Curtailing Copycat Couture “This New York Fashion Week, models and editors are stylishly dressed but fashion designers are naked. Legally naked, that is” (Scafidi, Rodriguez, NYT). Fashion design is a form of art. Currently there is no set of copyright laws to protect fashion design. Consequently, especially within the past 10 years, fashion designers have struggled to protect their form of art. Americans concerned with the future of the fashion industry started to stand up for the industry and propose acts to protect it, yet none have been successful enough to pass. Based on information from The Council of Fashion Designer Association, most fashion designers would agree, this needs to change. Fashion designers should have fashion design copyright …show more content…
These trademarks and patents do not protect the creative side of their designs enough. To clarify, patents, trademarks, and copyrights are specifically different. Trademarks are distinctive marks, names, and/or logos used to distinguish a product, which enable consumers to identify an item as the designer's work. They can be renewed unlimitedly, but a trademark does not protect the overall design. Trademark law therefore offers relatively little protection against copyists as opposed to counterfeiters. Patents protect functional expressions of an idea – not the idea itself. Copyrights protect the specific creative expression of an idea through any medium of artistic/creative expression …show more content…
The Design Piracy Prohibition Act was introduced to the House in 2009, and stated that copyright protection should be at the digression of fashion designers. It would require applicants submit an application for design registration within six months after the design is made public, and it would protect the design for three years. This act would provide protection for "the appearance as a whole of an article of apparel, including its ornamentation”, and declare that it is not infringement to make or sell any article if they don’t claim protection. In August 2010 Senator Chuck Schumer and ten co-sponsors introduced the Innovative Design Protection and Piracy Prevention Act. Then in December 2010 the Senate Committee on the Judiciary voted unanimously for the bill to finally proceed to the Senate floor. Under the IDPPPA, a copy of a design would be infringed if it was found to be "substantially identical" to the original work with little to no changes to set that design apart. A "fashion design", under the IDPPPA, would be defined as an entire article of apparel including its embellishment and also includes elements of the original apparel that are the creative work of the original designer and are unique. Once again Senator Chuck Schumer and ten co-sponsors introduced The Innovative Design
Fueled by her keen fashion sense, Cassandra plans to investigate the field of fashion journalism with the hopes of one day working for E TV. Cassandra got the chance to interview Nina Garcia, her favorite fashion journalist, and asked her a questions about her career choice. She asked her about how she got into fashion, what her dream job was, how much internships she had, and much more. Nina Garcia is a fashion journalist from Columbia and has appeared on many television shows and magazines.
Interview with a Costume Designer The American Theater Wing followed Tony Award winning costume designer William Ivey Long and got insight into how he became a costume designer. In the video, he talks about his humble beginnings, his work, influences, and few tips, and chats with a few of his costume designer friends Emilio Sosa and Willa Kim. William Ivey Long was born in Seaboard, North Carolina. In the video, he stated that his first costume design experience happened when he was between the ages of four years old and six years old when he created a ruffled collar for his dog.
Fashion designer Katherine Noel Brosnahan now known as Kate Spade was born on December 24, 1962 in Kansas City, Missouri. Her father was the owner of a construction company and her mother was a housewife. Growing up Kate was not interested in high fashion she preferred a more vintage style and preferred to pick up items that her mother would have worn in the 50s or 60s. She graduated from St. Teresa's Academy, an all girl Catholic High School and later attended the University of Kansas, then decided to transfer to Arizona State University and graduated with a degree in journalism in 1985.After graduating from college Kate got offered a job at the Mademoiselle magazine in New York City, she was with the magazine for five years and later became a senior fashion editor and also the head of accessories. While she was at college she met Andy Spade who also attended the same university as her, they both worked at a men’s clothing store few months after they knew each other they began dating and became a couple and is now her husband. Andy had a major influence in Kate’s career, when Kate moved to New York he also came along and found a
With African Americans being apart of the fashion industry, they faced many hardships. However, they created a distinctive voice in the history of fashion. Throughout the early twentieth century, Blacks designers influenced the fashion industry in America, having, “a system and structure for maintaining their particular type of fashion.” African American fashion was very popular and caught the attention from the media. Department stores held successful fashion shows, screened fashion movies, and staged fashion pageants. Fortunately, African Americans were allowed to attend these events, yet they were not welcomed. Fast-forward to today, the fashion industry has opened up several doors for African American designers, stylist, and models. However,
Throughout history, there were many things that influenced fashion and the ideal body image of the time. Things such as politics, and changes in social roles were some things that had an influence on the fashion of the day. One particular shocking thing that had influenced on the fashion around the 1800s were sickness and diseases. Not only were diseases and sickness caused by different fashion trends, but it set the tone for certain ideal body images and also influenced the fashion of the time.
This essay will discuss Fast Fashion and the Impact of Technology. I will focus on the different levels of the market, the effect of fast fashion on fashion design, how copying effects high end designer brands and the impact of technology on the fashion industry.
