Hrithik Roshan 'sis in law farah Ali Khan accuses pakistani designer sara taseer ( daughter of governer Punjab Salman Taseer) of stealing her jewellery designs.
Interesting !!!
And this is sara taseer version defending herself against Farah Ali Khan
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that sure is true...plagiarism is eating our country inside out and these so called designers don't realize it and continue to cheat.
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faraah ali's was blocked but I read the othe one... OMG!!! She's rather catty
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read farah ali khan's version below
A border-crossing jewellery heistIt’s a case involving Pakistani jewellery designer Sara Taseer Shoaib and two Indian jewellery designers, Farah Khan and Alpana Gujral, an anonymous fashion website, and a mysterious trail of clues. Instep investigates the bejeweled saga.. [Saba Imtiaz [online coverage of Pakistani fashion has always been abysmal at best: relegated to a few websites that post images culled from print publications as well as the official websites of the style sections of newspapers. However, recently one has seen more coverage of Pakistani fashion happening on the Internet - from the Pakistani blogosphere as well as dedicated websites. But one blog recently caused quite a stir by reporting a case of alleged plagiarism that developed into a mystery novel as opposed to an example of ‘ha ha, copy cat!’
The website StyleStripped (Style Stripped) mostly carries images of Pakistani designers’ new collections and fashion shows, as well as does a very good job of accessory spotting: pointing out designer bags on the arms of socialites, models and designers and listing their make, brand and price. The website - the owners of which remain anonymous - has also covered alleged incidents of plagiarism by Pakistani designers in the past. However their recent allegation: that jewellery designer Sara Taseer Shoaib’s Facebook group carried images of a jewellery sketch that was the exact replica of a design created by Indian jewellery designer Farah Khan unfolded rather strangely. according to StyleStripped bore the signature of Sara Taseer - were removed from the Facebook group in a short time. In other online changes, the blog also removed Sara’s surname from their original post as well. So was the sketch really created by Sara Taseer Shoaib? What does Farah Khan - sister-in-law to Hrithik Roshan and quite popular in Bollywood circles - have to say on the subject? Instep spoke to both designers to get to the bottom of this all. Farah Khan speaks out…
]How did you learn about your designs being copied?
Farah Khan: "I received an e-mail from the owner of stylestripped.com informing me that my work was being out rightly copied by a Pakistani designer named Sara Taseer Shoaib and that she had in her Facebook group lifted my designs from my website (Farah Khan Ali - Diamond Jewellery Designer) and made sketches of the designs and signed them to pass them off as her own. When I visited Facebook I was shocked. I couldn’t believe how someone could be so stupid to plagiarise designs so openly; especially in today’s world where we live in the age of the Internet and accessibility to information is only one click away. I went to her website which was under construction and was even more amused to see that she had tried to copy the animation of my website whereby my pages flip unveiling new designs.
*Following your success at the IIFA weekend in Macau, this must have come as a huge shock to you.
Farah: "I recently showcased my jewellery at the IIFAs in Macau at the fashion extravaganza where my sister Sussanne and her husband Hrithik Roshan walked the ramp for me. Bipasha Basu, Priyanka Chopra, Lara Dutta, Sushmita Sen, Kangana Ranaut, Dia Mirza, Mughda Godse, Sophie Chaudhary and Peter Andre all wore my jewellery on the famous ‘green carpet’. I have built a very strong reputation in the trade based on ethics and morality and I’m not about to have somebody try to take that away from me so easily. This was a huge shock though I am prepared to fight it every step of the way."Are your designs copyrighted? Would you consider taking the matter to a court of law if not settled otherwise?]
Farah: "My designs are copyrighted and I would consider taking the matter to court. I have already asked my legal team to be ready. I want an apology from this lady whoever she may claim to be because you just do not do what she did, especially after claiming to be a creative person. The only thing creative about her is the ingenuity in how she tried to copy my designs in sketches and post them near my finished pieces so that it looks like I have ripped her off when in reality it is she who is ripping me off and trying to slander my name. If pushed I shall sue her for plagiarisation of designs, theft of intellectual property and causing disrepute to an established brand and designer."Sara taseer **Shoaib offers a short comment…**What is your official take on the allegations that you have copied a if]Farah Khan design?
