Another Dirty Socialist: AOC’s ‘Tax the Rich’ Dress Design Appears to Be Stolen From Street Artist That Went Viral on TikTok
A California-based anonymous street artist has pointed out that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’ dress design is strikingly similar to her art work that recently went viral on TikTok.
The artist, known as “The Velvet Bandit” pointed out the similarities in an Instagram post.
The dress was created by designer Aurora James and worn by AOC to the $30,000-per-ticket Met Gala.
In the Instagram post, The Velvet Bandit wrote “Look familiar?” and tagged the congresswoman saying that she “stepped out at the Met Gala wearing a dress designed by @aurorajames that looks hella similar to my design,” with a shocked face emoji.
The artist continued, “all of my pasteups are handpainted, and after my Tax the Rich I put up in Sausalito went viral on TikTok,
