Ces motifs sont présents sur des vêtements vendus par l'enseigne Zara. », « En règle générale, le combat féministe est celui qui me mobilise le plus. We are proud to use deadstock vintage and California made fabrics whenever possible at our sweatshop free sewing house in Los Angeles. I would also like to be compensated for my work.”, it's time to hold @ZARA accountable for stealing from independent creatives like @tuesdaybassen, me & so many others pic.twitter.com/4Poe9VgIZr. “While designers and buyers (like those on Zara’s teams) might be tapped into design trends and see how Tuesday Bassen’s work has become popular, the average Zara shopper is not.”, Update 4:40pm CT, July 20: A spokesperson for Zara’s parent company, Inditex, told BuzzFeed News, “Inditex respects any third party’s creativity and takes all claims concerning third party intellectual property rights very seriously. Bassen, an illustrator and designer, posted a side-by-side comparison of her pin designs next to Zara’s. Yesterday, Bassen posted a collage on her Instagram account, identifying the alleged copied designs, along with a letter that she explained she had received from Zara's … », Une étudiante pousse Zara à commercialiser des vêtements grandes taillesZara, H&M, Gap : pourquoi ne faites-vous jamais la même taille selon les marques ?Twitter : leur histoire d'amour est un conte de fées 2.0, Urban Essentials, la collection Mango qui réenchante l’arrivée de l’hiver, Remportez votre parure de lit Yves Delorme pour un automne en douceur, Une étudiante pousse Zara à commercialiser des vêtements grandes tailles. Adam J Kurtz, Bassen’s friend and a fellow designer, compiled an image comparing the work of 12 independent artists with near-identical products on Zara’s website – including his own. D'autant qu'ils revendent leurs copies moins cher que nos originaux », explique-t-elle. Bassen… Inditex's legal team is also in contact with Tuesday Bassen's lawyers to clarify and resolve the situation as swiftly as possible." EDIT: Some of you are asking how you can help. Zara is not the only company that has come under fire for supposedly stealing designs. Bassen was alerted to Zara’s copycatting by her substantial social media following and has since contacted the affordable-fashion empire through an attorney. « Vous savez quoi ? Sadly, Bassen isn't the only one who's been ripped off by Zara—other popular indie-artists like Adam J. Kurtz, Georgia Perry, Big Bud Press and more have also faced problems with the brand. This is for me and this is for every single artist that can't do anything. But the fashion house didn’t seem to factor in the power of the internet. © 2020 Le HuffPost SAS. I've been pretty quiet about this, until now. All Rights Reserved. — susiebubble (@susiebubble) June 9, 2014. “It absolutely hurts my business and waters down the brand I’ve slowly built based around my original artwork,” Bassen told the Daily Dot. In parallel, Inditex’s legal team also contacted Tuesday Bassen’s lawyers to clarify and resolve the situation. Le design de plusieurs pièces serait au cœur du problème. Many high street brands including Zara have come under fire in recent years for runway rip-offs. “I plan to pursue this further, even though they are trying to belittle and bully me.”. The company was accused of ripping off New York street artist Patrick Waldo in 2012, of indie fashion line Sibling in 2014, and even other major fashion houses like Celine, Alexander Wang, and Balmain. I had my lawyer contact Zara and they literally said I have no base because I'm an indie artist and they're a major corporation and that not enough people even know about me for it to matter. “It has an awful impact on the livelihood of an artist - this is how I support myself, and they are diluting my brand by literally stealing from me,” she added. Constant appropriation has become something of the norm according to fashion insiders, but many are frustrated by the business trend nonetheless. And it’s not just indie designers that the brand has faced off with: 2012 saw a landmark case between Zara and Louboutin, when Louboutin took the company to court for copying its trademark red soles. L'affaire Tuesday Bassen semble celle de trop pour ces jeunes artistes indépendants. When Tuesday Bassen, an LA-based independent artist, started to receive letters from fans asking if she worked in collaboration with Zara, she