The article was originally published on https://sfist.com/2025/11/03/banana-republic-removes-jeans-from-website-after-sf-designer-accuses-them-of-copying-design/When vintage store the Future Past in SF’s Inner Richmond put Gap Inc. on blast, accusing its Banana Republic brand of blatantly copying owner Lindsey Hansen’s original upcycled jeans design, the company removed the jeans from its website. As Mission Local reports, shop owner Lindsey Hansen created the custom jeans in the spring of 2024 while repairing a pair of threadbare Levi’s 501s. She hand-sewed several scraps of denim patches to the thigh and knee on each leg using traditional Japanese sashiko cross-stitch and then sold them for $288 through Levi's social media two days later. Per Mission Local, Future Past employee Jenna Giu

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