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Pharrell Williams and Louis Vuitton have been accused of stealing an indie designer’s concept.

On Tuesday (June 20), Skateboard P unleashed his debut collection with the fashion house in Paris, showing off the new SS24 garments as the brand’s new menswear creative director. However, on Thursday (June 22), indie fashion designer Kellie Ford took to TikTok to voice her opinion on a bag that looked too similar to a design she crafted.

In a series of videos, the woman detailed how, in 2021, she initially took an LV shopping bag, inserted it into plastic, accessorized it with a scarf, and created a DIY handbag.

Ford alleges that Williams and Louis Vuitton lifted her concept to create their latest handbag drop. “Fast forward to 2023, and under Pharrell’s creative direction for Louis Vuitton, they dropped what looks like is the bag. Yeah, it’s crazy,” she said in the footage.

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Fashion changes with time and the times are often denoted by their fashion: the ’90s for its Juicy Couture, the ’80s for its over-sized blazers and the ’70s for its hippie garb. And now fashion is remembering the times.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City recently announced the theme for net year’s Met Gala and 150th anniversary celebrations, “About Time: Fashion and Duration.” The gala is scheduled of the 4th of May, 2020, and will be co-chaired by Nicolas Ghesquière, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Meryl Streep, Emma Stone, and Anna Wintour.

The theme was influenced by the French philosopher Henri Bergson’s concept of “la durée” — time that flows, accumulates, and is indivisible. The accompanying exhibition, featuring about 160 pieces, will delve into the relation between fashion and time and how they go together. This will be through the writings of author Virginal Woolf, who will