Images courtesy of Twitter: @rajolaurel
Fashion designer Rajo Laurel ranted on how his design, Iris, was being copied by a certain fashion house, 37 LA. Laurel even posted messages and photos in his Twitter account stating that he will be taking legal action and was already talking to his lawyer (Atty. Karen Jimeno, as indicated in the photo).
Image courtesy of Twitter: @rajolaurel
Further, Laurel wrote, "There's a huge difference from inspiration & Blatant copying & plagiarism. Plagiarism is a criminal act!"
Dion Lee vs 37 LA
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Dion Lee vs Rajo Laurel
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Rajo Laurel's Iris Top
Australian Designer Dion Lee's 2013 Collection
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ReplyDeleteIts called the bandages fad... hindi siya nag innovate niyan and kung nainspire man siya e iisa lang ang pattern niyan coz yan yung bandages fad magkakapareho talaga ichura niyan dahil wala naman ibang style na pwede yan coz its bandages! Mummy fashion ata tawag hindi bandages fad....
Delete12:04 sorry teh, inspiration lang yun ke 37LA just as Rajo is inspired by that Dion Lee. tignan mu yun waist line at neck line, halos pare-pareho iba-iba lang orientation, kun pipilitin ni Rajo yan, so may reason din yun Dion who designed it earlier to sue Rajo.
DeleteGaling mag excuse sa sarili ni Rajo inspiration daw e major copycat din sya. Tse. Dion Lee please sue Rajo's fat a**.
DeleteKorek ka dyan. Majoris copycat din ang Rajo eh. Kalo mo kung sino.
DeleteSa yaman and influence ng dad (also an atty.) ng fiancé ni Ella.. for sure tiklop yang atty. Mo..
DeleteNakakahiya. Dapat sa mga ito kinukurot ng pinong-pino sa singit.
ReplyDeleteAs if Rajo never copied anything in his designs.....
DeleteExactly 1.23, hypocrite itong si Rajo.
DeleteNaunahan nyo lng ako 1:23 and 3:04. As if di rin nya gawain mangopya.
DeleteAng copycat galit sa kapwa Nya copycat
DeleteTruth!
DeleteEh nangngopya din tong si rajo no! Echusera din yan designer na yan! Hahaha
DeleteNaiRITA AVILA ang b dahil kinopya yung design niyang kinopya niya yung bandage design top?????
Deleteit's a simple cut. anybody could have designed the top. seriously rajo? i remember my proj told me rajo copied the whole collection of a designer before.
ReplyDeleteyun nga nga eh. i don't think it's blatant copying naman. magalit siya kung lahat-lahat talaga ginaya at ni-claim na kanya froom texture to color.
DeleteGalit ang magnanakaw sa kapwa magnanakaw! BOW!
ReplyDeletesays the one who also copies others designs
ReplyDeleteparang di ka naman nangagagaya rajo
ReplyDeletesimpleng design pwede gawin at maisip ng kahit sino
ReplyDeleteAlipin ka lang siguro kaya di ka updated. Obvious na Rajo Laurel yung top na 'to. Dami nang celebrity na nagsuot nyan. Kaloka! Marami palang alipin dito!!! CHOZ HAHAHAHAHA
DeleteYou obviously dont know what Fashion Design is.
DeleteHanggang Rajo laurel ka lang ba? Ang dami ng ganyan na structured and cut out pieces from international designers. tsk tsk tsk :)
Delete1:48 at ako pa ang walang alam sa fashion design? nakakatawa kang jeje ka.
Deletethe words you chose seem more like the words spoken by true alipins. 12:46 im sure ikaw ang hindi updated kung feeling mo yang top na yang ay si rajo lang gumawa. wag masyado makitid utak. magbasa at magresearch din minsan.
Deletefeeling may alam naman sa design tong si alejandra jeje.
Deletekung makapagcomment naman tong alejandra kala mo may alam sa fashion. di mo kilala mga commenters dito kaya wag kang feeling jan.
Deleteay fantard ni rajo. you obviously dont know international designers who designed the same top
Deletekung makasabi ng alipin naman to kala mo kung sino. you obviously dont know a lot about designs. 12:46
DeleteIs that GW on the first pic?
ReplyDeleteSimple lang naman yung design..copycat tawagin nila if parehong pareho..
ReplyDeleteDiba kumokopya rin sya?
ReplyDeleteDion Lee, S/S 2014 Australian designer ang unang gumawa nyan rajo...hindi ikaw.
ReplyDeleteAng ganda magkano po ganyan top
ReplyDeleteThe technique is a dion lee original! the concept is the same. pls check style.com and click spring 2014 and look for DION LEE
ReplyDeleteSo sino pala copycat si Rajo ba? Si Dion Lee ba original?
