COPYCAT OR FLATTERY?
Designer Paledi Segapo sets the record straight over his 16th MetroFM Music Awards garment. PICTURE: WEB "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness.” These are the words of one Oscar Wilde, a playwright and author from 1800s who’s quote remains a go to place even in 2017 because one can’t just take and not compliment another right? Last week, the “black carpet” of the 16 th MetroFM Music Awards in Durban played itself as yet another stage where “copycats” and name calling space for celebs who dared replicate garments of international if not local fashion designers. One celeb to be labelled was designer Paledi Segapo who wore a Thandolwethu Piliso blue draped suit design, which saw him getting into a social media spat with David Tlale’s intern designer Siphosihle Masango, who alleged that the designer had stolen his creation. Initially Tlale –who’s since deleted the post – first confronted Segapo on instagram with a picture of M...