was understandably confused. Zara's UK profits drop sharply despite record sales, Zara founder to receive £1.1bn payout after record sales, Zara has The Item everyone wants – and at £59.99, it's a steal, Inditex: Spain's fashion powerhouse you've probably never heard of, Flower power at Zara helps Inditex profits bloom, Zara owner dismisses China slump fears as it reports 20% profit rise, Zara removes striped pyjamas with yellow star following online outrage. I don't want to have to burden any of you with the financial strain that comes with lawsuits. I don't want to have to burden any of you with the financial strain that comes with lawsuits. Spanish fast-fashion brand Zara, not for the first time, has been accused of ripping off another artist for the sake of its designs: this time, independent artist Tuesday Bassen. (2/2). The email detailed that other artists had been in touch with similar complaints, but that its customers and following did not compare to the global brand. However, a representative of Zara’s parent company, Inditex, told Buzzfeed that the company “respects any third party’s creativity and takes all claims concerning third party intellectual property rights very seriously”. Mary Emily O'Hara is an LGBTQ reporter. https://twitter.com/adamjk/status/755616203335405568, Companies like @zara make it a business plan to steal designs from indie artists & condescend when you want payment. Tuesday Bassen est une illustratrice californienne. Bassen has taken to Instagram to express her frustration towards Zara and explain the process behind trying to sue one of the world’s largest brands. Le géant espagnol semble particulièrement friand des badges imaginés par des illustrateurs basés aux États-Unis, au Canada mais aussi en France. She wrote on Instagram: “Over the past year, (Zara) has been copying my artwork (thanks to all that have tipped me off — it’s been a lot of you). Tthe "luxury" of spending $2k for a lawyer to write a letter (1/2), — Tuesday Bassen (@tuesdaybassen) July 20, 2016, is something most artists cannot afford. “You know what? Son espoir ? We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. Tuesday Bassen, une illustratrice californienne basée à Los Angeles accuse Zara d'avoir copié plusieurs de ses dessins. Kurtz tweeted about it on Wednesday: it's time to hold @ZARA accountable for stealing from independent creatives like @tuesdaybassen, me & so many others pic.twitter.com/4Poe9VgIZr, © 2020 Paste Media Group. He pointed out that Urban Outfitters has improved and now carries his work, Bassen’s and several other independent creators’. vendredi 22 juillet 2016 Zara s’est récemment fait accuser de plagiat en copiant le travail d’un illustrateur californien Tuesday Bassen. Comme d'autres artistes. Repost and tag them, on Twitter, on Insta, on Facebook. Juliette Mallet, la jeune créatrice de Coucou Suzette, est l'une des victimes de Zara, mais aussi, souligne-t-elle, de Stradivarius, Bershka, Mango et Pull & Bear (photos à l'appui). https://www.dailydot.com/irl/tuesday-bassen-indie-designer-zara-theft Her popular logo “mixed emotions club,” emblazoned across the back of a satin baseball jacket, as well as pins and patches, has become a sort of coveted alt-girl version of the Birkin bag. Bassen espère pouvoir continuer les poursuites mais fait remarquer que les coûts commencent à être importants pour elle face au géant du prêt-à-porter. Repost and tag them, on Twitter, on Insta, on Facebook. Her clients include Lucky Peach, Playboy, The New Yorker, United Nations, Nike, Adidas, and more. . “It’s David versus Goliath the whole way,” he said. Over the past year, @zara has been copying my artwork (thanks to all that have tipped me off–it's been a lot of you). L'avocat rappelle aussi que 98 millions de personnes consultent le site internet de Zara à travers la planète ce qui ramène à peu de choses les remarques des internautes ayant alerté l'illustratrice de ces ressemblances. It’s unfair that I’ve had to spend $2,000 defending something that is rightfully mine, just to get a dismissive and condescending letter.”. Don’t they have, like, hundreds of people working for them who can come up with original ideas? “When you’re doing this on nights and weekends or you’re trying to make this full-time creative thing work – which is a huge scary risk – it’s extremely disheartening,” Kurtz said of repeated creative theft.