DeleteDetailed design po yun. Hindi lang simpleng design. OK?
ReplyDeleteEh hindi naman detailed yung sinasabi nyang copycat kahit yung tela iba..jusko..ang dami ng my design na ganyan style before gumawa ng ganyan si Rajo
Deletedefine detailed design? the point is marami na ganyang design so naging common na.
DeleteIt doesnt mean that it begins to seem like a common design that it's alright to just copy from the works of others.
DeleteModels should be aware of this. Kaloka mga model kayo, di nyo alam kung design ng kilalang designer yung pinamimigay sa inyong mga damit??? Kung di aware yung iba dyan, professional models sina Olivia Medina at Jesych. As in ramp, print, commercial, at kung ano pa mang model.
ReplyDeletelaki ng hinanakit sa mga models. pangit ka?
Deletehahaha patawa naman toh.. anung kinalaman ng mga model dito? cla ba ang nakopya ng damit?? cguro frustrated model ka kya ang laki ng galit mo sa knila.. hahha hugot pa more
DeleteHello 12:45?! Seryoso? Models are paid to wear the designer's clothes! Unless kung paiiralin nya yung prinsipyo nya at hindi nya tatanggapin yung trabaho which i doubt would happen.
DeletePare-pareha kayong walang saysay sa lipunan! Ang models madaling palitan, tumatanda. May nagawa ba kayo na nakaka-unlad ng ibang tao kaysa libreng materyal na bagay? Lumabas-labas nga kayo sa vanity niyo.
Deleteprotected ba yang Fashion design ng Intellectual Property laws? like everyone makes copies now a days, yun lang kun sikat yun sumuot, not sure how that goes, parang "FYI" lang nangyayari.
ReplyDeleteActually it's not covered by the intellectual property laws. Otherwise matagal namg wala ang mga retail brands like Zara, F21, H&M and the like.
DeleteYes they are protected from the moment the work is done.
DeleteNops fashion design is not protected with intellectual property law. It's not the same as songs, poetry and etc... That's why highstreet brands are able to get away copying haute couture.
DeleteA sales person from Zara told me weeks after fashion week Zara already has the same designs in it's stores. Im not a lawyer but can a designer like Rajo sue someone over a design ? Ano yun infringement , patent etc ..?
DeleteSana polkadot o kaya see-through para maiba naman.
ReplyDeleteas if hindi rin copycat si rajo?! he has been copying designs from anthony vaccarrello and stella mccartney. also, yung parang cut out design na tops are very common especially for streetwear designers.
ReplyDeletetrue! galit ang magnakakaw sa kapwa magnanakaw,
Deleteparag ndi nmn sya nangopya sa ibang international designers din.. dinadagdagan lang nya ng kung ano ano para masabing sya ang may idea... pero ang totoo... tumitingin din ng makokopya sa ibang designers...
ReplyDeleteSi Rajo ang king of copy cat couture if the Philippines, maka react sya.
ReplyDeleteDose of his own medicine. Rajo copy cat Laurel
ReplyDeleteLol! Onga look at Philippine Weddings' comments. Hahaha
DeleteServes him right. He just copied the design anyway.
ReplyDeleteparang bago pa sinuot ganyang design ni rajo sa pinas ah..pero ung dion lee eh 2013 pa..so sino nauna???
ReplyDeleteRajo,you're nothing but a second rate,trying hard,COPY CAT-Dion Lee
ReplyDeleteDear rajo, remember what you did to a cebu based designer named arcy gayatin? Oh well, you stole her 6 year old.cobweb collection! Karma?
ReplyDeleteI remember that issue!
DeleteIt's a Copy cat VS a copy cat.
ReplyDeletePero mukhang di nman 100% na ginaya ni rajo un kay Dion. Mukhang inspired lng nman. Di ba ang masama ay imitation? Pasensya na di ako familiar kung kelan pwedeng sabihin na imitation or inspiration.
ReplyDeleteang kapal mo Rajo Laurel... may pashame shame ka pa dyang nalalaman... ikaw din pala nagcopy ng design. Kala mo naman ang galling mo sa Project runway Philippines... you are a disgrace to the fashion industry considering your achievements???? I doubt if you have... you are nothing but a second rate trying hard copycat.
ReplyDeleteif you look closely, rajo's was not an exact replica of dion's but the other one was an exact copy of Rajo's
ReplyDeleteAgree with this.
DeleteExcuse me, pero mahilig ka din mangopya ng designs, Rajo.
