The Exception Wears Prada
There is a category of power that the law has always found it more convenient to describe than to discipline. Giorgio Agamben, following Carl…
Taylor Swift’s Trademark Strategy Against Generative AI and the Future of Likeness Protection
So we all read the headlines, right? Taylor Swift’s latest trademark strategy is smart not because trademark law is a magic shield, but because…
Who Owns an Iconic Look?
Recognition in a Second A single white glove. A black fedora, tilted just enough. A silhouette that does not need a name. Few images…
Nike vs Lululemon: What the Sneaker Patent Loss Teaches About Trademark Power in Fashion
When a patent unravels, what’s left standing? In fashion, the answer is almost always the same: the brand. The recent dispute between Nike and…
Amazon Pressed Levi’s and Hanes to Fix Prices at Walmart and Target, New Court Filings Show
California Just Released Proof That Amazon Forced Levi’s and Hanes to Raise Prices at Walmart. The Fashion Industry Should Pay Close Attention. On April…
The Business of Being Unattainable: Luxury Scarcity, Economic Theory, and the Law’s Uneasy Encounter with Prestige
Luxury begins, rather inconveniently for economists, at the precise moment economics starts to look a little naïve. Economists adore tidy stories. Demand rises, supply…
QVC Filed for Bankruptcy, Saks Is Still in Chapter 11, and LVMH Had Its Worst Quarter in Years: What Is Actually Going On With US Fashion Retail?
On April 17, QVC filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy to cut more than $5 billion in debt. Earlier in the week, LVMH reported its…
On Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy & Identity: The Girl Behind the Tortoiseshell Headband
Why true style resists replication and begins with restraint She wore it like it didn’t matter. A narrow strip of tortoiseshell, perched on top…
eBay’s Depop Acquisition: A Smart Move or a Desperate Grasp for Gen Z?
So, the eBay Depop deal just dropped a bombshell on the fashion resale scene. Dropping $1.2 billion to snag this Gen Z hotspot from…
Italian Regulators Raided LVMH Over Sephora Kids. Here Is What That Actually Means
On March 27, 2026, Italy’s competition authority opened two formal investigations into LVMH-owned Sephora and Benefit Cosmetics. The charge, essentially, is this: that both…
Dress Code Debate: Should Fashion Events Still Have Them?
An op‑ed, unapologetically biased, from a disciple of “Class over crass.” When I was a child, the word “presentable” was not a suggestion but…
H&M and Stella McCartney Team Up for Sustainability Insights Board: Fresh Voices on Fashion’s Green Future
Well, my Fashion Friends, Big news from the sustainability front! H&M and Stella McCartney just launched their Insights Board, a super cool group of diverse voices…
Katy Perry v Katie Perry: Rethinking Trademark Power in the Age of Celebrity Commerce
There is something instinctively compelling about a dispute between a global pop icon and an independent designer who shares, quite literally, the same name.…
Trump’s Team Just Filed to Cancel a Chinese Fashion Brand Over Its Name. The Name? DJT
A Hong Kong-based clothing company has been selling women’s fashion for over a decade. High-waist miniskirts, dresses, blouses — nothing particularly controversial. The brand…
Jo Malone Can’t Use “Jo Malone”? Welcome to Fashion Law
In the beauty industry, a founder’s name often becomes the brand’s most valuable asset. But when that name is sold for commercial use, it…
CaaStle founder Christine Hunsicker pleads guilty to one of the biggest startup frauds in fashion history
On March 5, 2026, Christine Hunsicker stood in a Manhattan federal courtroom and admitted what prosecutors had spent months unravelling: the “revolutionary” fashion rental…
Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses: When Fashion Tech Becomes a Privacy Nightmare
Something uncomfortable happened on February 27, 2026. Two Swedish newspapers, Svenska Dagbladet and Göteborgs-Posten, published an investigation that made a lot of Ray-Ban Meta…