Designer Claims Kylie Jenner Copied Her Camo Line
On Thursday, Kylie Jenner teased an all-new camo collection for her merch line, sold at KylieJennerShop.com. But shortly after her announcement, she was called out for reportedly copying an NYC-based indie designer named PluggedNYC.
Camo Caps available now at KylieJennerShop.com
A post shared by Official Kylie Jenner Shop (@thekylieshop) on Jun 9, 2017 at 7:05am PDT
Plugged's creative director, Tizita Balemlay, claims Kylie's team asked for a package of her designs, including swimwear, which Plugged sent over. Balemlay has posted an alleged e-mail exchange between her team and Kylie's:
The black owned company that Kylie stole her camo clothes idea from is posting the receipts of when Kylie ordered from them and I'm LIVING pic.twitter.com/4r0xEwhw6o
- Kelsha. (@kelshareese) June 9, 2017
In addition, the designer has sounded off on her Instagram account, posting side-by-side images of Kylie's designs and hers. "I am the influence *drops mic," the post says. "Copy & Paste down to the shoes I used on my models 😂😭."
A post shared by Tizita Balemlay (@theplugsdaughterr) on Jun 8, 2017 at 3:33pm PDT
In a second post, the designer is careful to note that no, she didn't invent camo, "but I sure as hell brought it back to life and pushed the two piece camo movement. I can't remember one brand that sold matching camo two pieces that weren't generic tees with cargo for ladies before my brand, unless it was custom. ... I started my brand with pennies funny how someone can just take a whole movement bc of how much money and power they have."
A post shared by Tizita Balemlay (@theplugsdaughterr) on Jun 7, 2017 at 7:54pm PDT
The controversy over Kylie's camo line doesn't end there, either. After Perez Hilton announced the line's launch on Twitter, writing, "@KylieJenner is trying to make camo bikinis a thing..." commenters shot back with accusations of cultural appropriation, according to Teen Vogue.
In particular, they cited the fact that Destiny's Child wore camo two-piece designs in their Survivor music video and in promo pics 16 years prior. "Every time this girl does something, they say she is starting a trend," one user wrote, while another said, "Miss Tina [Knowles] did not put in the hours on that sewing machine to be slandered and denied recognition."
Every time this girl does something, they say she is starting a trend. pic.twitter.com/Z5eEiGHfAx
- Zaphnath-Paaneah (@Zaphnath_) June 7, 2017
Miss Tina did not put in the hours on that sowing machine to be slandered and denied recognition.
- 💋🌹KING SUCIA💋🌹 (@specialksb) June 8, 2017
Cosmopolitan.com has reached out to Kylie's team for comment.
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