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Delhi-Based Brand Accuses Christian Dior Of Plagiarism

Darpan News Desk IANS, 25 Jan, 2018 01:02 PM
  • Delhi-Based Brand Accuses Christian Dior Of Plagiarism

Delhi-based brand, The People Tree, have made allegations against Christian Dior after seeing their block prints on the cover of a magazine.

 

Featuring on the cover of Elle magazine, Sonam Kapoor was seen adorned in a boho-chic dress with the controversial print. The vibrant dress in rustic shade was paired with a frilled multi-coloured patchwork shrug.

 

While initially it garnered a positive response, later on allegations of "blatant plagiarism" made the dress and its designer, Christian Dior, an internet buzz.

 
 

PLEASE SHARE People Tree Dior Gurpreet Sidhu Orijit Sen

Posted by Pakhi Sen on Monday, 22 January 2018
 
 

The first image is a print we do for People Tree in hand block printing. The next 2 are a copy of that print by Dior !...

Posted by Bindaas Unlimited on Monday, 22 January 2018
 
 

An associate of The People Tree, Orijit Sen, made these allegations on his Facebook Page where he shared the post with Gurpreet Sidhu, supposedly an ex-worker at The People Tree, and Pakhi Sen, another associate of the brand.

 

The shared pictures showed uncanny similarities between The People Tree's design and the design on the Dior dress worn by Kapoor.

 

I'd like to set an example here - so these mega brands with mega budgets think twice before plagiarising the work of...

Posted by Orijit Sen on Monday, 22 January 2018
 

Sen claimed that the handmade blocks were created many years ago by the people working for The People Tree.

 

Later on, Sen even shared an image of the original blocks which were used for printing many years ago.

 

Gurpreet Sidhu dug through our old trunks and found my original hand drawn artwork and hand carved wood block of the design that's been plagiarised by Dior!

Posted by Orijit Sen on Tuesday, 23 January 2018
 

While many big designers such as . have slammed Dior for the act, the European luxury brand has not reacted to the controversy yet.

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