bench versus hollister

or should it be hollister versus bench?

hollister is sister company of abercrombie & fitch and sells some of the coolest shirts and pants in town. it wasn't as famous as a&f before but through the years, it has developed a loyal clientele.

last year, i bought a couple of shirts (from hollister) which i planned to bring to the philippines on my next trip. one of them was this shirt --




bench is a philippine-owned company and is probably its most popular. when i visited their mall of asia branch last november, i was surprised to see the same design (and same color at that!) on the shirt that i bought from hollister.

i took a couple of shots.



who copied who?