The first part of the video was posted a few days ago, the second part was posted today. The jewelry maker is jewelzbymealz on instagram. After the first video the creator liked comments confirming the video was about Zara’s team and then stated that in the next video.
LoquatMost467 on
Insane how wealthy people want free handouts from the working class…
…is why everything is fucked.
Riqitch on
Is this the same jeweller who was scammed by Chappell Roan’s team? This whole story seems oddly familiar…
ETA: Correction: it was a nail artist in Chappell Roan’s team’s case, not a jeweller
bruceadelia on
I’ve heard this story so many times before, not about Zara Larsson, but indie TikTok makers get commissioned by a celebrity for exposure or payment upon receiving and then the team ghosts them after they’ve spent out of pocket on materials. I think it’s a mismanagement issue rather than a personal entitlement on behalf of artists, but they really should be more responsible with how they work with less financially powerful artists.
Ok-Flan-5813 on
Its crazy that you wouldn’t hang around someone who robs a homeless person but I guess hiring and signing their checks is totally fine.
makhay on
Whenever stylists they say there is no budget, its because they spent it elsewhere or are looking to make more of a profit of of you, the artist.
SashimiX on
This is incredibly messed up. Fucking pay people. It’s not that hard.
moviemakerrr on
What is her brand? Would love to support 💕
nico282 on
I’ve seen that hairstyle before.
Actual-Slice-146 on
Here we go…another BS story.
ace-destrier on
“there is not budget love”
Oh fuck off.
The fucking audacity to contact a small artist and basically tell them, “Gift us some pieces. lmk if you’d like to work at cost! thx” is so gross
iheartwalltoast on
If you add screenshots to your video pls add them for more than half millisecond! 😩
Lord_Heckle on
Stylists are insufferable, paid to shill for the elite class. Obviously I’m generalizing, I’m not wrong though.. Oh, we’ll shout you out on IG!!! That does not pay my bills.
MrMeeseeks33 on
My sister worked for a company that loaned clothes for huge events(Super Bowl, Coachella, Emmy’s, etc) to celebrities and influencers for a fee and required to hold their credit card if the pieces weren’t brought back after 24-72hours (if at a weekend festival). Almost always they were returned by an assistant or influencer themselves.
Must of happened enough where they were losing product that they said enough. Heard one celebrity (I don’t recall who, this was a long time ago) didn’t return an entire wardrobe of over 5k clothes and they were charged something like 10k in late/stolen fees. That same celebrity tried to drag this company through the dirt but everyone knew she was in the wrong.
Lifes-a-lil-foggy on
Zara likely has no clue what her stylist does and does not return. She should hire better people but every “day in the life of a stylist” video I watch their struggling to keep track of returns, have spreadsheets worth of stuff, etc. also Coachella was like last week lol didn’t the second weekend end yesterday?
Ok-Variation5746 on
Comments on her post on IG indicate Larsson’s team has done this to a couple other indie artists. Chappell did the same with a nail artist. Loser behavior.
Her brand IG is @jewelzbymealz for anyone interested!
mp6521 on
Scam as old as time
kotlinky on
Opportunist. “500 pounds of jewelry” and it’s a literal e-waste necklace. she was happy with their transaction as long as she got something free out of it — Zara Larson probably charges $1,000,000 for an advertisement and she was hoping to get that for free. Also when you send items to a stylist, unless youre a high-end brand or you’re sending a loan agreement, it’s pretty standard to not expect the item back.
annie-etc on
I do wonder if stylists accept “free” items on behalf of the celebrity and them pocket them.
Also, Artist’s need to have everyone on their team sign contracts that stipulate they may not accept free items on the artist’s behalf. I feel like this could be a hidden industry trick where stylists and other employees for celebrity artists accept free goods not in good faith.
LittleSodaPop13 on
Zara needs a new team if they’re doing this. This is not okay.
AcanthocephalaLost36 on
Girl I’ll buy your stuff! ✨🔥
dakjelle on
Zara Larson should do some free gigs for exposure
Grimaceisbaby on
Is there a musical artist who hasn’t done this to a small designer at this point? It’s pathetic. This can’t be normalized.
foie-gras-22 on
She missed out on free PR what a dumb move. The sales alone after Zara wearing your piece would have covered the $80 postage.
bluberrymarsh on
I’m sorry but is this even real? There are a lot of grammatical issues in the DMs and she never even confirmed the name of the stylist… how do we know it was ACTUALLY Zara’s stylist (or someone from her team at all) messaging this creator?
Manono8 on
So we’re all heading to jewelzbymealz on IG and tagging Zara, right?
I would love to when the hell did exposure on social media become a form of currency?? Who came up with that?
Antique-Syllabub6238 on
I’m a fashion designer and more often than not, people are not ready to pay you. Does not matter who it is; think of the biggest pop star. The one with taste. Her team requested custom pieces, but offered to pay only for the materials.
Whatever they should be paying to a small designer would be lunch money for the artist, AND YET.
