Marc Jacobs the Pirate (Update: Settlement Reached)

[karolinaskande]

Left: The original scarf designed by Göran Olofsson Right: Plagiariasm from Marc Jacobs

A Swedish man from Härjedalen has accused Marc Jacobs of plagiarising his father's traditional scarf, which was created in the village of Linsell in the 1950s. Göran Olofsson, of Arvika in western Sweden, believes he owns the rights to the scarf which was copied by the American designer.

"I was very surprised when I saw the new scarf. It looks like a clear case of plagiarism," Says the son of Göran Olofsson who created the scarf

Up until his death in 1982, Olofsson ran a petrol station in Linsell, in which sold his own homemade souvenirs. It is believed that at some point, copies of the scarf may have ended up in the US. Marc Jacobs is yet to comment

Running out of ideas Marc?

 

[bismarck]

...I wonder what this means for Mr. Jacobs. I often hear people talking about him copying designs. This is a rather extreme, inarguable case; it's hard to say "inspiration" in his defense.

 

[jackieonassis]

^ I can see the similarity.

 

[Symetrie]

Those scarves are so identical. Marc could have change some of the images a little bit, or better yet, just change the whole art of the scarf

 

[Emilee]

That's just so wrong, it's a total copy!

 

[mishahoi]

"see the similarities"???

uhh.....its the SAME EXACT SCARF!! *someone* on his design team is gonna get it bad...

 

[IncurableLunatic]

Marc!

he could've changed some of the images and color

 

[MissMagAddict]

karolinaskande please provide a source for the article & images you posted or they will be deleted.

thank you

 

[vmob84]

damn! he definitly won't be able to argue his way outta this one, that's almost identical!

 

[ultramarine]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

HAHAHAHAHAHAAH


HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

OMG! Finally! HAHAHAHAHAAH!

Im dying to see whats his reaction!!!!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

I .....

cant ...

stop ...

laughing!

 

[Ollie]

You silly man, Its not even a nice scarf.

 

[GasolineRainbow]

I'm not surprised. In my opinion, Marc Jacobs is not a fashion designer, but a very talented stylist. I don't mean that being a stylist is inferior to being a designer, but a stylist references fashion and a designer creates it. To me, he has always plagiarized looks, but this is an extreme example.

 

[LetThemEatCake]

I've been hoping Marc would get what's due him for a long time, hopefully this time it will.

 

[BerlinRocks]

pfff to MJ
and you know what.... I prefer the original....

 

[nyc_art_style]

i thought there were no copyright laws in fashion

 

[Nelia]

My dear Marc.
I'm sure, you're a big fan of his father work and actually he should be pleased about it. I love the idea and I think it's a nice way to pay tribute to him.
Next time don't forget to give a big check to the members of his family.

Anyway his 15 minutes of fame will be finish soon, don't worry.
Nelia.lol

 

[snowqueen]

someones in the ****

 

[LostInNJ]

i thought there were no copyright laws in fashion

There are when it comes to artwork...wasn't Louis Vuitton recently scolded for doing something similar with another artists work?

 

[softgrey]

and isn't louis vuitton also by marc jacobs......

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[CharlottefromCA]

Thats such an odd thing to copy....