VETEMENTS have shared a new Fall 2019 clothing line inspired by late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain. They wrote on Instagram, “FALL WINTER 2019 SURPRISE DROP – CORPORATE T-SHIRT & MORE OUT NOW www.mrporter.com @mrporterlive.”
Courtney Love commented on the post, “You guys WHAT the FUCK? I hate being put in this position. You should know better!”
Courtney Love isn’t new to litigation when it comes to clothing lines that allegedly ripoff Nirvana, as she, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, and Frances Bean Cobain are suing Marc Jacobs over a new t-shirt design, with the four even set to testify in court, The Blast reports.
According to court documents obtained by The Blast, “Marc Jacobs is planning on calling all four of them as witnesses in the case. Love and the surviving members of Nirvana had battled for years following Kurt Cobain’s death in 1994. They even had dueling lawsuits over Nirvana money for some time.
The trio ended their 20-year feud when Nirvana was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014.
The docs also reveal Nirvana L.L.C. believes the damages by Jacobs total in excess of $1 million.”
TMZ reported in December that Nirvana believe that their iconic smiley face design was stolen by clothing brand Marc Jacobs, and they have filed a new big money lawsuit. Lawsuit documents claim that in November 2018, Marc Jacobs announced the release of its “Bootleg Redux Grunge” collection featuring socks, shirts and sweaters with the MJ line and a squiggly yellow smiley face. Nirvana has owned the trademark to a very similar smiley face design since 1992, and the band think “Bootleg Redux Grunge” is a blatant ripoff of the design.
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