Cristina Pedroche's dress in the Campanadas and its possible inspirations (or is it plagiarism?)

There are minutes to 12:00.

on December 31 and one of the best kept secrets is finally revealed: the dress that Cristina Pedroche wears to give the Chimes on Antena 3 together with Alberto Chicote, a work by the creator

To keep up the hype, she first appeared wearing

that hid her dress.

According to the presenter, it was a tribute to UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the white background was decorated with blue drawings.

The layer of controversy

The first on the forehead: the creator

National Fashion Design Award winner, did something quite similar for his show at New York Fashion Week in 2003. It was a tunic dress with a blue background with the flag of United Nations stamped in white.

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And asked about the similarity of the idea, he spoke:

You decide which of these three words defines the dress worn by the influencer Cristina Pedroche at the farewell of the year on television. When I used a flag of the United Nations in 2003 for the presentation of the 'Citizen of the World', the situation in the United States was terrifying. Bush was going to attack and invade Iraq ignoring the UN with a false excuse of chemical weapons. If we use symbolic flags out of context, we run the risk of falling into the frivolization of organizations dedicated to helping people, not 'entertaining' people. Sad".

And the dress appeared...

A hard attack on the cape that the presenter wore.

But the controversy does not end here.

Cristina Pedroche took off her cape and revealed the dress that she was hiding:

work of the sculptor Jacinto de Manuel, made of recycled paper pulp and enameled in white, on a transparent skirt.

It is by no means the first time that this universal symbol, the dove of peace, has been used in fashion, and

But better we can talk about inspiration.

Carla Bruni and Yves Saint Laurent

For example, we can go back to Yves Saint Laurent's haute couture spring-summer collection, with a spectacular Carla Bruni -later the first lady of France for her marriage to Nicolas Sarkozy- with a

, a tribute by the late designer to George Braque.

Carla Bruni in the Yves Saint Laurent wedding dress in 1998 in Paris.Getty

The model wore it to the opening ceremony of the

on June 10 in Paris.

India Martinez and Susana Estrada

There is more.

The most commented 'inspiration' on social networks is that of the model worn by India Martínez in a

where she can be seen wearing a top reminiscent of Pedroche's.

It was the singer herself who uploaded a tweet with the similarity of both outfits.

And he has also talked about the model in question Susana Estrada, the muse of the breakout years, to remember that she already wore something similar: in 1980, she published an album,

and on its cover she appeared covering her chest with a dove of peace.

Cover of the album 'Acaríciame' by Susana Estrada.

The artist has gone a step further and has criticized the fact that in her time she was demonized for this type of outfit and that now, however, and in her opinion, it is praised.

she has declared.

no holds barred

Be it inspiration or plagiarism, Cristina Pedroche's dress in Las Campanadas has once again caused a lot to be talked about and made rivers of ink flow, so the

According to the criteria of The Trust Project

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