ReplyDeleteBukas makalawa makikita mo Na Sa bangketa yan
ReplyDeleteDapat itag dito si DION LEE nang magkaalaman na! ahahahaha
ReplyDeleteKapl ng fez mo maka react rajo!!! - Dion Lee
ReplyDeleteHoy Rajo, nauna na sainyong dalawa si Khaleesi Daenerys Targaryen. LOL
ReplyDeleteKorak
DeleteAs if di nanggagaya. Lol
ReplyDeleteDon't like Rajo designs anyway
ReplyDeleteThey are tacky
pot calling the kettle back
ReplyDeleteSo Rajo copied Dion's design? If not, then he can also sue Dion though it's not really the same as what the other designer did. Marian wore it 2013 same year as Dion's fashion show. So who is the original designer here.
ReplyDeleteAte, d k aware sa Fashion world.
DeleteAte 2:16am..wala nga po kaya nga nagtatanong eh, paki-kwento mo nga ang nalalaman mo sa fashion world para maintindihan ko. Wala akong kinakampihan sa kanino man, kasi nga di ko po alam.
DeleteHow hypocrite! As if he never copied from other designers! Kapal lang huh??? Totoo ngang galit ang kapwa MAGNANAKAW sa kapwa MAGNANAKAW! Have some nerve rajo!
ReplyDeleteThe point here is exact copy ng design ni Rajo yung ginawa nung other designer. The Dion Lee design may be Rajo's inspiration but he made his own twist to it, he made an original design. Ganun naman talaga sa fashion, you can be inspired of another one's design but you should not blatantly copy it exactly the way it was presented. Yung sa other designer, the same talaga yung cut and style so that's definitely a no!
ReplyDeleteSus maka react. Ginaya mo lang din naman yan, Rajo! Wag ka nga!
ReplyDeleteang oa naman ng rajo laure! halatang ginaya niya rin si dion lee!!! so obvious!!! he's the copycat!
ReplyDeleteThis isn't the first time I've heard of Filipino designers "getting inspired by"/copying foreign designers. It's kinda sad.
ReplyDeleteThe forever copy cat overated designer
ReplyDeleteTaste of your own medicine! Hahahaha! Kapal mo rajo!
ReplyDeletesabi nila ang magnanakaw, galit sa kapwa magnanakaw. josko. nanggagaliti naman si ateng. eh gaya gaya din naman.
ReplyDeletenaku this is just a diversion of rajo to keep people from noticing that he copied the designs from dion lee. eh di naman lumusot sa mga keen observer.
ReplyDeleteSo pag inspired ok lang? Yang "inspired" na yan is pinagandang somewhat copied. Tama na Rajo, nangongopya ka din ng designs ng iba.
ReplyDeleteYes. It's like copying an essay from a classmate tapos ipaparaphrase mo lang hahahaha. Same lang, and sana kung inspired man ito dapat cinite niya ang designer kung saan ito inspired.
DeleteDi maachieve ni Rajo level ng galing ni Michael Cinco at Cari Santiagio. D ko masyado feel designs nya
ReplyDeleteEh limited nga ksi ang talent. Nangongopya, modify ng konti then pass it off as his original creation. Tapos pag napansin sabay justify na "there's a huge difference between inspiration and blatant copying and plagiarism". Pwe!
DeleteSori mali ako ng type Cari Santiago i mean. Di na ko nasanay sa qwerty ng samsung hayst!
DeletePak na pak ateng 2:50
Deletesi rajo laurel pa talaga ang nagrereklamo ng panggagaya! how ironic!
ReplyDeleteKelan pa ba ni-release ni Rajo yn iris design nya? 2013 dw presented by Dion Lee.
ReplyDeleteexcusse me rajo! makapag complain ka e manggagaya puto maya ka naman! Excuse me lang! tumabi tabi ka kung ayaw mo din dumapo ang kamay ko sa mukha mo!
ReplyDeleteBetter shut your mouth Rajo. Wtf, nag consult pa talaga ng lawyer huh. Hindi pa nahiya eh nangopya lang din naman. Sana kasuhan ka din ni Dion Lee to have a taste of your own medicine again. Pa iris iris top ka pa eh Dion top naman talaga yan. And please wag kang magdahilan na "inspired" top yan dahil kopya naman talaga yan from Dion
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile, internationally renowned designers like Elie Saab, Zuhair Murad, and the likes didn't give two sh*** if other designers' works are closely similar to theirs. Masyadong feeling itong si overrated rajo. pweh
ReplyDeleteBaklang Valedictorian
HAHAHAHA SO TRUEEEE!! Dagdag mo na din ang designers Versace and YSL na nagsesame din ng design sa clothes, coats and etc. Nagrereact lang sila sa mga fakes na uses their brand names. Pero ito? My gosh feeling orig na orig eh nangopya lang naman
DeleteIt's always been the case that haute couture leads fashion for ideas which is then simmered down into different variations within the industry depending on the budget of the designer's clientèle. Rajo is being too petty.
