What Comes After Quiet Luxury? Why Maximalism is Back in Luxury Fashion
Luxury is turning the volume back up, and the timing is not an accident. A decade of invisible markups is ending exactly as customers…
Before the Label: Anna Hoang on the Making of ANNA QUAN
Before ANNA QUAN became the cult Australian fashion label worn by celebrities worldwide, including Kendall Jenner, Margot Robbie and Anne Hathaway, founder Anna Hoang…
The Royal Pop Resale Machine: What the Swatch x AP Frenzy Says About IP, Hype, and the Business of Flipping
When an “affordable AP” turns out to be a pocket watch, the resale market moves first, and the legal questions follow. The Swatch x…
Art at the Pleasure of the State: Cannes, French Law, and the Regulation of Global Glamour
The Festival de Cannes is the most-watched cultural event on earth. It is also, quietly, one of the most governed. This is the story…
Fast Fashion Dupes, AI, and the Met Gala Effect: Where Inspiration Ends, and Infringement Begins
The Met Gala 2026 is no longer merely a celebrity red-carpet event. It has evolved into a real-time global content economy where couture looks…
Fashion Nova Hit With TCPA Class Action Over Pre-8 AM Marketing Texts
A California shopper got eight Fashion Nova promo texts between 7:24 AM and 7:32 AM. Now she wants every American who got an early-morning…
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…
