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The Center for the Study of Fashion, Law, and Society® is a think tank and educational resource created for the benefit of those interested in the nexus of fashion, law, and the social sciences.

The Center for the Study of Fashion, Law, and Society® is a think tank and educational resource created for the benefit of those interested in the nexus of fashion and law. Through panels, symposia, position papers, and a quarterly publication, The Journal of Fashion, Law, and Society, the Center will address important legal and social issues relating to fashion, and facilitate a dialogue among scholars and professionals in fields like law, sociology, and history, whose approach to fashion might otherwise be constrained by their respective disciplines. The Center’s official launch is currently planned for January 2014.

05/16/2015

My recent Q&A on "fashion [and] law" with Oxford's student newspaper... | Law of Fashion

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A flurry of recent videos and publications, for your enjoyment...

03/07/2015

Video of AU Law's 2015 "IP/Gender - Mapping the Connections" conference (including my talk on...

A flurry of recent videos and publications, for your enjoyment...

The 2015 IP/Gender conference at American University's Washington College of Law was a smashing success; the video of the full event is posted here. I presented "Patents and Perverts" -- now tentatively retitled "Design and Deviance" -- whose abstract is posted on SSRN. If you're interested in my …

This event (http://www.reintentionexhibition.com/events/) was a resounding success! http://www.nyunews.com/2015/01/29/ex...

01/31/2015

NYU News : Exhibit investigates clothing identities

This event (http://www.reintentionexhibition.com/events/) was a resounding success! http://www.nyunews.com/2015/01/29/exhibit-investigates-clothing-identities/

NYU's official student newspaper.

01/21/2015

After literally years of waiting, we've finally gotten a ruling from the Ninth Circuit in the...

LAW OF FASHION (1/21/15): "After literally years of waiting, we've finally gotten a ruling from the Ninth Circuit in the (second) Omega v. Costco appeal... [BUT...]"

The still-amorphous equitable defense is, however, addressed in the much more in-depth opinion concurring in the judgment (which, appropriately, calls out the other two judges on the panel for basing their ruling on a legal issue not even in dispute at this point in the litigation -- the so-called "…

01/21/2015

Prof. Charles Colman's Spring 2015 fashion theory seminar open for enrollment to NYU graduate...

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01/21/2015

Prison Beard Ban Violates Muslim Religious Rights, Supreme Court Rules

The justices unanimously rejected arguments by Arkansas prison officials that allowing beards would make it easier for inmates to hide contraband.

Chanel, fashion house, forces Chanel Jones, pro se hairstylist, to settle by signing away rights to basically all public...

12/19/2014

Chanel, fashion house, forces Chanel Jones, hairstylist, to settle by signing away rights to...

Chanel, fashion house, forces Chanel Jones, pro se hairstylist, to settle by signing away rights to basically all public uses of name: http://lawoffashion.com/blog/story/12/19/2014/229

"Consent judgments" (a/k/a "consent decrees") are very, very dangerous -- especially when wielded by a powerful corporation against a pro se defendant. The defendant in this case probably could have used some help, not only in drafting her (sort of heartbreaking) "Answer" to plaintiff's Complaint,…

11/25/2014

Presentation on “Patents and Perverts” project, from Marquette Law’s inaugural “Mosaic”...

Presentation on “Patents and Perverts” project, from Marquette Law’s inaugural “Mosaic” conference Charles E. Colman, “Patents and Perverts” (Nov. 2014 presentation) This entry was posted in Uncategorized on November 25, 2014 by Admin.

An unusually insightful article on "fashion law"

11/17/2014

Law gets fashionable as labels learn to love litigation

An unusually insightful article on "fashion law"

Paris (AFP) - Long considered "too fluffy" for serious lawyers, fashion law has emerged in recent years as one of the most lucrative -– and occasionally...

11/05/2014

Interview for Washington Square News (NYU student newspaper) article, "Fashion, lawsuits an...

LAW OF FASHION (11/5/14): "Interview for Washington Square News (NYU student newspaper) article, 'Fashion, lawsuits an unexpected pair'" http://lawoffashion.com/blog/story/11/05/2014/226

Washington Square News, NYU's Independent Student Newspaper, has published an article, "" in its November 5, 2014, issue. In the piece, staff reporter Sam Del Rowe interviews Barbara Kolsun (Stuart Weitzman GC, NYU adjunct prof, and co-editor (with FIT professor Guillermo Jimenez) of Fashion Law: A…

Great news for anyone interested in issues at the nexus of fashion, law, and society: Gary Watt's remarkable book, "Dres...

10/14/2014

Great news: Prof. Gary Watt's "Dress, Law, and Naked Truth: A Cultural Study of Fashion and...

Great news for anyone interested in issues at the nexus of fashion, law, and society: Gary Watt's remarkable book, "Dress, Law and Naked Truth: A Cultural Study of Fashion and Form" is now open-access! The complete text can be accessed via a Creative Commons license: http://lawoffashion.com/blog/story/10/14/2014/223

One of the most provocative and valuable works of legal scholarship on dress, Gary Watt's Dress, Law, and Naked Truth: A Cultural Study of Fashion and Form, is now available through a Creative Commons license:

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