DeleteThose international fashion designers know that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. They know that those who will copy their work or be inspired with their work admire them so much. They know that they have fans out there....
DeleteBAgay sila ng Atty. Karren Jimeno na nyan na puro pa cute lang at feeling showbiz.
ReplyDeletego Laos Laurel! push mo yang reklamo mo na yan!
ReplyDeletethere's no such thing as "originality " when it comes sa fashion designing. copycat dito,recycle dun. anu itong si rajo talaga.
ReplyDeleteRajo walang crime na plagiarism sa Revised Penal Code or special penal laws
ReplyDeleteHi. Check Intellectual Property Law which has its own penal provisions
Delete1.) Spring/Summer fashion show is usually shown a year before its debut, so dion lee spring/summer 2014 is shown last sept/oct of 2013 and it will be available in the market by june/july 2014.
ReplyDelete2.) there is no law that protects the designs in fashion or you can't patent your designs. otherwise, what we call little black dress or even a longsleeves polo will not be available to the masses because factories or companies has to pay the patent to owners of the designs thus making it more expensive.
3.) fashion designers are not just designing clothes, they are also creating techniques for them to have a unique style. rajo's interweave "bandage" top or what he calls iris top is similiar to dion lee's "twisting" technique.
now, who copied who?!
korek! Also, sino ba ang nsa style.com, vogue.co.uk at nowfashion.com? sino ba ang may international stockists in Paris, LA, NYC and London? So obviously ang mas sikat at mas visible ang madaling makopya.
DeleteIt's like that little black dress with different interpretations...
ReplyDeleteRajo's creation looks like an inspired version of Dion Lee's. While 37LA's creation is obviously a blatant copy of Rajo's.
ReplyDeletePfff. Bianca ikaw ba yan? O Divine? O nix?
DeleteThey all just copied Azzedine Alaia. example: Alicia Keys' gown to the 2013 grammys.
ReplyDeleteang magnanakaw,galit sa kapwa magnanakaw :)
DeletePwede ba Rajo, parang di inspiration/copy yung isang mong damit kay Vaccarello!
ReplyDeleteButi pa, idemanda ni Rajo ang 37 LA designer for intellectual property infringement, kasi yun yata ang ipinaglalaban ni Rajo, right?
ReplyDeleteThen, si Dion Lee naman, magsampa na rin ng demanda against Rajo for copying her designs, and the cause of action would be exactly what Rajo's is vs. the 37 LA designer.
O, diba?
Just saw the comment about Rajo copying a cebuana designer's work back in 2009. Kapal much ni Rajo!
ReplyDeletepag di kilala tas gumaya, imitation. pag kilala ginaya kilala din, inspiration. PWE RAJO TABA MO
ReplyDeleteLol ano naman kung mataba? mangagaya pa din lol
DeleteOh Rajo sana mabasa mo lahat ng to! Daming di tiwala sa talent mo.
ReplyDeleteWhy is he even a judge in Project Runway Philippines along with that annoyingly not-so-credible female editor.
ReplyDeleteI HOPE RAJO STILL HAVENT FORGOT HOW HE VERBATIM COPIED THE GOWN SHAINA WORE AT THE 2013 STAR MAGIC BALL! FROM THE GOWN WORN BY RONNEY MARA AT THE MET GALA!!! How hypocrite this perinnial copy cat!!!!
ReplyDeletePinag aawayan eh ang panget naman, sorry si ko type
ReplyDeleteRajo Laurel, you're an id**t. Please know first the meaning of plagiarism before you make your accusations. The correct term you are looking for, if ever, is copyright infringement.
ReplyDeletespot on, Anonymous July 9, 2015 @ 2:56PM
DeletePeople often use the word "inspiration" para lang di masabi na nangopya sila even if the similarity is strikingly obvious. Di naman talaga maiiwasan to be influenced by other people's designs lalo na't if you're in the same line of business. But to say you used one artist's work as inspiration and to come up with an almost exact replica that's missing a stitch or two just to claim it as your own, dai sarili mo lang ang niloloko mo.
ReplyDeleteYou can only use style and method to draw inspiration from but the rest should be a product of your artistry. - chismosang art director
Rajo, his minions (bianca gonzales, divine lee, etc) and lawyer (hu could have at least given a sound advice) are all CRINGE-WORTHY... Rajo, emember how you copied cebu-based Arcy Gayatin's 6-year old cobweb design in 2010? and how about that wedding gown of yours which was a copy of a Versace masterpiece, was it in 2011? And the list goes on...This big-mouthed feeling "god of fashion" just opened a can of worms. S H A M E
ReplyDeleteOA naman itong si Rajo Laurel sya nga dyan gahaman mangopya.
ReplyDelete