Marc Jacobs has ripped off an old Swedish man! Marc is currently marketing a scarf that looks identical a little similar to a design created in the 1950's in a county called Harjedalen up in the north of Sweden. A man named Göran Olofsson says his father came up with the design way back in the day when he used to draw sketches and sell them to tourists. The design was so popular that he had it printed on some scarves and began selling them.

It appears one of these scarves made it's way into the U.S., found it's way into Marc Jacobs' greasy little fingers, and the rest is history. The only difference between Marc's scarf and Olofsson's scarf is that above the design Marc removed the lettering that had the name of the town, and replaced it with, "Marc Jacobs since 1984."

Olofsson has written to Marc to try and get some clarification. He's open to selling the copyright if the right offer is made. As for what he thinks of his dad's design, he says, "I suppose my father was before his time."

Yeah that. Or, umm, maybe Marc Jacobs is crazy. The scarf is so hideous I don't know why anyone would buy it as a souvenir, let alone steal the copyright and try to pass it off as fashion! You can check out The Cut for a side by side comparison.

If I had to guess what's going to happen, I'd say Marc will probably have to offer Olofsson a ridiculous amount of money in order to avoid a lawsuit -- all for a picture of some goats in the mountains.

Was it worth Marc, was it really worth it?

Via The Cut.