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House of Deréon Accused Of Stealing Design

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August 2010

In her new promotional campaign for the Dereon 2010 Fall collection, R&B singer Beyonce is seen photographed in leggings which look extremely similar to leggings from Iceland’s E-label.

“This is naturally huge and I am still half in shock. I didn’t twig straight away that this was her own label: I just thought she was wearing our leggings. It is practically just copy/paste,” says Heba Hallgrimsdottir, one of the owners of E-label.

The designer of the black studded with metal spikes leggings, Asgrimur Mar Fridriksson, confirmed that Beyonce purchased the exact pair from their E-label brand at a branch of Topshop in London last November, stating it is a very “strange coincidence.”

As to a lawsuit, Heba said her company needs to do more due diligence before going forward.

“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,” Heba said.

She added that Beyonce’s E-label leggings were bought from the Edit section of Topshop, which sell designs from little-known labels.

Heba also states that E-label has not copyrighted its design, but believes that widespread media coverage of Beyonce’s purchase last November, both in Iceland and overseas, would be evidence enough to prove plagiarism – if E-label eventually decides that the new design was indeed copied from their own.

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Reply #1 posted 08/19/10 5:43pm

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Beyonce jacking someone else's work and presenting it to the world as her own creation... LIES, ALL LIES! hmph!

[Edited 8/19/10 17:44pm]

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Reply #2 posted 08/19/10 6:21pm

Harlepolis

Might as well lol

It wouldn't a TRUE work from the Black Addams family if it weren't stolen from somebody, be it so-called music or fashion line.

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Reply #3 posted 08/19/10 6:44pm

BklynBabe

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I wouldn't be caught dead in neither one of those ugly pants. hmph!

(I'm still eyeing those boots tho!)

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Reply #4 posted 08/19/10 11:01pm

missmad

therevolutionwillnotbe said:

Beyonce jacking someone else's work and presenting it to the world as her own creation... LIES, ALL LIES! hmph!

[Edited 8/19/10 17:44pm]

ahhahahahah lol

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Reply #5 posted 08/19/10 11:03pm

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Who would want to tell someone that was their design.....and that it was House of Dereon's kind of standards? lol

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Reply #6 posted 08/20/10 4:21am

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bboy87 said:

Who would want to tell someone that was their design.....and that it was House of Dereon's kind of standards? lol

lol

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