Get up babe, Anya Taylor-Pleasure is on the middle of a trend scandal! Maintain on, that was dramatic. It’s extra like tea. Piping scorching, in case you ask me. So earlier this week, Taylor-Pleasure attended the Los Angeles premiere of Apple TV+’s The George carrying a whimsical white mini gown from Christian Dior. The dainty little frock featured wing-like particulars, which Taylor-Pleasure flexed for photographers. In the event you didn’t know, Taylor-Pleasure, a Dior ambassador, is thought for experimental seems to be. She favors clothes that characteristic assertion components like daring textures or wild silhouettes. (I’m nonetheless not over the hooded cape she wore on the Dune pink carpet final yr, a nod to her character within the sequel.) Anyway, whereas I used to be basking within the outfit’s glory, dressmaker Jeremy Scott was on Instagram calling out Dior for allegedly copying him.
Scott—who has designed for Moschino, Adidas, Longchamp, Christian Louboutin, and his personal namesake label—shared a collection of posts by way of Instagram evaluating Taylor-Pleasure’s look to a gown from his spring/summer season 1998 assortment. Like Taylor-Pleasure’s mini, Scott’s look included a strapless bodice and pleated wings. “Anya Taylor-Pleasure in a model of my gown by Dior,” Scott wrote alongside a snap of the actress, tagging her and Dior. He then shared a photograph of his design on the 1998 runway and a snap of it on show on the Nerman Museum of Modern Artwork. Taylor-Pleasure and Dior haven’t but responded to the claims.
Whereas we will’t deny the similarities, fashionistas are having a tough time siding with Scott. “Sure, they could have stolen his design BUT pls Jeremy Scott is the final particular person on earth to be speaking about stolen design,” a social media person shared by way of X. Within the thread of the message, the social media person accused Scott of taking *shut* inspiration from Schiaparelli beneath Daniel Roseberry in 2022. In facet by facet photographs, the fan argued that Scott copied Schiaparelli’s daring ethos by way of gold floral elaborations and different nature-like designs. “That man actually has devoted collections made with stolen ideas from begin to end,” the social media person asserted.
Though we perceive and may empathize with each side, that is nothing new. It’s fairly regular for prime trend manufacturers to take inspiration from different main trend homes. Following the highly-coveted Dior e book tote, Prada launched the Symbole, and Versace gave us the Athena. All comparable in construction and magnificence. That’s trend, of us.
