Users of clip art and file photos take note: "'80s chick in yellow polo" isn't just a random girl, she has a name. In this case it's Kirsten Kennis, and she's pissed off.Kennis is suing Vampire Weekend and its record label for $2 million in damages for unauthorized use of her image as the cover of Contra, the second Vampire Weekend album released earlier this year.
Apparently her signature was forged on the photo release obtained from the image's photographer, Tod Brody.
The image sparked interest when the album was released, at which time the band said, "When we saw this image, we just found it very striking. And part of it is the look on her face. It's not about the color of her hair, or the fact that she's wearing a Polo shirt. What makes it interesting is her face."
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4 comments:
What's she complaining for, she's famous now. She could count her blessing and stop being a bitch.
yeah, what J said :)
Well, NOW she's famous for having filed the suit. Now we know she's "Kirtsen Kennis," but last week she was just "blonde '80s girl in polo."
She looks like a cousin of mine who, family lore has it, sucked her thumb into adolescence.
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