Even when it is an already existing piece, I ask for a fee because 1) I got bread to buy 2) they are unique pieces, so if something happens to them it’s at least more work for me to have repair shit 3) I did spend money and time on the pieces.
But even so people just kind of have this mentality that because the pieces already exist, why would you pay?
So to all stylists I ask… are you being paid? Is the MUAH being paid? Is the photographer, or stage crew or whoever being paid? So yeah, you have a budget. You just decided that my work is not worth paying for.
designforone on
I mean how does she know? They only told her that they were a part of Zara’s team but there is not confirmation
CommercialBarnacle16 on
Everything is pay to play with brands and celebrities unfortunately or the promise of (unpaid) “exposure“. The wealthier celebs get, the more free stuff they get. It’s insane.
AlmostThere4321 on
This sucks! Any updates from Zara??
PsychologicalClue6 on
Brands/stylists/any professional needs to let this casual style of correspondence die, ideally yesterday. First of all, you’re representing someone professionally, try sounding like it, LOVE. Secondly, what in the entitlement makes you think you can go around begging for stuff from small businesses because you can’t manage the budget properly? Being on top of expenses is surely a core part of your responsibilities… what do you bring to the team if you’re failing on all these accounts, is beyond me. It’s one thing if a business offers to gift you something, it’s another to expect them to take a financial hit for *exposure*. Really tired of hearing of these scammy stories of the teams/ppl working with multimillionaire artists.
Several_Cold_7160 on
This reminds me of a trend where businesses would expose influences who would slide into there DMs demanding free food in exchange for appearing in there video. I remember in the comment section to one of the videos the person was asked who was the most pleasant and non-demanding/entitled influencer she has personally dealt with and named a couple like JME, Zerka & KSI – it appears they were filming for a YouTube video
She just posted this… does this mean she got a Cease and Desist from Zara’s team or the designer??
JeanneMPod on
in my limited experience, working for free, for the exposure and passion, etc. led me to connect with other people who also wanted me to work for free.
emccm on
Good for her speaking out and standing up for herself. The stylist and Zara need to respond and tell us what they did with these pieces. Why wasn’t the artist credited? Why weren’t the items worn? Why is there no budget for shipping? Sounds like this artist was straight up scammed. And then they went back for more!
TheManWith2Poobrains on
An graphic designer colleague did the artwork for a very famous female singer’s album artwork back in ~2011.
They completely stiffed him on it.
I helped him write legal letters, but there was no contract. Tale old as time.
Think_Jackfruit135 on
This is so whack. Good for you for speaking out. If this is the norm than it’s got to change.
CrumbyCardiologist on
OP said her video was deleted off Instagram… wtf, seems like Sabrina Carpenter all over again
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The first part of the video was posted a few days ago, the second part was posted today. The jewelry maker is jewelzbymealz on instagram. After the first video the creator liked comments confirming the video was about Zara’s team and then stated that in the next video.
Insane how wealthy people want free handouts from the working class…
…is why everything is fucked.
Is this the same jeweller who was scammed by Chappell Roan’s team? This whole story seems oddly familiar…
ETA: Correction: it was a nail artist in Chappell Roan’s team’s case, not a jeweller
I’ve heard this story so many times before, not about Zara Larsson, but indie TikTok makers get commissioned by a celebrity for exposure or payment upon receiving and then the team ghosts them after they’ve spent out of pocket on materials. I think it’s a mismanagement issue rather than a personal entitlement on behalf of artists, but they really should be more responsible with how they work with less financially powerful artists.
Its crazy that you wouldn’t hang around someone who robs a homeless person but I guess hiring and signing their checks is totally fine.
Whenever stylists they say there is no budget, its because they spent it elsewhere or are looking to make more of a profit of of you, the artist.
This is incredibly messed up. Fucking pay people. It’s not that hard.
What is her brand? Would love to support 💕
I’ve seen that hairstyle before.
Here we go…another BS story.
“there is not budget love”
Oh fuck off.
The fucking audacity to contact a small artist and basically tell them, “Gift us some pieces. lmk if you’d like to work at cost! thx” is so gross
If you add screenshots to your video pls add them for more than half millisecond! 😩
Stylists are insufferable, paid to shill for the elite class. Obviously I’m generalizing, I’m not wrong though.. Oh, we’ll shout you out on IG!!! That does not pay my bills.
My sister worked for a company that loaned clothes for huge events(Super Bowl, Coachella, Emmy’s, etc) to celebrities and influencers for a fee and required to hold their credit card if the pieces weren’t brought back after 24-72hours (if at a weekend festival). Almost always they were returned by an assistant or influencer themselves.
Must of happened enough where they were losing product that they said enough. Heard one celebrity (I don’t recall who, this was a long time ago) didn’t return an entire wardrobe of over 5k clothes and they were charged something like 10k in late/stolen fees. That same celebrity tried to drag this company through the dirt but everyone knew she was in the wrong.
