If the photographs to advertise the Yeezy SUPERMOON Yellows looked familiar, it’s because they were — at least according to Instagram account Diet Prada, which illustrates how people in fashion are regularly “knocking each other off.”
But according to the Daily Mail, a Belgian artist named Rita Minissi took a series of photos in 2015 that, upon closer examination, look very similar to the photos that Eli Russell Linnetz took nearly three years later. But while Linnetz took his photos for Kanye West’s Yeezy SUPERMOON Yellow campaign — which received a lot of attention because it featured naked porn stars and models, including one porn star who is dubbed a “Kim Kardashian look-alike” — Minissi took her photos to process what happened to her during a prolonged physical assault that happened when she was 16.
Check out Diet Prada’s photographic evidence below.
We’ll note that in the Diet Prada posting, they threw shade at West about the so-called “Tony Spackman sketch.”
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They’re referring, of course, to a sketch that West posted to his Twitter account back in April that claimed to be “where a YEEZY study for a base level starts.”
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this is where a YEEZY study for base layer starts. I'm so excited about our new design team. Yeezy is no longer a fashion company we should be referred to as apparel or clothing or simply YEEZY. pic.twitter.com/0hcy4yHvO2— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) April 30, 2018
He then later tweeted credit to Tony Spackman, while claiming that the “designer” who stole Spackman’s work was fired from the Yeezy team.
Today I learned that a newly hired designer on the Yeezy team presented work that was not of their own. This person has immediately been let go from the Yeezy brand.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) May 4, 2018
In a moment of inspiration, energy and excitement I had posted this sketch and would like to acknowledge the true creator of this amazing work, Tony Spackman.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) May 4, 2018
However, West hasn’t been shy about endorsing plagiarism in the past.
too much emphasis is put on originality. Feel free to take ideas and update them at your will all great artist take and update.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) April 18, 2018
Cars have four wheels. Hoodies have hoods. It's amusing to me when some one says this is an original hoodie. Bro… it's a hoodie ?♂️
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) April 18, 2018
I find myself getting stuck in the idea of originality and letting my ego push me to say things like "this person stole this from me" and the funny thing is it'll be a reference I took from somewhere ?
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) April 18, 2018
let's be less concerned with ownership of ideas. It is important that ideas see the light of day even if you don't get the credit for them. Let's be less concerned with credit awards and external validation.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) April 18, 2018
