‘Better to fail than pass by cheating’

Plagiarism: Copying from their friends or from other sources without giving credit is often due to students’ writer’s block, lack of ideas, ignorance, fear of failure, or plain laziness. — 123rf.com

RECENTLY, American fashion brand Ralph Lauren was called out by netizens for imitating a design by Malaysian couturier Datuk Zang Toi. The design in question was of a custom outfit worn by American singer-songwriter Alicia Keys featuring the New York City skyline at the Met Gala 2022.

Toi, who is noted to have unveiled the design in 2009, responded rather brilliantly by saying he was flattered to have a big fashion brand imitate a design by a “small-town boy from Malaysia”.