Designer Takes To Twitter To Accuse Zara Of Copying Her Designs
[Photo: Instagram/Tuesday Bassen]
A designer has used Twitter to claim that retail giant Zara has been copying her designs without compensation or credit.
Tuesday Bassen, based in Los Angeles, has worked with brands such as Adidas, Nike and Urban Outfitters - but tweeted that “@Zara consistently uses my work against my wishes and without any compensation”.
[Photo: Twitter/Tuesday Bassen]
She posted an image several times to display the similarity of Zara’s designs with her own.
She also claimed that Zara rejected her claims of copyright because she’s an indie designer and Zara is a large company with a larger number of visitors to its website.
Bassen went on to tweet that “companies like @zara make it a business plan to steal designs from indie artists & condescend when you want payment”.
She also uploaded an apparent excerpt from a letter she received from the company’s lawyers, adding “@Zara’s lawyers are literally saying I have no base because I’m an indie artist and they’re a major corporation.”
[Photo: Instagram/Tuesday Bassen]
She says that she plans to press further charges despite the costs of hiring a lawyer, and says that this is a price not every artist can pay.
“I want to point out that most artists don’t even get this far,” she tweeted.
“The ‘luxury’ of spending $2k for a lawyer to write a letter… is something most artists cannot afford.
More of Bassen’s cute designs [Photo: Instagram/Tuesday Bassen]
“This is for me and this is for every single artist that can’t do anything.”
She also claimed that Zara has “also stolen from several other small art business owners”.
She wrapped up the statements with:
“Thank you everyone for being so supportive. I hate making this my focus in life, I’d rather make illustrations and cool new stuff.”
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