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The stage outfits used by Girls’ Generation for KBS Gayo Daechukjae are under the suspicion of plagiarism.

On December 26, Girls’ Generation performed their song “Mr Mr” at the 2014 KBS Song Festival, for which they wore white button-downs with red high-waisted shorts.

On December 29th, a conversation between a netizen and Girls’ Generation’s stylist were posted through an online community board.

In the said post, the netizen initially made a post asking if the outfits used by Girls’ Generation were a copy of Dolce & Gabbana’s designs or were simply a homage to the brand.

This led to the stylist of the group to make a comment on the post and revealed that,“Of course, it was a homage. I have never even seen the clothes in person so how would I be able to copy it. I just liked the vibe of the clothes and thought the girls would look good in it so we centered the concept around that and did their hair and made them wear red lipstick. If it was so similar that some say it is a copy, I guess the labor of the stylist team manually creating the design all night is being complimented? I hope someday Dolce & Gabbana will sponsor us with clothes like they do with some pop stars~~”

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However, the response seems to have fueled even more questions, netizens asking how the stylist decided on an homage when she has never seen the outfit before, etc.

Netizens seem to not buy such an explanation and are commenting “When you’re caught plagiarizing it becomes an homage,” “I think the stylist should step down, that’s an obvious copy.”

To back their claims, there were also posts made comparing previous instances to which Girls’ Generation were dressed in outfits similar to branded designer ones.

Article: SNSD stylist responds to 'outfit plagiarism' controversy

Source: Kuki News via Nate

Someone asked their stylist, "Was SNSD's Gayo Festival Dolce and Gabbana outfits copied or is it an homage?"

Stylist replied, "It's an homage. How could I copy something I've never seen in real life... I liked the feel of the clothes so much and thought they'd look pretty so I chose it as their concept for their hair and red lips too... if they're similar enough for people to think it's copied, then I guess I can take it as praise of our team sewing each thread and our work looking as high quality enough as a luxury brand. Until the day Dolce and Gabbana sponsors outfits like pop stars~~"

1. [+257, -69] She obviously copied it and she's only calling it an homage now that there's controversy over it. tsk tsk, she's garnering Soshi hate.

2. [+253, -57] What a joke ㅋㅋㅋ How can she call it an homage if she claims in the same sentence that she's never seen it?

3. [+146, -43] Even though I'm a fan, I admit that it was wrong of them to copy clothing that they weren't sponsored. Fans love this stylist for always dressing SNSD beautifully but she needs to be more careful in the future. I hope the stylist or SNSD issues an official apology to prevent any further talk about it from coming out.

4. [+44, -44] This is why popularity is everything. The hypocrisy of people is all here. A Pink was hated on so much for plagiarizing their songs and clothes but SNSD gets into the same shit and people blame the stylist for "garnering SNSD hate" ㅋㅋㅋ Why does A Pink get hate and not their stylist but SNSD's stylist gets hate and not SNSD ㅋㅋㅋ

5. [+43, -33] The stylist seems late on handling things. SNSD is in fact actually being sponsored by Dolce and Gabbana, they even sent them an e-mail for wearing their clothes earlier.

6. [+38, -24] This is nothing compared to the kids who wear the Japanese imperial flag and Nazi symbols ㅋㅋ

7. [+37, -26] Not like they're selling their outfits, it was just produced for use one time on stage. Kill the girls why don't you all with your hate ㅎㅎㅎ

8. [+36, -48] Let's not forget that Soshi fans hated on A Pink not their stylist for copying their clothes ㅋㅋㅋ

9. [+25, -34] Soshi actually copies a lot of famous brands, just that it doesn't get known much. Their concert outfits and Taetiseo outfits.. a lot of them are copied. It's not even surprising anymore because so many girl groups do it.

10. [+24, -17] They're not even selling these outfits for profit, they were produced in hommage and Dolce and Gabbana don't even care

Sources: Koreaboo, Soompi, KukiNews, AjuNews, Taeyeon's Instagram, NetizenBuzz

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I don't think the stylist meant she'd never seen the clothes before, I think she meant she'd never seen them irl, ergo she couldn't copy them although that's stupid.
Either way this is sad lmao, if the top girl group is wearing designer knockoffs.

Funny that before this NB posted a post praising Infinite's excellent stylists

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Its not that weird. A while back I believe it was forever21 that was under fire for copying looks from dvf and Zara as well for copying other looks from designers.

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