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    The similarities between Ben Tam's dress and the Schiaparelli piece Zendaya wore are hard to ignore. He literally worked there, sent them a portfolio with a similar dress in it, and almost a year later a piece with a very similar body, colour, and feel ends up on the red carpet.
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    The similarities between Ben Tam’s dress and the Schiaparelli piece Zendaya wore are hard to ignore. He literally worked there, sent them a portfolio with a similar dress in it, and almost a year later a piece with a very similar body, colour, and feel ends up on the red carpet.


    The similarities between Ben Tam’s dress and the Schiaparelli piece Zendaya wore are hard to ignore. He literally worked there, sent them a portfolio with a similar dress in it, and almost a year later a piece with a very similar body, colour, and feel ends up on the red carpet.



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    1. Comfortable-Sleep395 on

      Wouldnā€™t surprise me if Zendaya sees this and wears one of Ben Tamā€™s designs next. She just seems like that kind of gal whoā€™d try to right a wrong this way. Iā€™m sure she didnā€™t know what Schiaparelli did.

    3. constantcompromise on

      I don’t think they’re similar at all other than the color. His dress is a copy of Mugler.Ā 

    5. _code1 on

      I guess the colors are ā€œsimilarā€ but not really, this seems like a stretch IMO

    7. bluebirdsmallbird on

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      I understand the point. They had his portfolio and then made a dress using the colors from one of his designs so it looks suspicious. But the dresses are so different. Inspired by? Maybe. Stolen design? Iā€™m not seeing it. Someone more fashion knowledgeable please tell me if Iā€™m being obtuse

    9. MindlessFreedom5130 on

      honey what they’re not even remotely the same dress?? the shade of blue and lack of straps are the *only* similarities

      but tbf I like Ben Tam’s dress more

    11. Reasonable-Mess3070 on

      These are not the same dress. Not even close. Lol literally just the colors.

      I do love the dress he made though

    13. Fuzzy_Move on

      The silhouette isn’t the same but if they used the same technique to get that gorgeous ombre effect with the fabric and the colour, then yeah I see it

    15. Media-consumer101 on

      Hard to ignore? These are two completely different dresses.

      The only thing that’s similar is the color gradient, which isn’t exactly revolutionairy in the first place.

      Stuff like this is why I couldn’t take TikTok. People creating drama and hating on/accusing people over absolutely nothing.

    16. Lucidity- on

      Well the one on the left is very ugly and unflattering and the one zendaya is wearing is hawt and form fitting so I donā€™t see the similarity

    17. BadAspie on

      I donā€™t see it. The one similarity that isnā€™t a total reach is the blue iridescence, but thatā€™s totally a believable coincidence because the collection has a consistent inspiration (birds of paradise) some of which are blue and iridescent (and the effect was created with thousands of hand made silk feathers so the technique also comes directly from birds)

    19. poontangpooter on

      He is reaching his example with Chanel doesn’t even validate his point bc it’s actually a design copy vs someone using blue for a contour dress which has been done countless times…

    20. myheartstopped3984 on

      It definitely looks inspired by imo. They changed just enough so that it looks different.. thats art unfortunately

    21. Fleetwood_Spac on

      The dresses have a completely different aesthetic. Only the colours are similar. I know fashion houses steal aspiring designersā€™ work all the time but this is not a great example of that.

    22. EleanorRedux on

      Itā€™s two different dresses with two very different designs. I really dislike how social media often gives a platform to people who donā€™t have anything meaningful to say but is inflammatory enough to drum up hysteria.Ā 

    25. macruffins on

      Hmmm I donā€™t think they look toooooo similar, but I actually love Ben tamā€™s so much more!!!

    27. peach_bellinis on

      This is a reach. I’m sorry. I’m trying to be empathetic because I get that he sent in his portfolio, but these two dresses do not even look the same. like it’s very very clear that the inspiration and concept behind the dresses was very different.

    28. metal_honey on

      i feel the claims may be a bit exaggerated. i saw another commenter saying that Schiapā€™s reference was a bird; and thatā€™s what i see. i also may be biased, because i like Schiapā€™s dress more.

    29. Sasha_shmerkovich160 on

      He gave the company his ideas. Anyways the inspirations of Daniel’s work and bens work is different. But what did Ben expect when he gave the house his ideas and the company can use them.

    30. Plenty_Conflict_2379 on

      feels a little like a stretch considering how nature has been used as and inspiration a lot of times and the design of the dresses are quite differentiable

    31. webtheg on

      This reminds me of the whole controversy between Lion King and Kimba. Or the thief and the cobbler.

      I know we want to make corporations the bad guy and they are usually but this is such a reach

    33. xX_7HR0W-4W4Y_Xx on

      Grasping at straws (and at relevance). The dresses are completely different; they both just use iridescent blue.

    34. Idkwhattoputbuthi on

      I’m mixed. it’s not a stolen design but they might’ve took inspo

    35. thefaehost on

      I donā€™t see it. I love the blue morpho butterfly and I think his dress is much more beautiful tbh

      And this definitely looks like a bird which is why itā€™s puffy not sleek.

    36. imaginary0pal on

      I could see it being on the vision board but itā€™s a different dress. If it was a film, heā€™d get a story by credit but unfortunately the fashion world is a hell of a lot more obscured

    37. Organic-Afternoon431 on

      So only Pizza Hut is allowed to sell pizza now? Sometimes fashion copies and imitates each other doesnā€™t necessarily mean they stole his design.

    38. prettybunbun on

      You canā€™t copyright a black and blue ombrĆ© dress. They donā€™t even have a similar cut.

    39. Ghoulish_kitten on

      All my untrained eyes see is that two different designers used the same fabric to create two different dresses????

    40. AmethystApothecary on

      They probably were inspired by his dress, but they’re also different and it’s not a crime for a larger artist to be inspired by a smaller artist.

    41. Adept-Category-5495 on

      they also stole a handbag design from a small slavic artist who created the purse based off of slavic folklore

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