Monday, August 23, 2010
The European brand E-Label has recently accused Beyonce of stealing their designs for her line House of Dereon. The owners specifically point to a pair of leggings, (pictured above) which they say look eerily similar to the the pair of 'Heavy Metal' leggings from their Fall/Winter 2010 Collection (pictured below).
The 'Single Ladies' songstress allegedly bought the E-Label leggings from the London store Topshop on a recent trip to England.
One of the labels' owners, Heba Hallgrimsdottir made a statement addressing the incident:
"This is naturally huge and I am still half in shock. I didn't [recognize] straight away that this was her own label: I just thought she was wearing our leggings. It is practically just copy/paste...I have only just heard about this and no decision has yet been taken. We need to inspect her brand's trousers closer because, according to law, it is not copied if a certain number of things have been changed from the original design."
Source: Black Voices