Fashion Law Report

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J. Crew Group, Inc. vs. Dwight Fenton Misappropriation J. Crew filed a lawsuit against Dwight Fenton, a former most Senior Design Director in the Men's Design Division at J.

UPDATE: Swap Shop Owner, Coach Set For Court Battle Over Knockoffs Beginning November 25th

UPDATE: Coach Trial Has Been Postponed Until December

“Legal experts say this trademark infringement trial will be closely watched on a national level by the designer industry and owners of shopping malls and flea markets, partly because it’s so unusual for such cases to actually go to trial and also because the case deals with a relatively new and unsettled aspect of the law.”-Sun Sentinel

Coach Fall 2013 Campaign

Coach Inc., is set to go trial…

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LVMH(TAG Heuer) 1st Luxury Smartwatch Allegedly Infringes 'Wireless Communications Approach' Patent

#TAGHeuer Luxury Watch Allegedly Infringes Patent #fashionlaw #timepieces #patentinfringement

Yesterday, Encoditech filed a patent infringement against LVMH Watch & Jewelry USA (a subsidiary of LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton S.E.) which operates under the name TAG Heuer Division alleging it uses its “Wireless Communications Approach” technology (an approach for providing direct, wireless communications between mobile stations) without its permission.

According to the suit filed in…

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Coach vs. Target

KNOCKOFF HANDBAGS

Coach Services, Inc. filed a $1 million lawsuit  in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against Target that alleged their Largo, Florida Target store sold counterfeit bags composed of fabric modeled on the company’s signature fabric, with the “C” logo. The complaint alleged that Target purchased the bags from Carlen Enterprises, a former Coach…

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LVMH's Asian Arm Sued By Terminated 'X-factor' Executive

LVMH’s Asian Arm Sued By Terminated ‘X-factor’ Executive

Uday Mehra claims he reported 11 red flags— deals from 2012 to 2014— that raised concerns about behavior at L Capital Asia, the Asian arm of LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton S.A., and then he was fired, reports the Strait Times.

Mehra, a former Regional Managing Director of Operations contends L Capital Asia dismissed him because he exposed allege misconduct by the private equity fund firm such…

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British Vogue Centenary Issue

#BritishVogue Centenary Issue #fashion #media #print

  The Duchess of Cambridge (Kate Middleton). Photo Credit (Josh Olins). Via: British Vogue Facebook   The Duchess of Cambridge (Kate Middleton). Photo Credit: (Josh Olins). Via British Vogue Facebook    

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Christian Louboutin Wins Court Ruling Against Anti-Islam Group

A Belgium court awarded Christian Louboutin an injunction against “Women against Islamisation”, an anti-Islamic group that criticized the conservative values of sharia law. The group used one of Christian Louboutin’s famous red-soled shoes in its advertising images without permission.

The posters show the legs of Anke Vandermeersch – a former Miss Belgium and a senator for the…

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'Coach House' Flagship on Fifth Avenue

‘Coach House’ Flagship on Fifth Avenue

    This year marks the 75th-anniversary Coach Inc. The New York-based luxury handbag maker leased a space about 23,400 square feet at Manhattan’s 685 Fifth Ave–the world’s most expensive shopping street–will house its three-level flagship store expected to open this fall.

The ‘Coach House’ will be designed by Stuart Vevers, the house’s executive creative director with features like:

Interior…

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Model Woman: 1970’s Modeling Wars Pilot

#Model Woman: 1970’s Modeling Wars Pilot #television #drama #EileenFord #modelingagency

  A new pilot, Model Woman inspired by the British historian, Robert Lacey’s 2015 unauthorized biography entitled, “Model Woman: Eileen Ford and the Business of Beauty”, has been picked up by ABC. The period piece is set in the 1970s during the infamous “Model Wars” a battle between the old guard versus the new guard that resulted in lawsuits. The series is focused around Bertie Geiss who is…

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Maureen Chiquet Exits Chanel

Maureen Chiquet Exits Chanel

Maureen Chiquet is no longer the Global CEO of Chanel. Last week the house released a statement that she would leave the privately owned French luxury fashion house at the end of January “due to differences of opinion about the strategic direction of the company”, WWD reported and one of Chanel controllers, Alan Wertheimer would take over the role. Luca Solca, head of luxury goods research at…

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Barneys, New York City Settle With Trayon Christian

#Barneys, #NewYorkCity Settle With Trayon Christian #civilrights #racialprofiling #fashionlaw

Trayon Christian, 19 (Photo Credit: Pearl Gabel/New York Daily News)

“Shopping while black” is what it’s called. Trayon Christian slapped a lawsuit against the luxury department store, Barneys New York, Inc, The City of New York, The City of New York Police Department, unidentified officers, and detectives and officers of the 19th precinct station house in the Supreme Court of the State of New…

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Tiffany® Setting 130th Anniversary

Tiffany® Setting 130th Anniversary

Tiffany & Co “I Will” Ad Campaign via WWD While Tiffany & Co’s legal department is preparing for a jury trial to seek damages including recovery of Costco Wholesale’s earnings from the sale of diamond counterfeit engagement rings bearing the name “Tiffany” and punitive damages, another department is launching a year-long advertisement campaign to make it perfectly clear why the Tiffany® Setting…

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#YinYiqing First Chinese Born #HauteCouture Fashion Designer #businessoffashion As of December 16, 2015, Yiqing Yin--who regards her style as a trilogy: grace, movement and paradox-- is the first Chinese-born designer to be awarded the Haute Couture appellation-Yiqing Yin Fashion House.

