Toronto sex and pleasure educator Luna Matatas is still looking for credit after fashion-powerhouse Christian Dior took her registered trademark — Peg the Patriarchy — and put it on the front of a vest British model Cara Delevingne wore to the MET gala.

Matatas tells blogTO she first saw mentions of Dior's Peg the Patriarchy piece on Twitter after she finished teaching a class on Monday night, and at first didn't know what was happening.

"I was like, Wait, what? That's my thing," Matatas says. Then she looked for credit somewhere. "I was really disappointed to see that I wasn't credited anywhere or mentioned."

❤️Hope @lunamatatas is getting paid & credited for the use of her #pegthepatriarchy trademark. #metgala https://t.co/7gx6J9sw4d

— Jess O'Reilly (@SexWithDrJess) September 14, 2021

There were many good stories for Canadians at the MET gala —Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wore a dress made by a born-Toronto designer. Actors Dan Levy and Simu Liu made Toronto proud with their outfits.

But Matatas is still waiting for recognition and she hasn't yet heard anything from Dior, the designer Maria Grazia Chiuri, or Delevingne herself.

This is not surprising, but so disappointing. Cara and Dior owe Toronto sex educator and all around good human @lunamatatas BIG for stealing her trademarked phrase Peg the Patriarchy. #MetGala2021 #PegThePatriarchy https://t.co/yfEXaqjzbT

— Alicia Cox Thomson (@AliciaHCox) September 14, 2021

On an Instagram post from the event, many people have asked Delevingne and Dior to credit Matatas. Neither have yet to make a public response.

Attempts by blogTO to contact Dior went unanswered.

Delevingne told Vogue the slogan is "about women empowerment, gender equality — it's a bit like, 'Stick it to the man.'"

But Matatas says it isn't about punishing people or men as the patriarchy has no gender, it's a system. She is using the metaphor of pegging as a way of talking about subverting the system of patriarchy.

"So it's in connecting our sexual liberation and our private pleasure revolution."

I'm going to go ahead and say it for the people in the back: If you are a celebrity wearing a slogan, it's YOUR JOB (and YOUR TEAM'S) to do your due diligence and ensure you haven't stolen what you're wearing. #PegThePatriarchy

— Kate-Madonna (Hindes) Sieger (@girlmeetsgeek) September 14, 2021

The idea for the phrase came out of teaching in Toronto feminist sex shops where she was inspired by conversations around equity. She was heading to Toronto Pride in 2015 and decided to make the shirt.

"The Pride the reception was so awesome," she says "Everyone's like, yes, you know, it connected me with so many different people."

She continues to make and sell shirts and other items locally on her website.

This picture was posted in 2016, which means I'm achieving my goal of being 5 years ahead of my time.@Caradelevingne please give @lunamatatas the credit they deserve. #PegThePatriarchy #MetGala2021 #MetGala pic.twitter.com/inxCsIiQCA

— Adam Glinglin (he/him) #BLM 🌈 (@adamglinglin) September 15, 2021

While she has been getting tons of messages of support since the story broke, Matatas doesn't think she will take legal action against Dior.

"I don't have a legal team," she says. "This is such a David and Goliath situation."

Still, something good has come out of the situation.

"The cool part about it is that so many people from all different walks of life kind of came into my world," she says.

"And now we get to co-create together, right, we get to show up together, we get to bring visibility, because this isn't the first time or last time a privileged white woman is going to steal something from a BIPOC creator."

"I'm not the first person that it's happened to. And I think we just need to really build the solidarity around it. So I want to be a part of that," says Matatas. "I want to show up in that way to continue to lift up my community."