Zara likely has no clue what her stylist does and does not return. She should hire better people but every “day in the life of a stylist” video I watch their struggling to keep track of returns, have spreadsheets worth of stuff, etc. also Coachella was like last week lol didn’t the second weekend end yesterday?
Comments on her post on IG indicate Larsson’s team has done this to a couple other indie artists. Chappell did the same with a nail artist. Loser behavior.
Her brand IG is @jewelzbymealz for anyone interested!
Scam as old as time
Opportunist. “500 pounds of jewelry” and it’s a literal e-waste necklace. she was happy with their transaction as long as she got something free out of it — Zara Larson probably charges $1,000,000 for an advertisement and she was hoping to get that for free. Also when you send items to a stylist, unless youre a high-end brand or you’re sending a loan agreement, it’s pretty standard to not expect the item back.
I do wonder if stylists accept “free” items on behalf of the celebrity and them pocket them.
Also, Artist’s need to have everyone on their team sign contracts that stipulate they may not accept free items on the artist’s behalf. I feel like this could be a hidden industry trick where stylists and other employees for celebrity artists accept free goods not in good faith.
Zara needs a new team if they’re doing this. This is not okay.
Girl I’ll buy your stuff! ✨🔥
Zara Larson should do some free gigs for exposure
Is there a musical artist who hasn’t done this to a small designer at this point? It’s pathetic. This can’t be normalized.
She missed out on free PR what a dumb move. The sales alone after Zara wearing your piece would have covered the $80 postage.
I’m sorry but is this even real? There are a lot of grammatical issues in the DMs and she never even confirmed the name of the stylist… how do we know it was ACTUALLY Zara’s stylist (or someone from her team at all) messaging this creator?
So we’re all heading to jewelzbymealz on IG and tagging Zara, right?
What’s her brand/tiktok account? Or did i miss it
This is dejavu from the Chappel story lol
here’s the texts cuz they go way too fast
https://preview.redd.it/hli6zjziamwg1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3a4535311e142f3285d2a4010da9688306d4831f
I would love to when the hell did exposure on social media become a form of currency?? Who came up with that?
I’m a fashion designer and more often than not, people are not ready to pay you. Does not matter who it is; think of the biggest pop star. The one with taste. Her team requested custom pieces, but offered to pay only for the materials.
Whatever they should be paying to a small designer would be lunch money for the artist, AND YET.
Even when it is an already existing piece, I ask for a fee because 1) I got bread to buy 2) they are unique pieces, so if something happens to them it’s at least more work for me to have repair shit 3) I did spend money and time on the pieces.
But even so people just kind of have this mentality that because the pieces already exist, why would you pay?
So to all stylists I ask… are you being paid? Is the MUAH being paid? Is the photographer, or stage crew or whoever being paid? So yeah, you have a budget. You just decided that my work is not worth paying for.
I mean how does she know? They only told her that they were a part of Zara’s team but there is not confirmation
Everything is pay to play with brands and celebrities unfortunately or the promise of (unpaid) “exposure“. The wealthier celebs get, the more free stuff they get. It’s insane.
This sucks! Any updates from Zara??
Brands/stylists/any professional needs to let this casual style of correspondence die, ideally yesterday. First of all, you’re representing someone professionally, try sounding like it, LOVE. Secondly, what in the entitlement makes you think you can go around begging for stuff from small businesses because you can’t manage the budget properly? Being on top of expenses is surely a core part of your responsibilities… what do you bring to the team if you’re failing on all these accounts, is beyond me. It’s one thing if a business offers to gift you something, it’s another to expect them to take a financial hit for *exposure*. Really tired of hearing of these scammy stories of the teams/ppl working with multimillionaire artists.
This reminds me of a trend where businesses would expose influences who would slide into there DMs demanding free food in exchange for appearing in there video. I remember in the comment section to one of the videos the person was asked who was the most pleasant and non-demanding/entitled influencer she has personally dealt with and named a couple like JME, Zerka & KSI – it appears they were filming for a YouTube video
https://preview.redd.it/yoianowqfnwg1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bed8cbf464574704934e196d78b419d8f9eba51f
She just posted this… does this mean she got a Cease and Desist from Zara’s team or the designer??
in my limited experience, working for free, for the exposure and passion, etc. led me to connect with other people who also wanted me to work for free.
Good for her speaking out and standing up for herself. The stylist and Zara need to respond and tell us what they did with these pieces. Why wasn’t the artist credited? Why weren’t the items worn? Why is there no budget for shipping? Sounds like this artist was straight up scammed. And then they went back for more!
An graphic designer colleague did the artwork for a very famous female singer’s album artwork back in ~2011.
They completely stiffed him on it.
I helped him write legal letters, but there was no contract. Tale old as time.
This is so whack. Good for you for speaking out. If this is the norm than it’s got to change.
OP said her video was deleted off Instagram… wtf, seems like Sabrina Carpenter all over again