The American fashion brand has been accused of plagiarizing designer Telfar Clemens’s white tote bag.
On March 31, Guess announced that he would withdraw all products on display and cancel production of similar designs, Independen t said.
According to this brand, Signal Brands – which is licensed to manufacture Guess handbags – has voluntarily stopped selling G-Logo bags. “Some feedback on social media compared this product to Telfar’s handbag design. Signal Brands didn’t want to have any obstacles to Telfar’s success and decided to stop selling bags with the logo. G “, representative Guess said. 
Guess decided to stop selling plagiarized Telfar tote bags. Photo: @dietprada. Previously, Guess was controversial when he produced a new line of bags called G-Logo in the Spring-Summer season 2021. Specifically, the company launched a tote bag design with white tones covered with G logo printed. float on a synthetic leather background. Graves found a 90% similarity to Telfar handbags with a distinctive circle surrounding the brand’s logo, and in monochrome. Designer Telfar Clemens launched this product in 2014 with vegan leather stamped with a T on the body. “Why can the big brand steal the blatant idea of a black designer. This brand is also copyrighted for the product, I am ashamed of what Guess does,” said the account. @danasia_sutton Leave a comment. As for Telfar, the brand acquired this plagiarism information in February, but decided to remain silent and have no intention of filing a lawsuit against the US brand because of the financial story. Designer Telfar Clemens thanked netizens for pressure Guess to stop selling plagiarized tote bags. 
Telfar tote bag launched in 2014. Photo: Independent.
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