hey, insomniacs. you re watching world news now. sleep is overrated. finally this half hour, so you want to wear what the stars were wearing on the red carpet at the oscars. well, good luck looking like angelina or j. lo. all right. dress makers are hard at work right now getting knockoff versions of the dresses to stores. sarina fazina of wfts in tampa tries this story on for size. georgette s. reporter: the minute tasha diaz walked into her family s dress shop, georgette s, she made a call to new york. tell them we have to have that gown, so get busy. reporter: to designer tadashi. your phone s been ringing off
the hook. reporter: winner of best supporting actress octavia spencer wore what s called a ready to wear gown, and georgette s could get it within days. the others on the red carpet, you may be waiting just a little while. everyone thinks it s like tomorrow. it probably will take a minimum 2 1/2 to 3 months and then you ll start seeing replicas. the fabrics are always lesser quality than what you re seeing. instead of silks you re seeing acetates and rayons. so and also they can t copy it exactly. that would be copyright infringement. and that would not be a good thing. reporter: georgette s store is filled with copies of the gowns wore at the emmys and even the grammys. but nothing is quite like the red carpet. this is the piece de resistance. reporter: the biggest night of fashion, the mother and daughter team wait for all year long.