The Originality of the designer shoes released by Ruggedman’s clothing line , September line has recently been questioned and Ruggedman AKA Michael Ugochukwu Stephen has reacted by reportedly telling his critics to go to hell !!
A Website has recently reported that Ruggedman has repackaged and relaunched his clothing line September wear (T S W) with an array of shoes and accessories but accusssed Ruggedman of stealing the design.
A new York based Nigerian Lady using the Twitter handle @KingAqua05 has accused Ruggedman on Twitter social network on Friday September 21 , 2011 tweeting that Ruggedman had stolen the design of his newest collection from that of an upcoming designer, Natischa Harvey ‘s 2010 collection called “Fever shoe” .
@KingAqua05’s tweet read “I know Fever shoes are not super popular, but still come on !anh anh.He was not even subtle about it” He did not even change the colour and tweak the design a little”.
In a swift reaction in a phone conversation, Ruggedman maintains that the his designs are original and perfectly his own creation.
“Shoes may look alike, but may not be the same design. A creative mind has the tendency to create and design things that may look like what another creative mind may have created. A button may make the difference in the design of a shirt” he said
“The problem we face in the industry today is that, some people have made ‘pull him down’ a profession, never seeing anything good in what another man does. They never see anything constructive in what the next man does. All they want to do is to tear down the person”, Ruggeman said.
He insisted that his designs are not stolen saying “they were customized for me; I’ve been working with someone outside Nigeria and I’m allowed to customize with my name , i work hard at what I’m doing and I have no regrets venturing into this business. And if anyone doesn’t like , the fellow can go to hell because I don’t care what he or she feels about my business. In the next couple of months, I’m releasing my custom made wrist watches and may be, these busybodies will complain that the leather straps are copied”.
Ruggeddy baba , why you dey cophy cophy??