Dressed in velvet blazers, trench coats and leather jackets, draped with stylish cashmere scarves and wearing accoutrements and other toggery from high-end designers including John Varvatos, Moncler, Givenchy, Jimmy Choo, Hugo Boss and Burberry; Paul Mason, a Canadian fashion model channeled Old St., Nick, as the stylish and dapper, Fashion Santa for the holiday season in partnership with Toronto’s Yorkdale Shopping Center to raise funds for a good cause.

But don’t think Mason slid in on a sleigh just to portray the most iconic symbol of Christmas because of the obvious, the 51-year-old has been an international model for almost 30 years (2016 will mark the ) and he was discovered while pursuing a degree in social work. “Many, many, many, many years ago, when I was going to Ryerson [University], in the social work program, my sociology class was mixed with fashion students and I was asked to do an [end of the year runway show] and I walked and someone in the audience knew someone and said I should become a model,” said Mason. “And within three months of that, I was on the runways in Tokyo.” 

(Actually, Mason was discovered by a photographer in the audience who turned him on to Judy Welch, who had a namesake modeling agency, Judy Welch Modelling Agency, supposedly the first agency in Toronto, he said in an interview with Novella, last month. The agency’s roster of models included, who now know as Supermodel Naomi Campbell.)

Subsequently, Mason walked the catwalks including London, Barcelona, Milan, and Paris. However, in 1993, he moved to New York where he found catalog work, like Macy’s, but after 15 years of learning the ropes of the modeling industry, he packed his portfolio which included ad campaigns for Hugo Boss, DKNY, The Gap, cover spot on Australian Vogue, his major achievement in terms of ad campaigns, Dolce & Gabbana, lensed by famed fashion photographer, Steven Meisel and returned to Toronto.

FASHION SANTA BORN

Continuously working in the industry, and operating his namesake modeling agency, Paul Mason Management, in 2013 Mason emerged as a silver fox. His choice to grow the beard was a tribute to his mother, and he credits the facial hair for the rebirth of his career. (See 2013 images fromToronto-based agency, Spot 6 Management, and Montauk Sofa.) Besides booking fashion editorials, Mason found that his beard took on a new persona. “The beard became a success in fashion circles. I couldn’t help but to see similarities between my white beard and Santa,” wrote Mason.That’s when the idea of Fashion Santa came about. “It’s an initiative that I developed– a character that I thought was fitting for Christmas, but also had an edge and a fashion element to it. So I branded it as Fashion Santa,” said Mason in an interview with Pop & Press.

Last year, Mason who was featured in Toronto Life: Toronto’s Best Dressed 2014 partnered with Yorkdale Shopping Center, Canada’s premier shopping center, for the yuletide season to test the “Fashion Santa” concept, which received positive responses. But this year, the campaign was even better and Mason garnered international attention and more importantly, he used his striking good looks styled in a red Ferragamo velvet jacket to promote the (#YorkdaleFashionSanta) selfie marketing campaign, where the mall donated $1 to Sick Kids Foundation for every selfie taken.

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In similar fashion, Mason extended his image in partnership with El Palacio de Hierro (The Iron Palace) Mexico’s most prestigious department and created Sexy Santa for the 2015 holiday campaign “Mr. Claus Arrived at the Palacio de Hierro” dressed in tailored toggery. #QueridoMrClaus

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And if that’s not enough, Mason fronts the November/December 2015 issue of Canadian Hairdresser Magazine, a trade magazine for hair and beauty professionals, as #FashionSanta.

Canadian Hairdresser Magazine via Paul Mason Management Facebook

We reached out to Mr. Mason to find out about his plans to trademark Fashion Santa, no response as of yet.

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@paulmasonmgmt Who's Fashion Santa? #QueridoMrClaus#YorkdaleFashionSanta #MerryChristmas #fashionsanta Dressed in velvet blazers, trench coats and leather jackets, draped with stylish cashmere scarves and wearing accoutrements and other toggery from high-end designers including John Varvatos, Moncler, Givenchy, Jimmy Choo, Hugo Boss and Burberry; Paul Mason, a Canadian fashion model channeled Old St., Nick, as the stylish and dapper, …

Supermodel Beverly Johnson Sued for Defamation By Bill Cosby

#BillCosby Wants Chp. 16 Removed From #BeverlyJohnson #Memoir, She Lied. #fashionlaw #print #defamation #media

Today, Comedian Bill Cosby filed a defamation lawsuit in the Los Angeles County Superior Court against Supermodel Beverly Johnson, the first African-American to grace the cover of American Vogue in 1974, claiming the first person essay Bill Cosby Drugged Me. This Is My Story, which was published in Vanity Fair on November 30, 2014, was a lie and is trying to revitalize her modeling career.…

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Ugg Australia Goes Slim For Fall ’16

#UGG Goes Slim for Fall 2016 #businessoffashion #boots

  Carolyn Murphy, Face of UGG Australia’s New Classic Luxe Boot Collection   UGG Australia will supplant its iconic Classic Ugg boots with the revamped Classic Slim™ Collection designed with a slimmer, sleeker silhouette with two heel heights (flat and wedge) and four shaft heights including tall Kara; short Amie and Michelle; mini Kristin and Cory; and the 3.75 lace-up Bethany, each style…

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