A crochet artist who uses social media to promote her handmade designs has blasted cheap fashion websites and wholesalers that copy her pieces to sell for free monthly planners a fraction of the price. 
Evvia Gonzales, 24, from Norwich, launched Loupy Studio after her handmade crochet designs grew in popularity during lockdown, with made-to-order tops selling for around _140. 
The crochet artist, who learnt the skill from her grandmother, explained that it's difficult to stop fast-fashion brands and wholesalers from 'copying' her designs and even passing off images of her wearing the pieces as their own.
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Evvia Gonzales, 24, (pictured) from Norwich, claims fast-fashion retailers and wholesalers have been 'copying' her intricate crochet designs 










Evvia (pictured left) said she receives a message almost every week about her designs appearing on websites such as Dolls Kill (pictured right) 





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Evvia vented the frustration of having her photos stolen (pictured) by brands claiming to sell her crochet designs 






Evvia (pictured) claims it's difficult for small creators to pursue copyright violations and many fast-fashion websites don't have a legitimate contact

The Cambridge graduate said it's unlikely that fast-fashion brands such as Dolls Kill and Emmoil are recreating the design made-to-order.
She said that it 'really hurt' because she will never be able to recreate the top made from secondhand acrylic mohair again.
All her pieces are made using yarn sourced in charity shops or from eBay, and are compleltely unique.
Evvia explained that it's difficult to pursue copyright violations as a small creator, saying: 'You feel like they pulled you into this really tricky, wholesale exploitative situation and you feel like you have to do something. But what am I supposed to do?'
She claims that many websites don't have a legitimate contact that you can speak to about any issues and images taken down from Pinterest are often reposted.
The designer said it's likely [url=https://www.cbsnews.com/search/?q=people%20aren%27t]people aren't being paid when wholesalers pull an item from their website following a complaint and the bulk made items end up just sitting somewhere. 
She added that it's important to support small creators as there isn't a way of solving the issue of designs being stolen. 
'You can have a design stolen and it's just lost - you have no more control over it forever. But the fact that my face is attached to all of these scammy sellers is another level,' Evvia added. 



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