Five years after the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge tied
the knot, a fashion designer is claiming that Alexander McQueen, the designer
of Kate Middleton’s wedding dress, copied the design.
Christine Kendall, who runs a small studio in London, has
filed a lawsuit against the fashion label, accusing it of being in breach of
copyright. “Proceedings have been issued because our client is certain that her
company’s design was unfairly taken and copied,” Kendall’s lawyer
said. “This claim is not against the duchess and there is no allegation of
wrongdoing against the palace.”
There is, however, a pretty severe claim against the
British design house, and in particular its popular creative director, Sarah
Burton, who originally came up with the concept.
The Duchess, on her wedding day.
(Photo: Getty Images)
A spokesperson for the label has utterly rebutted the
claims though, asserting that everyone at Alexander McQueen is “baffled” by the
implication of wrongdoing. “Christine Kendall first approached us at
Alexander McQueen almost four years ago, when we were clear with her that any
suggestion Sarah Burton’s design of the royal wedding dress was copied from her
designs was nonsense.” The statement also noted that Burton never saw any
of Kendall’s designs or sketches and did not know of Kendall before Kendall got
in touch nearly 13 months after the wedding. “We do not know why Ms.
Kendall has raised this again, but there are no ifs, buts or maybes here: this
claim is ridiculous.” Considering Kendall didn’t bring her first claim up for
more than a year following the royal wedding and there is so far zero
proof that Burton copied anything, we have to wonder if this is a case of a
small-time designer simply trying to get her name in the papers. Mission
accomplished.
https://www.yahoo.com/style/kate-middletons-wedding-dress-designer-alexander-mcqueen-accused-of-copyright-infringement-122537475.html
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