James Charles is once back at the epicentre of the controversy, this time in an upcoming collection of derivatives of his Sisters Apparel logo.
In a video posted Tuesday, youTube’s feel and makeup guru showed off his new hoodies that are stamped with the “Sisters” logo on the front. The hoodie is a component of Charles’ new collection that is expected to be featured in the Sisters Apparel in the coming days, however, the hoodie design is very similar to those created through his companion YouTuber and podcaster Ethan Klein, for his new plush brand.
Klein, who runs the YouTube channel h3h3Productions with his wife Hila Klein, accused Charles of copying the color palette and flavor of pieces that could long be purchased on the couple’s Teddy Fresh clothing site.
“I know we didn’t invent color blocking, but I’m having a hard time with James Charles’ new product, it’s precisely the same design as Hila’s. Combined with the fact that his audience is so large, many other people will assume that he designed it and began accusing us of plagiarism. What do you think?” Ethan Klein wrote on Twitter on Thursday.
He followed the tweet with screenshots side by side of Teddy Fresh’s colorful products and Charles’ new pastel hoodie. “It’s imaginable that all this is an absolutely cosmic coincidence, but he used pretty much the same colors here too, at least he moved them a little bit. “
Hila Klein also commented on the similarity of the merchandise, sharing behind-the-scenes images of when she began designing the colored hoodie locked in 2017. “This is my first comic strip of the 2017 color block hoodie before we have a logo for TF, and in the other photo, it’s pink, that’s how I usually paint on our color palettes,” he tweeted.
According to Charles, he’s not aware of the Teddy Fresh brand.
“When you sent me a message yesterday, I sent you the original photo that animated my collection, I explained that I had never noticed your brand, but I also asked you what you were looking for after I made Array. . You didn’t answer. After last year, I promised to keep personal verbal exchanges and create solutions, not dramas,” Charles wrote in a reaction tweet Thursday, adding, “If you need to continue our verbal exchange and find a solution, my DDs are open!”
The debacle is not the first for Charles. In the 4 years since Charles made his YouTube debut, the makeup artist, who was CoverGirl’s first male face, was embroiled in scandals, adding its consequences in 2019 with fellow YouTuber and former friend Tati Westbrook.
Westbrook was an avid collaborator of Charles and the couple gave the impression on each other’s instructional makeup videos on their respective YouTube channels. However, their quotes began to worsen in April 2019 after Charles promoted Sugar Bear Hair products, a direct competitor to Westbrook. The brand of hair and skin supplements, Halo Beauty, on your Instagram. Although Charles apologized on his social media in May 2019, Westbrook posted a now-deleted 40-minute video exploiting Charles and mentioning a number of reasons for his ruined friendship, adding claims. that Charles was forcing men to perform sexual acts and that Charles used his popularity on YouTube to manipulate people.
Charles denied the allegations in his own reaction video, which has also been removed, but Westbrook’s revelations caused the Internet personality to lose nearly 3 million subscribers almost overnight.
“I didn’t communicate about it because I like Ariana, I guess I just had a horrible joy with her,” Charles said in the video.
Then, later in 2018, Charles felt the wrath of a fan who claimed that the James Charles x Morphe eye shadow palette of the good-looking influencer had stained their eyelids and caused them hives. Charles defended his logo as a high-quality product.
However, Charles’s first primary controversy might have happened in 2017, when youTube star shared a joke about Ebola in Africa, which tweeted shortly after being named CoverGirl’s first CoverBoy.
“I can’t, we’re going to Africa today, my God, and if we get Ebola. “James, we’re fine, we may have had it in Chipotle last year “Array. . . “, he wrote in a tweet that has since been deleted.
The reaction was immediate, as several enthusiasts criticized Charles for stereotyping an entire continent. James published a long open letter apologising for his comments. “I’m aware that the tweet is incredibly offensive and degrading,” he wrote.
“I posted it to laugh at my friend’s mistake, but I didn’t think of what the tweet meant as a total. I never meant to offend and I’m sorry. I would never take this for granted, but I have repressed f’s,’ he continued.
Newsweek contacted Charles’ representatives for comment.
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