People Are Saying Gucci Stole This Celebrity Stylist's Handbag Design
“I absolutely feel like I was a part of the inspiration to create that Gucci handbag,” the stylist and designer tells BuzzFeed.
So Gucci revealed its newest collection and it. is. FIEEERCE!
Fall/winter '16 is gonna be lit.
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The luxury brand teamed up with graffiti artist Trevor Andrew, more commonly known as GucciGhost on social media, to do these really cool designs for the collection.
Andrew has built quite the following, painting Gucci's logo on everything from skateboards to worn stoves. Gucci Creative Director Alesssandro Michele saw Andrew's graffiti and brought him on as part of the label's design team.
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But shortly after images of this particular bag began circulating the web, fans of an L.A. stylist and designer, Sonique Saturday, began questioning if Gucci had stolen the idea from her signature handbag line, Belladonna.
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Saturday has been painting counterfeit designer bags, with phrases like "Fake Chanel" and "You Fake Like This Birkin," for four years now.
She tells BuzzFeed that she was inspired to create the faux designs because she "wanted to let young people know that your substance does not lie in a fashion house's hands."
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