This week, Kylie Jenner posted a picture of herself on Instagram wearing a Jean Paul Gaultier nipple print bikini with the caption “free the nipple.” Pretty dope, to be honest — except when you consider that The TaTa Top, a small, queer-owned business, makes almost the exact same bikini style and believes the luxury brand plagiarized them.
The TaTa Top’s founder, Linze Rice, told BuzzFeed News that people sent her messages after Jenner posted the picture, congratulating her for the massive boost in visibility (Jenner has more than 300 million Instagram followers). But Rice was confused, because the bikini Jenner donned wasn’t from The TaTa Top. To add insult to injury, the Jean Paul Gaultier bikini Jenner was wearing sells for a (frankly offensive) $325, while The TaTa Top sells their tops for $34.99 and donates $3 from each sale to a breast cancer charity, per BuzzFeed News.
