French Designer Wants to Copyright Indigenous Mexican Design
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Designer Isabel Marant is reportedly looking to copyright a design that is native to Oaxaca and force the state's residents to pay fees in order to sell it, according to Vogue UK. Marant was met with accusations of plagiarism over the embroidered blouses, which were a part of her spring/summer 2015 collection, earlier this year and in court admitted that the designs originated from Oaxaca.
However, the media in Mexico is now reporting that Marant is looking to copyright the design for herself. "Oaxacan designs were kidnapped a few months ago by French fashion designer Isabel Marant and Antik Batik, which began a lawsuit to claim the copyright of textile design originating in indigenous Mixe of Oaxaca," , according to Revolución 3.0
This source says that she denies making the patent. But still those designs are a literal copy-paste, she is not a DESIGNER. theres no creativity in this..
I mean, the Mexican govern sold the image of La Virgen de Gualupe for 2400 mxn(roughly 180$ usd) so I'm not surprised if they are involved in this somehow
I mean, the Mexican govern sold the image of La Virgen de Gualupe for 2400 mxn(roughly 180$ usd) so I'm not surprised if they are involved in this somehow
that's a mess
