Ethical Clothing Brands: How to Check the Claims Before You Buy
How to test ethical clothing brands' claims: what each certification covers, the US, UK and EU rules on claims, red flags and free supply…
Circular Fashion: What It Means and the Rules Pushing Brands There
What circular fashion means and the laws now driving it: the EU destruction ban, textile EPR, France's AGEC law, California SB 707 and the…
Mickey Mouse in the Public Domain: What Fashion Brands Can and Cannot Do
Steamboat Willie's Mickey is free to copy in the US, but later versions and Disney's trade marks are not. What brands can put on…
How to Get Signed by a Modeling Agency: What the Contract Should Say
Getting signed feels like the finish line, but the contract that follows decides how the next few years will go. A model’s agreement sets…
Fast Fashion’s Environmental Impact: The Data Behind the New Laws
Fast fashion depends on speed and volume, and the environmental bill for both has grown faster than most consumers realise. Between 2000 and 2015,…
Can Employers Legally Prohibit Tattoos and Piercings in the Fashion Industry
Tattoos and body piercings have been a major part of various tribes and cultures, but in this modern society, they have become popular forms…
Why Kering Is Closing 125 Stores While Spending Per Customer Rises
Kering’s third quarter contains one line nobody put in a headline. Store traffic fell while conversion rates and average transaction values rose. With fifty…
From Prompt to Polyester: Regulating AI-Generated Fashion Imagery under Indian Consumer Protection Law
In fashion e-commerce, consumers cannot physically inspect garments before purchase and therefore depend on digital product information, including product imagery, to assess their appearance,…
New York’s Child Model Act: What the 2013 Law Requires of Agencies, Brands and Parents
Until November 2013, a model under 18 in New York could walk a runway or sit for a print campaign with fewer legal protections…
The Coogan Law in California: How a 1939 Statute Protects Child Earnings
Few laws carry a person’s name as much as the Coogan Law. It takes its title from Jackie Coogan, the child actor whose earnings…