plagiarism
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Genius or Knock-Off King? After Multiple Plagiarism Accusations, Virgil Abloh Squares Up—Kind Of
Less than a decade after formally launching his design career, Virgil Abloh has experienced unparalleled success in the fashion industry, let alone as a black designer. After launching streetwear label Off-White in 2013—an instant cult favorite that has since gone mainstream—Abloh’s seeming ability to set the pace of fashion’s pulse catapulted him to award-winning fame—and,…
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She Tried It: Brazilian Designer Accused of Stealing Dashiki-Print Designs from Nigerian-American Label [Updated]
Updated Wednesday, July 18 2018 at 4:00 PM: Silvia Ulson, the Brazilian designer accused of plagiarizing swimsuits from Nigerian-American brand Bfyne, has released a statement about the controversy. The statement, which appeared at FashionWeekOnline (FWO), was translated from Portuguese. In it, Ulson says that her Miami Fashion Week show “is for fun only, usually around the…
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Words Shot the Sheriff? David Clarke Reportedly Plagiarized Parts of His Master’s Thesis
It seems as if everyone around our dear president is more sketchy and unqualified than the next. Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke, who rode his deep-seated disdain for black people to a plum position in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, reportedly lifted text without proper attribution in his 113-page master’s thesis. An investigative report…
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Melania Trump’s Official Website Disappears Amid Questions About Her College Degree
The official website of Melania Trump has seemingly vanished into thin air after questions recently arose about whether the site’s claim that she has a college degree is indeed a fact, People magazine reports. MelaniaTrump.com now reroutes to the Trump Organization’s website home page. In addition, the biography page does not mention Donald Trump’s wife at…
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Trump Staffer Takes the Fall for Plagiarism in Melania Trump’s Speech
An employee with the Trump Organization has taken the fall for the apparent plagiarism of Michelle Obama’s 2008 Democratic National Convention speech, Talking Points Memo reports. Accusations of plagiarism started making the rounds following Monday night’s Republican National Convention, where Melania Trump, the wife of Donald Trump, spoke. The similarities between her speech and Michelle…