Virgil Abloh responds to Diet Prada’s accusations of plagiarism
Image via Off-White
Words by Nicole La Ruffa
We’ll let you decide.
After coming under fire for copycat allegations, Virgil Abloh has decided to speak out against the backlash.
In a recent interview with The New Yorker, Abloh clapped back at claims from Diet Prada that suggested he had been ripping off designs from smaller indie brands.
“I could go on for a whole hour about the human condition and the magnet that is negativity. That’s why the world is actually like it is. That’s why good doesn’t prevail, because there’s more negative energy. You can create more connective tissue around the idea that this is plagiarized. It’s better just to sit and point your finger. That’s what social media can be. All that space to comment breeds a tendency to fester, versus actually making something.”
His comments refer specifically to a post by Diet Prada from January, featuring a comparison of an Off-White design versus one from streetwear label COLRS.
While it’s not the first time Diet Prada has called out the designer, Abloh told The New Yorker that these similarities were merely a coincidence, with the allegations based on just ‘the use of a yellow fabric with a pattern on it’.
We’ll let you decide on this one.
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