Romanian People Noticed That Dior Copied Their Traditional Clothing And Decided To Fight Back In A Genius Way

I love this response!

Shame on Dior! Shared to all my social networks. Brilliant revenge though. Hope they get orders.

I never understand why people buy 30,000 euros clothing. I know they have money, but what the purpose of those...

I love what Beau Monde did to shed spotlight on Bihor, and my mother being one of the artists that creates these traditional chokers/jackets, bihorcouture.com really helped her get known and share her crafts :)

If the real estate listed on eBay is any guide, you could buy 5-10 houses in that area for the price of one of those couture jackets. Amazingly tone deaf and greedy of Dior not to credit the inspiration and kick some money their way.

Many years ago (40+ I think) we visited Romania, an exquisite country, magnificent lands, and truly delightful people. While there we purchased several blouses beautifully made and embroidered. I remember them very well, the fabric was whisper thin but obviously hand woven and very hardy, the embroidery so delicately and perfectly crafted. They still look as if they were purchased yesterday, still as beautiful, and treasured. That a design house thinks they can "copy" them is ludicrous. There is NO way to put into copied clothing the intricate designs, the artistic ability to use colors that otherwise would clash or the unique way Romanian traditional clothing is made to fit. Dior MUST step up and pay for their audacity to even THINK they could "create" copies!

Stunning similarity = the same.

I bet the clothes that are authentically made by Romanians are better quality anyway.

Big fashion brands should credited local community on their inspiration. they make thousands of incomes, they should share and help the locals to make the community more well known.

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Good for them! And shame on Dior!

This is cultural appropriation, no a Kardashian with Fulani braids...

I don’t get why Dior needs to STEAL from a cultural traditions of people that have been CREATING this clothing for 100s of years. Boo Dior, Boo!!!

When someone makes a $50 copy of a $2,000 bag, it's ripping off big fashion and it is wrong! When Dior makes a $30,000 copy of an original folk art vest, it's artistic expression and capitalism.

I would really like to wear this haute couture. The original, not the imitation Dior made.

Why does the woman in the video slam Trump? He didn't steal the design- I don't get that part. Is there some connection between this clothing and Trump?

"There’s no schaden in any freude we might feel about the fact that the super-rich might have to pay a bit more for the ridiculous stuff they buy. The respectful solemnity with which designer clothes, luxury cars, extremely expensive watches and daft modern art works are viewed makes me well up with contempt. Whenever I see an advert for a designer watch, for example, I imagine all the stupid men looking at it, nodding and seriously muttering: “Nice watch”, aspiring to own it, or perhaps being able to buy it and add it to some prissy collection, and I am mystified at their certainty that this is a more noble use of their finite span than, say, a rampant heroin addiction." David Mitchell

in this day and age, with computers and cameras EVERYWHERE how did Dior think they would get away with this? the should be forced to acknowledge the inspiration and either pay a fine or a percentage to the original creators.

"pre-fall"? Pretty sure we have a word for that and it's summer.

I am so made at these french thieves they probably ran out of ideas and decided to steal romanian clothing ideas that have been around for hundreds of years, and yet they don't even give us romanians credit on our invention. Like you get put in jail for plagiarism gosh i love dior and shopping from there but know i am sooooo mad!

Weird outcry, the romanian designs aren't really romanian, in fact the origins of the motifs come regionally from all over central europe. The reason for this is the borders in the region moved around a lot and what is portrayed as "folklore dress" are in fact fairly contemporary designs coming from around the 1900s created for the ad hoc purpose of "national identity" when bright colored dyes became cheap and affordable to the masses. A peasant wouldn't have been able to afford indigo (imported from india prior to the textile revolution) to add blue to their clothes. The entire conversation is absurd because there's no real historical precedent - the costumes were merely a vast regional fashion trend at the time like empire line dresses or bonnets.

Omg I LOVE it! I want one of the Bihor Couture pieces. Love that Dior got what they deserved >:( cultural appropriation seems okay until it happens to your culture and hits home in a very personal way.

I'd like to add, that the majority of the population of Bihar County was Hungarian for thousands of years, before theTrianon Treaty. So the traditional dress relates to the Hungarian culture much more than to the Romanian one... However, since 1920 Bihar County was given to Romania in Trianon Treaty, now everything is refered as Romanian... That is how things are going in human world... Just think on it!

OMG can't just be all human and stop trying to seperate one another with this kind of debates . Fashion houses have always used traditional peasant clothes as inspiration . What is the problem really ? are they loosing business ?

Nothing new. The best profits are always made "on the shoulders of others", either by exploiting their ideas or labour. Best response: DON'T buy the copied stuff, support the originals. Even better, those garments should be copyrighted to be worn only by those ethnics in their region or on official outings. Like a trademarked uniform.

What the fool Dior didn't count on was this blowing up in his face. Now people will be ignoring his line of clothes for the authentic clothes made by native craftspeople. Why buy an expensive knockoff when you can have REAL thing cheaper.

Shame on DIOR!

Goes to how the fashion world has run out of new ideas, so they copy from designs that are tried and true.

The original clothing on the people who developed it looks strong and proud. The tacky over-priced knock offs on the anemic-looking models looks ridiculous, as does most "haute couture". Just because something is expensive, doesn't make it attractive.

I am disgusted that Dior stole from my country. I am glad my people fought back.

(B)Dihor

Lol I noticed that too. Fashion is overrated of course...They should buy education with 30K$ not a "fashionable" dress. Those who think they know it all, should notice most of the money in the world will go to charities anyway so that's option B for the 30K$.

In short: Dior is a filthy thief, Disgusting.

Humans borrow and build from previous and other cultures.

They could have just said where the inspiration was from and include the culture...

come oooon, the romanians copied Bulgarian national clothes during the Ottoman rule and now they are mad at Dior for copping them. please. Just search Bulgarian National Clothes and check since when these are wore.

Oh, if any of their clothes are made of silk, that cultural appropriation from China.

Apart from sheer jealousy at a company making money, what's "wrong" with "cultural appropriation"? Stupid petulant peasants.

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"This lazy panda forgot to write something about itself." Looks like she was also too lazy to proof her article? $30,000 Euros for those jackets?!? I hope you mean $3000 Euros. Or at least provide a link to somewhere that can confirm those prices.