This note discusses the gap in intellectual property protections for the fashion industry. First, it details why … fashion is art of the type that typically qualifies for copyright protection, and not just a means of covering the body. Next … ability of fashion to be used as a form of expression should not keep if from the protection it deserves. The Supreme Court …

Purpose - The aim of this article is to discuss some ethical issues in the fashion industry and start a debate about … business ethics from a stakeholder perspective. It analyzes the implications of fashion companies for employees, with policies ….Design/Methodology/Approach - The methodology used in this paper is the case study. We have chosen the fashion company Abercrombie & Fitch (A&F) as it …

, apparel and fashion manufacturing (TAFM) industry in various unprecedented ways. As the global textile market is …

New arrivals -- Made in America -- Where was fashion's #MeToo? -- The illusion of choice -- Influenced -- The secret …"An insider's look at how the rise of "fast fashion" obstructs ethical shopping and fuels the abuse and neglect of …

Fashion marketing from a historical perspective : early days of advertising and consumerism -- Fashion promotion and … public relations -- The marketing mix and communications tools -- Creating the marketing message : branding and marketing … marketing and the international consumer : coding and decoding brand messages -- Brand communication at the point …

Demand Forecasting plays a crucial role in the management of operations, especially in the Fast-Fashion Industry, in … forecasting is a very popular research topic in the fashion industry which has recently undergone some major developments. As the … world moves forward into the digital age, a trend in forecasting research in the fashion industry is noticed. Since many …

The purpose of the article is to analyze upgrading by looking at the design of fashion garments. To that end, I use the … through design. Contextual knowledge combines a general knowledge of fashion with the lifeworld that actors use for … interpretation of fashion. Lifeworld is a notion which refers to what is taken for granted. Producers and consumers in the global …

This article develops a perspective of fashion as a complex, multi-dimensional form of knowledge and as a technology of … garment mass production. It identifies the various modalities of fashion knowledge and characterises their different rates and …-temporal configurations of fashion knowledge as it is mobilised in the economy, interrogating the ways in which the uneven viscosity of its …