Oh, Gav, when will you learn?!
South African “designer” Gavin Rajah has once again been accused of stealing – and this time it’s two of Chelsea Liu’s designs.
An Asian-American designer who is currently based in New York, Chelsea noticed that for an interview Gav did with English-Arabic magazine Harayer, he used two of her images as his own.
Chelsea went to Facebook to shame the designer:
Oh my god. What a shame! South Africa designer Gavin Rajah stole my pictures and my designs for his interview. I don’t know why this magazine doesn’t check their sources! Feel free to sue me. I m ready to play. You are ready to play. Let s play [sic].
Images from the magazine:
Chelsea’s images Gav stole:
Following this, Chels received a very angry email from Gav, which she then took a screenshot of and shared to Facebook. It is addressed to Chels’ husband:
Hi Marc, I am writing this email only as a courtesy. In fact I write this out of respect for you. Should Chelsea not remove all her malicious posts on Facebook we intend sending an urgent application the the US Citizenship and Immigration Service via the US Consulate by our attorney today in SA illustrating our intent to pursue damages and a charge of cyber bullying. The implications for green card holders and individuals not naturalised in the US are dire, given this behaviour, I am sure you are aware of. She has until 14h00 SA time to remove this.
There are other legal methods of recourse and or forms of discussion but as usual Chelsea would prefer her irrational behaviour [sic].
Although Chelsea has worked with Gavin in the past, launching an exclusive bridal line in partnership with him in June 2015, this is not the first time Gav has used other designers’ work for his own. You can check them out HERE and HERE and HERE. Have fun!
[source: women24]