Sara Taseer Shoaib has refused to comment on record on the allegations if stylestripped.com was being mentioned, as she believes her name gives the website ‘more currency and she does not want to be associated with it’. On record, Sara has denied the allegation, and has rested the blame for the plagiarisation on the shoulders of the website, holding them responsible for having created that sketch and uploading it on the Facebook group, which at that point allowed any user to upload their own images. Sara told Instep that since this incident, she has changed the Facebook group settings to disallow people from posting images to it."This website has been stalking me for a while now. They have gone to my shop several times and
they know the price of every item in the store. I have also received several requests for them asking for images of my jewellery which I have ignored. I also got some very strange emails from them saying that they knew who I was etcetera etcetera.When I found out about the images uploaded to my Facebook group and the post on the website, I instantly made the connection that they were the ones who had done this. They have uploaded those sketches onto my Facebook group. this website’s sole purpose is to malign Pakistani designers and give them bad press. I have just done an entire expo of my jewellery in Singapore and I and other designers who take our work to all corners of the world are trying to promote a more moderate, open image of Pakistan - and this is to give us a bad name. We cannot be slaves to this anonymous, rogue website."*
, Ironically enough, this isn’t the first incident of plagiarism Sara Taseer Shoaib has been associated with. The June issue of Xpoze magazine carried images of the logos from Sara’s website (sarataseershoaib.com) and that of Indian jewellery designer Alpana Gujral (alpanagujral.com), pointing out how it was a coincidence that both logos were so very similar. (Above: Sara’s logo, Right: Alpana Gujral’s logo)When asked for a reaction to this Sara said, “I have not seen the magazine. But my logo is not a copy, it was created in Pakistan. And that’s not my official logo anyway; my trademark is my name - Sara Taseer Shoaib. My logo keeps changing; earlier it was two diamonds together. And my website is still under construction.”
Indian jewellery designer Alpana Gujral believes that the logo has plagiarised. In a phone conversation she told Instep: “It is a complete copy. She has used the whole essence of my logo. And I definitely plan to go to the Indian press to show how people are copying so blatantly.”]**It’s not so elementary, Watson:**While the jewellery sketches is a mysterious case where one can’t prove it’s a clear-cut incident of plagiarism or not, the logo definitely appears to be a little too inspired. The fact remains though, that while jewellery designs are copied worldwide, this has hit home particularly hard. Those looking across the border for inspiration would well be advised that it may not be that easy to get away with such stunts and those making allegations should try and find indelible proof before they cause a war of words.Style Stripped did not respond to a request to be interviewed for this article.*- With additional reporting by Yusra Askari for Farah Khan’s interview *
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Farah Khan has every right to fight. Why do Pakistanis have to copy man? That's so lame.
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When I received a scanned copy of the article you published in Instep (A border crossing jewellery heist: August 9, 2009), I was very amused by Sara Taseer Shoaib's statements and as she is a novice in the business I think over reacting to her criticism of me and my work would only give her importance. I have achieved a name in the business for the last 16 years and someone like Ms Taseer Shoaib rubbishing my work does not give her much credibility, as I do not have to prove my achievements to someone like her.
For a start, she denies plagiarising my design, blames it on a website and then questions if the design is my copyright at all? When questioned on plagiarising a logo, she states that her logo keeps changing (sic), something by professional standards that seems quite preposterous.She also says I have paid a credible newspaper to carry my story and uses her family's newspaper to verify her stand instead of approaching a neutral newspaper. She claims that I was hysterical when I called her in Hong Kong, when in actuality she was the one that was hysterical and refused to believe it was actually me that was calling and insisted on calling back.
