Last week, a judge in Texas dismissed a copyright lawsuit filed over a year ago by Sydney Sloneker, an influencer who’d accused a fellow content creator of stealing her vibe. The original suit alleged that Alyssa Sheil had been copying Sloneker’s content, which included featuring the exact same Amazon products — furniture, clothing, décor — in a similar muted, beige aesthetic on her profile. According to Sloneker, Sheil’s posts were so similar to her own that Sheil had siphoned off some of her sales, and she wasn’t earning as much as she would have been without her alleged copycat.
Following the dismissal, Sloneker posted a five-minute video to TikTok on Thursday — the first time she’s acknowledged her suit on the feed. “A lot of articles are claiming I’m suing over a beige aesthetic,”