Yoko Ono is being sued by a New York fashion designer who
Yoko Ono is being sued by a New York fashion designer who is accusing John Lennon’s widow of shamelessly ripping off her new fetish-inspired clothing line.
Ms Ono, 80, claims her men’s range, which includes jock straps and thigh-high boots, is a tribute to the late Beatles singer.
But designer Haleh Nematzadeh, 36, from Brooklyn, claims Ms Ono’s design team saw her sketches for a new women’s line, tweaked them and then produced the men’s clothing range without permission.
Both lines feature see-through garments and items with suggestive hand-prints around the crotch and chest areas.
Ms Nematzadeh, who owns her own clothing company Smashing Starlets, in Brunswick, said Ms Ono’s team ‘took everything with no shame’.
She said she had met photographers from retailer Opening Ceremony and that they were supposed to return to photograph the clothes.
But she claims they went to Ms Ono’s team, with her Fashion For Men 1969-2012 now available on Open Ceremony’s website.
What do you think? Looks pretty darn close!!!