As Pedestrian TV reports, Sydney PR firm Mother & Father Publication Relations has taken aim at a fashion label that’s allegedly plagiarised one of its client’s work. The firm says it noticed that a Melbourne designer by the name of Zian Couture has essentially replicated a dress created by a Perth label they represent called Zhivago.
The PR firm has taken to Instagram to speak its mind about Zian Couture’s move to replicate the dress, calling the company “cock-juggling thunder c*nts” for “trying to pass yourselves off as designers, when you are in fact, you are nothing more than a wet shit”. They also completed the post with the hashtags #DontBuyFakes and #ProtectAustralianDesign.
“The post originated from an overwhelming feeling of complete frustration, sometimes I feel like I’m screaming into the abyss,” MFPR director Matthew Jordan told Pedestrian.
“In Australia, there are massive problems with IP protection for designers and it seems like no one is willing to step-up and give independent designers a fighting chance by changing the laws. This issue touches every designer working in the creative industries, not just fashion. It’s also important to note that once anything designer is replicated, it immediately loses it’s ticketed value.”
Check out the comparison between the two dresses and the post in its entirety, below.
