{"id":12726,"date":"2019-08-09T00:45:19","date_gmt":"2019-08-09T04:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/?p=12726"},"modified":"2019-08-09T00:45:19","modified_gmt":"2019-08-09T04:45:19","slug":"brazilian-designer-stealing-looks-from-nigerian-american-brand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/brazilian-designer-stealing-looks-from-nigerian-american-brand\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazilian Designer Stealing Looks From Nigerian-American Brand?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 2017, Brazilian designer, Silvia Ulson, was accused of stealing a design – down to the pattern – from a Nigerian-American designer. At Miami Swim Week, Ulson displayed her designs to a crowd and many people thought it was reminiscent of a particular African-American label. Speculation circled that the designer stole the pattern from the Byfne 2017 “Sahara” swimwear line – and after seeing side by side pictures, it’s hard to say that she didn’t steal the look.<\/p>\n

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After reaching out for comment on the matter, a rep for Byfne said to Huffington Post, “It came to us as a complete surprise how another designer is allowed to showcase replicas and claim it as her work during Miami Swim Week.” But Ulson was quick to come to her defense saying that she was inspired by a tribe native to her home country of Brazil.<\/p>\n

Making a case for herself, Ulson said, “I went to a tribe and spent two days there,\u201d Ulson told FashionWeekOnline. \u201cThat\u2019s what we used for the headdresses\u2026So upon returning from there, I made the black-and-white bikinis that were also shown and thought it would be interesting to have some bikinis with prints mixing the indigenous paintings that they paint on their body. For the Brazilian Indians, each painting has a meaning.\u201d<\/p>\n

When the controversy got into the hands of popular fashion Instagram, @FashionBombDaily, people had to chime in with their takes on the controversy.<\/p>\n

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#FashionDiscussion: The popular swimwear brand @bfyne (pictured left), known for their unique designs has accused fashion designer @SilviaUlson (right) of plagiarizing their 2017 Sahara collection inspired by the brand\u2019s Nigerian culture. There is certainly a striking resemblance between #SilviaUlson\u2019s collection and #Bfyne\u2019s. What do you think? #instafashion #style #instastyle #fashionbombdaily #celebritystyle #fashion<\/a><\/p>\n

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