Diet Prada, a prominent Instagram account that has emerged as a fashion industry watchdog, has raised suspicions that Kim Kardashian West might have helped a competitor rip off a high-end designer.
The 'Keeping Up With the Kardashians' star donned an extremely revealing vintage gown by French designer Thierry Mugler to the Hollywood Beauty Awards on Sunday. The following day, the exact copy of the dress was released by e-commerce brand Fashion Nova before the original dress even hit the market.
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Although Fashion Nova's designers could have tailored the dress after seeing photos from the ceremony, Diet Prada hints that Kim might have leaked ir to the fashion company in "sneaky lil collaboration".
To substantiate these claims, Diet Prada showed files from the photo shoot with the Mugler replica, which were allegedly leaked by Fashion Nova model Yodit Yemane.
The pictures are said to have been titled "Kim dress" and, according to the date of the files, were taken on 14 February, four days before Kim debuted the dress.
Fashion Nova, however, released the gown under another name. On Monday, the $50 black dress appeared on its website under the caption "Winning Beauty Cut Out Gown".
"This begs the question: did Fashion Nova whip up the dress overnight in their Los Angeles atelier after seeing Kim in it or is she peddling her vintage finds to mass retailers ahead of debuting them for a calculated, timely release?" the truth-seekers inquired.
Kim appeared to be furious about Fashion Nov's knock-off. "It's devastating to see these fashion companies rip off designs that have taken the blood, sweat and tears of true designers who have put their all into their own original ideas," she tweeted.
Plenty of commenters argued that stealing looks from designers is okay because common people couldn't afford the original dress anyway.