{"id":84673,"date":"2016-07-21T02:02:26","date_gmt":"2016-07-21T09:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/?p=84673"},"modified":"2016-07-21T11:10:56","modified_gmt":"2016-07-21T18:10:56","slug":"zara-steals-indie-artist-designs-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/zara-steals-indie-artist-designs-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Zara Copies Artist&#8217;s Designs, Then Tells Her She&#8217;s Not a Big Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Looks like Zara is in trouble again.<\/p>\n<p>The giant retailer isn&#8217;t a stranger to accusations of design stealing, but recently a Los Angeles-based illustrator called out Zara for copying her work.<\/p>\n<p>Artist Tuesday Bassen shared a photo of her creations alongside Zara&#8217;s, and the resemblance is pretty uncanny. But what drove Bassen to blast them on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tuesdaybassen\/status\/755532562185920512\/photo\/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BIEGImxgFKe\/?taken-by=tuesdaybassen\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a> was a letter she allegedly received from Zara&#8217;s legal team that basically said she&#8217;s not a big enough deal to complain about this.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZARA\">@Zara<\/a>&#8216;s lawyers are literally saying I have no base because I&#8217;m an indie artist and they&#8217;re a major corporation. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vZNAV2l1vN\">pic.twitter.com\/vZNAV2l1vN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tuesday Bassen (@tuesdaybassen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tuesdaybassen\/status\/755532562185920512\">July 19, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/static-blog.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20161618\/Screen-Shot-2016-07-20-at-4.17.48-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" itemprop=\"image\" class=\" wp-image-84678 size-large aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static-blog.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20161618\/Screen-Shot-2016-07-20-at-4.17.48-PM-610x211.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-07-20 at 4.17.48 PM\" width=\"610\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20161618\/Screen-Shot-2016-07-20-at-4.17.48-PM-610x211.png 610w, https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20161618\/Screen-Shot-2016-07-20-at-4.17.48-PM-290x100.png 290w, https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20161618\/Screen-Shot-2016-07-20-at-4.17.48-PM-300x104.png 300w, https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20161618\/Screen-Shot-2016-07-20-at-4.17.48-PM.png 1066w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to Bassen, Zara has been copying her work for the past year and just having her lawyer receive this letter cost her $2,000 in legal fees.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of the accusations against Zara? Let us know in the comments below!<\/p>\n<p>xx, The FabFitFun Team<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":"Looks like Zara is in trouble again. 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