Gucci CEO Marco Bizzarri on Why Consumers Are “Feeling Gucci”
To Gucci’s CEO Marco Bizzarri, who, under his leadership, has put creativity at the core of the brand culture, this pessimism may not hold true. During the WWD’s CEO Summit on October 25, Bizzarri was confident enough to say that almost every consumer on the planet (no matter the age and nationality) is “Feeling Gucci”...
Perspectives From Vogue "Forces of Fashion" Conference
This month Vogue US launched its first conference, titled “Forces of Fashion,” hosted at Milk Studios in New York City on October 12. The conference was in celebration of Vogue’s 125 year anniversary and the schedule featured conversations between some of the industry’s biggest designer names
Supreme Court Rejects Louis Vuitton's Trademark Lawsuit Over Parody Tote Bags
The US Supreme Court will not hear Louis Vuitton's trademark case against My Other Bag. The decision puts a substantive conclusion on a three year legal battle that began in 2014 when Louis Vuitton sued My Other Bag in New York federal court for copyright infringement and trademark dilution...
Fashion's Reverse Take on Counterfeiting!
For a long time, luxury brands looked with a certain contempt on street culture, which practiced notably the bootleg [the mixture of the authentic and the fake, and more generally the piracy], but it is today the most consumed culture on social networks.
#NOFREEPHOTOS Fashion Photographers Take A Stand For Their Rights
In Milan, this past weekend according to WWD, about 40 photographers have come together publicly to protest against the unauthorised use of their street style photography.Members of the group, which calls itself an "unofficial union" named "The Photographers," have begun adding the agreed hashtag #NoFreePhotos to images uploaded on their Instagram accounts to take a stand against the commercial use being made of their photos.
British Model Adwoa Aboah Subject Of Brewing Modelling Agencies' Legal Battle
In a lawsuit filed (this month) in Manhattan Supreme Court, The Lions claims that Aboah recently asked to be released early from her three-year contract after being recruited by DNA Model Management, cofounder David Bonnouvrier.