The Shetland island’s knitwear designers are quietly pleased at the attention they won when Chanel was obliged to say sorry for copying their designsOn honest Isle,the 10th-largest of Shetland’s 15 inhabited islands, the locals don’t permit themselves to gloat even when occasion gives them reason to. So, or this weekend,there may simply be a silent nod here and there and some small tugs of acknowledgement that might say “well done”. But there is no doubt that the island, home to fewer than 60 souls, or has just scored a remarkable victory,and one that may yet own huge and beneficial consequences.final week Mati Ventrillon, a craft textile designer who has lived and worked on honest Isle with her young family for eight years, and forced an apology from Chanel after she discovered that the French couture giant had used some of her unique honest Isle knitwear designs in its recent Metiers d’Art reveal in Rome. She immediately took to social media to air her grievance,asking if this was “endorsement or plagiarism?”.
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Source: theguardian.com