The New Republic is an American magazine that tackles topics in politics as well as the liberal arts. In 2007, Kal Raustiala and Christopher Sprigman, professors at UVA and UCLA Law School, wrote an article in the magazine The New Republic, on “How Copyright Law Could Kill the Fashion Industry.” In the beginning of the article, the authors introduce senator of New York, Chuck Shumer. Shumer is said to bring out a bill that protects fashion designs by making them copyright. Raustiala and Sprigman’s commentary on fashion victims is both effective and ineffective in defending the idea that copying original fashion designs promotes development and creativity in the fashion industry.
Fashion is a form people use as a way for self expression. For me, fashion dictates how a person sense of style is; some may be bold and loud or simple and calm in which it also gives others an outlook on how their character may be. Although fashion is a way to express ones’ sense of style it does not tells us who the person is personally. Fashion in the society of the 1900s has changed female gender roles then and now by the way their roles changed during the time.
The Fashion Industry can be described as a glamorous world with cameras flashing, beautiful models strutting down the runway, in stunning and grand designs. What really goes on behind fashion’s dolled up doors is only an illusion compared to what reality is. Beautiful people, stylish clothing and timeless sophistication all make up the illusion of the glitz and glam of the fashion industry, but behind the curtains countless of models and designers constantly fall victim to this industry’s ever changing wrath. Fashion can be defined as a popular trend especially in styles of dress, ornaments or behavior. A model is a person who poses or displays for art purposes, fashion or other products and advertising. Fashion models are used mainly to promote products focusing mostly on clothing and accessory. The two main type of modeling in the fashion industry is commercial modeling and high fashion modeling. High Fashion models usually work for campaigns, designer’s collections and magazine editorials for high fashion designers. Runway modeling also known as “catwalk modeling” is displaying fashions and is generally performed by high fashion models. In my research paper, my main focus will be the multiple effects on high fashion models based upon the industry’s unregulated standards.
There is a saying: “Monkey see, Monkey do.” In today’s world, it seems that it’s only natural for humans to imitate what they see works in society. Though there are beneficial facets for imitating, there are also damaging consequences. Counterfeit is a strong word that describes companies that forge bills or create fake fashion goods, electronic items, and even pharmaceuticals. For the purpose of this research, the focus will be on the different aspects of counterfeiting goods in the fashion industry. Though fashion has continuously changed, been reinvented and some even being dubbed ‘classics’, one thing will always remain: a designer’s ability to express creativity. Fashion is mainly dictated by trends whether they are past, present, or future, making counterfeiting in the fashion industry is a very lucrative, multibillion industry. The current economic climate allows for luxury to be almost ludicrously unaffordable. With high demands for low cost items, the market thrives on consumers’ obsession with spending while saving at the same time. With the 21st century’s expectations and having the need to be worth something, it yields an unstoppable industry. This is especially prominent among women because they are predominantly image-based and willing to hunt for the perfect equilibrium between trend and price. The desire to appeal a certain way induces counterfeiting. Fashion savvy shoppers long for that moment when they can afford Christian Louboutin, Louis Vuitton, Hermes, and other rare or out of reach goods. The more unobtainable the product, the more desirable it is. It is not a surprise that many are willing to purchase the counterfeit than the authentic due to its resemblance and price. Counterfeiting affects the industry be...
Fashion designers can often be acknowledged as artist; they create, inspire and motivate. A designer is often inspired by their culture and the trends surrounding their everyday lives. ...
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Fashion was culturally formed, and there is a close relationship between art and fashion. The first designer who had his label sewn into a garment he created was Charles Frederick Worth (1825-1895). In the 1840s, adult women adopted a variation on girls' pantalettes as an undergarment. (Toccata: March 2010 toccatamundi.blogspot.com
Fashion takes on many different facets and concerns many subsets— a model sashaying down the runway in a gown encrusted in real gems, Lady Gaga’s infamous dress made of cuts of raw beef, a teenage girl obsessing over the season’s latest styles— it is all an expression of our minds and who we are or want to be, made tangible. It is a medium just like any other, for while artists wield brushes and paints, designers use thread and cloth to illustrate their vision. The artistry is none more so apparent than in the exclusive world of haute couture, a world of extravagance that caters to aesthetics, producing one-of-a-kind wearable masterpieces that are made to be admired rather than worn. It is without doubt, high fashion and its design is an art.
Fashion is a currently valued style of appearance and behavior. It is a way to shape one’s external custom. The history of fashion dates back to hundred years ago and it has seen a remarkable progress in the 21st century. Man has endeavored a lot to bring new changes according to style and elegance that suits his needs and desires. Apparently, our culture is inclined towards fashion and change in the former brings change in the latter.When we talk about Pakistan, from the independence day of August 14, 1947 up-to-date, it has been a society in transition and being dynamic in nature, it isconsequently ever-changing and its patterns are transforming from time to time.