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Jul
21
What’s in a name? George Clooney
July 21, 2010 | 3 Comments
- Doctored photo of Vanja Gaffi with Mr. Clooney. www.thegossipers.com
Imagine someone used your image to help launch a clothing line!!! Well that is exactly what happened to George Clooney in Italy. It all started when George Clooney found photographs of himself wearing a Rolex. How absurd is that you may ask???? Well, Clooney is the spokesperson for Omega Watches so that would never happen. Next, he found fake pictures of himself with people that he never met! Read more
Jul
7
Forever 21 cancer killing American Fashion
July 7, 2010 | 6 Comments
Forever 21 is a sickness for American Women. It is a shame how millions of them are blinded by its look-a-like clothing scheme and succumb to its poor quality. Don’t Forever 21 customers realize they are being scammed? Instead of the endless amount of cheap wannabe knockoffs in your closet you could save your money and purchase a quality garment from a real quality fashion house.
Talk about lawsuits. A friend of mine interned for H&M’s in house counsel and she told me that Forever 21 is bombarded with design infringement cases. For example they have had drawn out legal battles with Express. They have copied Gwen Stefani, they have willfully copied the patterns and fabric colors from Diane Von Fursenberg and Anna Sui…. and this my friends is just the beginning. The quality of their clothes is horrendous!
Don’t let the poorly stitched sequins fool you any longer. I see it all the time, consumers go into forever 21 and see an item that is only 14.99!! all of sudden a surge of imagination hits them and they feel like they will be the most classy and sexy girl in the room… everyone will give them a second look because their sense of individuality and style. SNAP OUT OF IT!!!! its not true… you’ll look like everyone else who does not have lining in their jackets, fuzzing on their stretch pants and most importantly unshapely low cut shirts that neither provide curvature nor taste to your bosoms…
I see Forever 21 as a glamorized street corner counterfeit seller. You know the ones you see in Chinatown or Times Square. The only difference is that Forever 21 accepts returns and is covered with cheap vinyl white tiles! It is a company prone to design infringement and is the reason why the Design Piracy Act should be passed by congress.
For those in denial I am sure you can see how the polyester blend in F21 clothing is really 95 percent polyester and 5 percent poor quality cotton. You can see the polyester fuzzing on your back of your shirt around your butt area.
After you wash the great light blues, yellows, greens, reds and oranges begin to fade. (color dyes end up on your lighter toned clothing articles) It is very sad how countless number of women try try and try to act like the clothes they purchase F21 are garments that will impress others. when in all actuality they don’t. I wish American Women would realize that multiple layers of elastic does not hide that the fact that the f21 garment has no inherent structure.
Bottom line, purchasing clothes from Forever 21 is encouraging the company continue its piracy. Don’t encourage stealing and save yourself for poor quality clothing… Stop shopping at F21.
Jun
29
World Cup Legal System in South Africa!!!
June 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment
South Africa World Cup Courts FIFA- Fame Appeal
Forget about Yellow or Red cards! In order to be prepare for legal violations the Law Society of South Africa has actually set up a Special World Cup Court. The special court quickly handles issues so that it does not have to be taken care of after the World Cup is over. For example violations :
-committed by non-resident supporters,
-committed against non-resident supporters,
-to which a non-resident is a witness to a crime, or
- committed at a tourist attraction or any other place in the country which in the opinion of a Senior Public Prosecutor will classify the offence as a 2010 FIFA World Cup case.
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Grant Abrahamse has been in a legal fight against FIFA for the past five years. He has been accused of violating patet rights by selling a World Cup commemorative key-ring holder. Abrahamse says that FIFA wont allow anyone to benefit from the worldcup except for themselves. He states “No one’s benefitted from the World Cup except FIFA. They are actually worse than the mafia. They should get their just rewards. I’m going to pursue it. We are going to go for costs and damages when we win this case.”
Even though Fifa spend $1.2 Billion in staging the event don’t you think they should allow locals to make some extra money by selling World Cup merchandise? Companies like Coca Cola and Adidas have had to pay $3.2 Billion to be able to sponsor the World Cup, however just because the local’s dont have as much money they should still be able to sell World Cup goods.
- South African courts are strictly enforcing the FIFA trademark only marketing by making an example out World Cup “2010 Lollipops”
- NPR just wrote a good article about it here.
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Official Logo of World Cup - www.FIFA.com
Jun
11
SA VA Fashion Show on June 19th
June 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Come celebrate summer and sustainability with us us at the SA VA LOVE fashion show, in addition to showcasing its summer collection, the event will bring awareness and support to the sustainable economy and culture of Philadelphia. Proceeds will benefit arts and culture in Fairmont Park. See you there!
Sarah Van Aken will be presenting her line SA VA on Saturday June 19th at Love Park in Philadelphia. SA VA is a locally made, globally inspired fashion house based on the premise of effortless, individual style. the brand was founded in September 2009 by Philadelphia fashion designer Sarah Van Aken. The mission behind the line is to promote individual style that is effortless and socially conscious. The line includes handmade, fair trade, environmentally sustainable, women’s apparel and accessories. For more information visit SA VA
Jun
2
Zara has license to sell Michael Jackson shirts
June 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment
While shopping at a Zara store in SoHo, to my surprise I found a Michael Jackson t-shirt displayed for sale. All of sudden “Smooth Criminal and Beat It” flash backs entered my consciousness. At the bottom of the t-shirt it states. “Copyright Triumph International Inc, under license to Bravado Merchandising. All Right reserved.” It looks like Triumph International Inc. owns the copyright to Michael Jackson’s name. This means that most of the time whenever the King of Pop’s name is used in commerce permission from Triumph International is needed. Triumph International Inc. owns trademark. After searching the web I found out that Michael Jackson made a new company before he died called MJJ Kingdom; MJJ Kingdom gave Triumph International sole rights to sell licenses to companies to MJ’s name. In the case of Zara, Bravado Merchandising purchased a license to make the t-shirt. Therefore if you look at the tag of the t-shirt it says “Michael Jackson for Zara” and then the Bravado logo is properly displayed since they bought the license to use the name. In addition, MJJ Production which I assume owns principal rights to the Michael Jackson name and image, is included on the tag through his “Official” logo of the dancing feet.
I wonder why Zara is even selling Michael Jackson merchandise? Maybe their fashion house helped designed the clothing and simply used the King of Pop to attract a new demographic in their stores. Over the years I have noticed that Zara has lowered its quality of clothes but to sell a pink and silver glitter Michael Jackson t-shirt was going too far. Though it may be a style faux pas, it is an entertainment and fashion business deal dream come true.As far as Zara is concerned, paying royalties to Bravado Merchandising on these sales is great as long as customers keep on pulling MJ t-shirt’s “off the wall!”