To claim that I wanted to prolong a conversation with someone I was accusing of plagiarising my designs seems very absurd and I do not need to make mundane conversation with someone like her. She lacks the sensibility to make a rational conversation, considering she kept on saying she comes from a powerful family and that there were objectionable pictures of her on the internet if I wanted to surf the net put by her family's detractors. I really was amused wondering why she should be telling me, a complete stranger, such unwanted information.Her wanting to meet Hrithik (Roshan, married to Farah Khan's sister Suzanne) and my brother Zayed (Khan) who she attacked personally makes her a wannabe groupie as she herself mentions how star struck she is. I cannot expect a woman like her to say anything nice about my family as she did not have anything nice to say about her own family, including her step brother Aatish who I don't know at all.
I have no intention to market myself in Pakistan as she claims I do. I know that the import of jewellery is banned in Pakistan and I'd like to know how she manufacturers her jewellery in Hong Kong, as she claims. do not need to prove anything to this disturbed woman who does not have an identity of her own and who gave me 14 missed calls in India before the story broke. She in fact wanted me to issue a joint statement with her - in her father's newspaper - saying that the website StyleStripped was at fault and she was faultless. I refused and hence approached the Pak media after having a conversation with Alpana Gujral the Indian jewellery designer whose logo Sara has plagiarised. Once the story hit, Sara did a complete volte face and changed her website, logo and everything that initially existed. If that is not guilt what is?
Ms Taseer-Shoaib keeps on trying to stir loyalty from her countrymen by talking about Pakistan vs India and how Indian designers are trying to malign Pakistani designers. According to me, design has no boundaries and this is not about Pakistan vs India. I have high respect for Pakistani designers and have purchased many of their works myself. This is about plagiarisation so let's not make it political. But then again Ms Taseer-Shoaib has been brought up in a political world where everything boils down to create hate against one another so that the actual issue is diluted.In the holy month of Ramadan, I do not lie and I still state that Sara Taseer Shoaib plagiarised my designs and does not have the guts to admit it.
This reply came in today's The News Instep
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jaisa baap waisi beeti
dono budzaad
the end
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Guess what:) I found the original post that exposed Sara Taseer’s creative theft. The site has been taken down, but google maintains the cache. The taseers can intimidate the website owners but not us guppies:p
The original Sketch of the jewelery with Sara Taseer’s signature at the bottom (She posted this on her Facebook)
The actual jewelery on Farah Khan’s website.
Farah Khan’s sketch stolen by Sara Shoaib Taseer and passed off as her own
Miss Taseer has acted strangely regarding this incident. She claims that the owner of stylestripped.com got the sketches from the indian designer’s website, forged her signature (don’t understand how they did that), hacked into her facebook account (which again is something next to impossible these days) and posted it there SO her reputation would be maligned and the sales of the guy behind stylestripped would increase (coocoo coo coo)
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What I am waiting for, is to hear from a Sara Taseer client to whom she sold that design. That would completely prove that Sara did actually steal the design and wasn't the work of some goblins
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LOL...COPYING IS WHAT OUR SO CALLED DESIGNERS DO BE IT MUNEEB NAWAZ, OR THAT EX GAY BOYFRIEND OF AMNA HAQ BUT THEY ARE LUCKY TO HAVE NOT BEEN HUMILIATED LIKE THIS BY THE ORIGINALS BECAUSE THEY RIP OF GORA DESIGNERS WORK THIS WOMAN MADE A MISTAKE BY COPYING THIS INDIAN WOMANS DESIGNS AND THATS WHY SHE GOT CAUGHT HAHAHHAA...THAT'LL TEACH EVERYONE A LESSON NOT TO COPY DESIGNS OF SOMEONE WHO ARE YOUR NEIGHBOURS...INSTEAD COPY PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW YOU AND CAN'T REACH YOU ;)
but on a serious note Pakistani trashy copycat designers should learn not make and come up with their own designs.
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Pakistan is always in news, in one form or the other.