Moschino and Sephora have some splainin’ to do.
Their upcoming collection, adorned in packaging made to resemble school supplies, is a cute concept…except someone else did it first.
The new Moschino collection bears a strong resemblance to The Crayon Case, an independent makeup company owned by Raynell “Supa Cent” Steward.
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The borrowed concept has caused a debate in the makeup world.
I’m sooo disappointed in Moschino for stealing the concepts and originality of black owned beauty brand, The Crayon Case. This is unacceptable. Sephora should’ve done her homework as well, before endorsing this. Shoutout to Diet Prada for pointing this out pic.twitter.com/FihyofAMpw
— Sienna Knows it All (@asksienna) April 21, 2019
I don’t like how Moschino x Sephora stole Supa Cent whole Crayon Case idea.
— Aleiyah. (@theeintrovert) April 18, 2019
This Sephora collaboration with Moschino is so disrespectful! First y’all wanna copy Supa whole brand and second execute it so poorly! All y’all had to do was try to partner with “The Crayon Case”, but of course that’s to much like right
— Chanel✨ (@_javonchanel) April 18, 2019
Why not Moschino + The Crayon Case
Or better yet? Why not Sephora seek Supa out to sell Crayon Case? It’s puzzling.
— Artavia #RIPNIP ???????? (@GYPSEYHUSSLE) April 20, 2019
I'm getting REALLY tired of seeing hard working BW in the beauty industry having their work ripped off by lazy unimaginative larger companies. Beauty Bakerie, The Crayon Case, Alissa, like the list is getting extensive now.
— phil ken sebben (@phylicia_xox) April 20, 2019
Blavity reached out to Sephora and Moschino, but we have yet to hear back. Supa didn’t return our request for comment either, but she isn’t bothered.
“I’ll be ok,” she wrote in a comment under Diet Prada’s comparison post. “We all can make money but god sits high. [I’m] extremely blessed.”
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