Kim Kardashian’s brand SKIMS is at the center of a new lawsuit, which was brought forth by a woman who claims her body tape is damaging. But Kim’s team has responded by arguing the woman is the victim of a counterfeit product, not a faulty one.
According to The Blast, Noelle Smith failed a lawsuit against the company in hopes of receiving compensation for medical expenses.
Court documents reveal that the plaintiff argues the body tape is “dangerous and unsafe for its intended use,” and that “reasonable careful companies seek to design body tape that don’t rip off the user’s skin.”
The lawsuit says the body tape was “carelessly designed using inadequate materials and compounds […] [and the] defective condition made the body tape dangerous and unsafe for its intended use.”
The plaintiff also alleges that SKIMS is aware people have had similar reactions to the body tape.
“[SKIMS] failed to warn the public of the dangerous body tape, and instead continued to sell the product to the public,” the documents continue. “After releasing the body tape to the public, the consumers started lodging public complains about the body tape damaging skin.”
Smith allegedly suffered a series of injuries after using the body tape branded with SKIMS packaging, though the details are unclear.
SKIMS has already responded to the allegations, and they deny their products are responsible for the woman’s reaction. Rather, the company argues that she purchased the body tape off Amazon, which does not carry SKIMS body tape. It appears the woman purchased a counterfeit product designed to look like the SKIMS tape but was not authentic.
“Upon further review of this specific complaint, we have discovered that the customer purchased what appears to be fake tape from Amazon, who is not an authorized or official retailer of SKIMS products,” a spokesperson told TMZ.
SKIMS body tape is designed to keep clothing in place. It features a double adhesive – one side is attached to the garment, the other to the skin. Kim developed the product after she previously opened about using fashion tape in her red carpet looks.
The SKIMS website recommends folks soak the tape with a damp cloth when removing it. This loosens the adhesive, making it easier to peel off like a band-aid. However, a reviewer from Best Products says that they didn’t follow this step but the tape still “slid off painlessly.”
Sources: The Blast, TMZ, Best Products,