Copyright Infringement in Fashion: Prints, Photos and Designs
“Copyright infringement” sounds like a single legal question, but fashion actually asks three separate versions of it depending on what got copied. A stolen…
How Much Does a Fashion Show Cost? Inside A Hundred Thousand Dollars a Minute
What a fashion show actually costs, line by line, and the economic reason a rational business would ever spend it There is a calculation…
Rei Kawakubo and Clothes That Refuse to be Pretty
In October 1981, people entered a Paris showroom expecting a typical ready-to-wear season. Instead, they saw models in black torn sweaters, unfinished hems and…
When AI Designs the Runway: The Future of Fashion and Copyright
Imagine a designer typing “Create a futuristic couture gown inspired by Indian architecture, with metallic embroidery and a silhouette suitable for Paris Fashion Week.”…
The Battle of Versailles, 1973: The Night American Designers Beat Paris
On the evening of November 28, 1973, a fundraiser intended to restore the Palace of Versailles sparked the beginnings of American designers cementing their…
What Is Sustainable Fashion? Definitions, Labels and Laws
Sustainable fashion describes clothing produced and discarded in ways that reduce its environmental and social damage across the whole product life. The scale of…
From Sydney to New York City: Mariah Saad Wants to Bring Fashion Law Home
When Mariah Saad appears on my screen, it is 8 pm in New York City. I am dialling in from Melbourne, Australia, some 16,000…
Catherine with ‘the Great’ Fashion Sense or Not?
There was a valid reason why she was called ‘Catherine the Great’. Not because she was a great wife and queen to Tsar Peter…
Fashion Week Is Built by Four Companies You Have Never Heard Of
The houses compete ferociously. Their shows are made by the same small group of firms, and one of those firms now belongs to a…
The Fashion Tech Pack: Everything a Factory Needs Before It Quotes You
What goes in a fashion tech pack? The 10 sections a factory needs to quote, the label rules for the US and EU, and…