Marc Jacobs Copies Swedish Man's Scarf

20-02-2008 16:31

Marc Jacobs may be in trouble again after a Swedish man claims the designer stole a design from his grandfather.

Göran Olofsson from Arvika in western Sweden claims that a scarf made by his father Gösta in the 1950s was plagiarized by Marc Jacobs according to The Local, an English language Swedish newspaper.

“I was very surprised when I saw the new scarf. It looks like a clear case of plagiarism. I suppose my father was before his time,” said Olofsson to the paper.

Both scarves-which picture scenes for the Linsell area- look identical apart from the writing in the top section - the original says Linsell while the Marc Jacobs one says Marc Jacobs since 1984.

The scarf original was designed by Gosta who sold homemade tourist items that he designed himself.

It looks like these souvenirs were taken home by tourists to the United States and somehow found their way to the Marc Jacobs studio.Gosta’s only heir is Goran so he may own the original copyright.

“I would guess that he had about a thousand of these scarves made up,” said Göran. “I wrote at the weekend and am waiting for an answer.”