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Isabel Marant freed of plagiarism accusations

Following months of accusations and legal processions involving Isabel Marant an indigenous tribe from Santa Maria Tlahuitoltepec, Mexico and fashion house Antik Batik over the use of a motif, a court in Paris has ruled in the French designer's favour. The ruling comes after the Mixe community in Mexico accused Marant of plagiarizing their...

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Indigenous tribe accuses Isabel Marant of plagiarism

London - Isabel Marant may have found inspiration for her collections in numerous tribes from around the world, but now the French designer is accused of taking her sources of inspiration too literally as one indigenous community argues the motifs found on a blouse, dress and skirt in her Spring/Summer 2015 collection is a direct and blatant...