NYC influencer accuses scandal-plagued Brandy Melville of ripping off her logo on new t-shirt: ‘They’re so shameless’

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A Big Apple manner designer is accusing nan scandal-plagued fast-fashion concatenation Brandy Melville — worn by popular prima Ariana Grande and different celebs — of ripping disconnected her western-themed logo. 

“Brandy Melville stole my logo and put it each complete a bunch of shirts, and we’re doing immoderate investigative investigation coming to spot if they’re successful shop and, unfortunately, bargain them, truthful I tin get them to my lawyer,” influencer Emma DiMarco, nan laminitis of nan Brooklyn-based vintage and apparel marque “Kissing Cowboys,” said successful a May 31 Instagram video. 

The clip past shows DiMarco, 29, wrong of Brandy Melville’s Union Square location, pulling 1 of its $21 reddish T-shirts – which bears nan words “Kissing Cowboys” successful achromatic font and a black-colored silhouette of a cowboy – disconnected a hanger. 

“I’m, like, really speechless. This is truthful insane,” DiMarco continued successful nan video, which has amassed astir 175,000 views. 

Brandy Melville, which launched successful Italy successful nan 1990s earlier coming to nan US successful 2009, has many times been accused of fostering a toxic situation — group and size discrimination included — among its workers, according to reports. 

Former labor blew nan whistle connected workplace conditions and toxic civilization successful a 2024 HBO film, “Brandy Hellville & nan Cult of Fast Fashion.”

Emma DiMarco claims Brandy Melville ripped disconnected nan creation she created for this flyer, and posted connected Instagram past year. Kissing Cowgirls/ Instagram
Brandy Melville removed nan $21 t-shirt disconnected its website this week. Helayne Seidman

DiMarco claims nan celebrated manner marque has now victimized her arsenic well, by stealing and profiting disconnected of nan creation she created for a vintage pop-up she hosted successful Brooklyn past year, which remains visible connected her nationalist Instagram profile. 

“They must person screenshotted nan flyer and removed nan cigaret from nan cowboy’s rima … but nan abstraction betwixt nan letters, nan letters, and nan abstraction betwixt nan cowboy’s caput — it’s each nan same,” DiMarco fumed. 

“They’re truthful shameless — that’s nan portion that makes maine really angry, is that they’re fundamentally like, ‘What nan f–k are you going to do astir it?” DiMarco told The Post. 

“They’re truthful shameless – that’s nan portion that makes maine really angry,” DiMarco, who sells her ain “Kissing Cowboy”-brand merch, told The Post. Helayne Seidman

The fast-fashion concatenation removed nan t-shirt from their website this week.

DiMarco is still considering taking ineligible action against nan company, she said. 

Brandy Melville did not respond to The Post’s requests for comment.