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Roberto Cavalli sued for plagiarism

The fashion house of the most talented fashion designer Roberto Cavalli received a subpoena, where a trial of plagiarism will take place.

Representatives of the famous fashion house Roberto Cavalli (Roberto Cavalli) will meet in court with American graffiti artists who accuse the designer of copying their drawings. A group of graffiti artists from Northern California is outraged that the world-famous designer, who often uses very unusual prints in the fabrics of his models, supposedly gave out their creations that adorn the streets for their own. According to artists, most of their work is displayed in the recent 2015 collection of Cavalli "Graffiti".

Jason Williams, Victor Chaoa, and Jeffrey Rubin (also known by their pseudonyms Revok, Reyers, and Steel respectively) filed a claim with the California Central Court that Roberto Cavalli used their drawings made back in 2012 in San Francisco, thereby violating the property rights of street artists.

The lawsuit said that in March this year, "Cavalli introduced a new collection of clothing and accessories, each centimeter of which (including clothing, bags and shoes) contains fragments of graffiti." In addition, some drawings bear the signature of the designer himself, which falsely indicates that these creations belong to him. Graffitists want not only to receive compensation for the use of their drawings by the trademark, but also to achieve full recall of the entire Graffiti collection.

It is worth noting that some time ago, the fashion house also received a judicial notice. Last month, representatives of the ancient School of Islamic Sufism complained to Cavalli because the fashion house used a religious sign as a logo for the new perfumery. The symbol resembling a double-edged poleax is a bearer of deep spiritual meaning, and also means two names of Allah, openness of heart, purity and peace. Moreover, this mark was officially registered by the School in 1987.

Thousands of followers of the religion of Sufism attacked Cavalli with criticism, insisting that the designer abandon the use of the symbol. Repeatedly, Sufis tried to summon the 73-year-old fashion connoisseur to official negotiations, but he invariably referred to poor health and refused to come. However, while religionists protested in the streets of various cities around the world, Cavalli shone at parties and shows.

By the way, a fashion designer has been subjected to harsh criticism from believers before. Ten years ago, the followers of Hinduism were outraged by the fact that Cavalli used the image of Hindu goddesses in the advertising of bathing suits. Then the case was decided in favor of the protesters: Cavalli had to remove ads from store windows.

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