Did James Charles steal the Teddy Fresh Design?

James Charles just dropped the new designs for his Sisters merch line, and almost immediately, he was called out by Ethan Klein from h3h3 productions for ripping off his wife Hila’s designs for Teddy Fresh. Today, we’re not going to be asking the simple question, “Did James Charles steal the Teddy Fresh design?”, we’re going to ask, “Is James Charles really that dumb?”. It’s undeniable that these designs are similar, but was this done out of malice or something else?

While many people are going to take the easy road and jump to the conclusion that James Charles flat out stole these designs, you and I are going to use this opportunity to add a couple of critical thinking skills to our critical thinking toolbox. In a world of headline readers, it doesn’t take effort to come up with the easy answer, but our goal is to pause and think a bit deeper about situations going on in the world.

So, what happened?

Last night, it started when Ethan Klein tweeted at James Charles accusing him of stealing the Teddy Fresh designs:

James Charles replied by saying: