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Fame Appeal is a frequent viewer of the members exclusive website, Gilt.com. The main reason why we repeatedly check the website is because of the luck of finding considerable discounts on famous brands that at retail price takes too much of a hit on our wallets (or purses). Usually, we are late and most of the items that we would want to buy are already sold out; however, sometimes we do get lucky. That was the case when I bought my first item on Gilt Man, a pair of Gourmet …

Last week, @FameAppeal tweeted out many pictures from a convention. The name of the particular convention that FameAppeal attended was the Sneaker Con Convention in Soho, New York City. One of FameAppeal’s associates was in attendance, while representing a new and up-and-coming brand, Chivalrous Culture, a brand that “mixes elements of refined style and represents them from the runway to the streets.” It was the first time Fame Appeal attended the Sneaker Con convention, but it was well worth it.

The Sneaker Con Convention was created by two brothers, Alan and Barris Vinogradov, …

Business Organization class for Louis Vuitton (LVMH). 75% of Hermes is owned by its family. 17% of the remaining 25% is owned by Hermes competitor Louis Vuitton! What is a couture house like Hermes going to do when its main competitor starts sleeping in the knitting factory?
(Reuters) French luxury goods company LVMH’s surprise acquisition of 17.1 percent of rival Hermes at a major discount to recent market levels will be investigated by the local market regulator.
Hermes, known for leather goods and scarves, said on Monday it had not been aware of LVMH’s stakebuilding, adding …

Fendi has been awarded triple damages against Burlington Coat Factory for breach of a 23 year old injunction prohibiting Burlington from selling counterfeit Fendi goods. This ruling puts retailers on notice that they need to take an active role in investigating the source of their goods. They can no longer avoid liability for selling counterfeits by failing to verify the origin and authenticity of the goods received from vendors or they may face a claim of willful blindness. 

By no means is Fame Appeal a political blog, nor do we intend to get political. However, today, I witnessed something a little out of the ordinary, a Delaware Senate debate at Widener University School of Law in Wilmington Delaware. It was the Republican Party represented by Christine O’Donnell and the Democrats represented by Chris Coons. Christine O’Donnell accused Chris Coons of not being educated in constitutional law. However, time and time again Christine O’Donnell was taken to “law” school by Chris Coons.

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Looking through various sites today on recent entertainment news, I came across a Yahoo headline that posted a video. The video was the redone commercial from the original “Back to the Future” movie trailer. When I first saw the headline, I immediately assumed that they were making another movie. My nerves began to jump because the “Back to the Future” series is, by far, my favorite film. It is such a staple in pop-culture and can still be enjoyed by many audiences today. However, it was not, but instead, the …

On October 8th Fame Appeal was forced to take down the article titled “Copyrighting Fashion Almost!” I received an e-mail from Arnold and Porter LLP law firm, demanding removal of this article because author, Lou Ederer, had an “exclusivity agreement” with its publisher Lexis Nexis. As you might recall the article was abou the Innovative Design Protection and Privacy Protection Act, and as  a FashionDesigner/Law Student this act hits close to home.
Usually, we try to write our own articles on , however when we reproduce an article on FameAppeal.com we …