off Victory’s designs. That’d be too easy. Turns out one of Victory’s former employees sold her sketches to a big-name designer, Richard Bragini. Since Victory didn’t have her sketches of the various dresses – a red, strapless sweetheart necklined number with a burgundy sash, a strapless, white lace number, a silverish-purple printed dress – anymore, because they were sold to Richard, she couldn’t do anything about it. But, this is based on a Candace Bushnell novel, so of course the next morning a wealthy investor stops by looking to invest in Victory’s label because his girlfriend loved one of her dresses. Good things always happen right after setbacks, right? So life is looking up for Victory, and her wardrobe is staying consistently fabulous – textured fabrics, bright colors, short, strapless dresses and bubble hems. I’m not trying to shortchange Wendy and Nico here, but the most interesting fashion dynamics happen to Victory because, well, she is a fashion designer.