I’m happy to present another article from Joseph C. Gioconda, a fellow Fashion Lawyer. His bio appears at the end of the article.
“Ten years ago, at the dawn of the millennium, fashionistas would have looked to couture designers and the runways of New York, Paris and Milan to anticipate how fashion trends would unfold during […]

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The Deputy Mayor of Dallas, Texas,  Dwaine Caraway, proposed a new fashion-related city ordinance two weeks ago.  The regulation was meant to send a message:  “Men, pull your pants up!”

Folks, I heard this story on NPR today, and the Fashion Lawyer’s alarm bells for Constitutional violations went off immediately.  Luckily, Dallas city lawyers had a similar reaction, and […]

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The project I am currently working on comes from a thread passed onto me by Kathleen Fasanella.  To see the post on Fasanella’s blog (including all comments),  click here. 
The California division of Labor Standards Enforcement is the unit of the California government that regulates and implements the Labor Code.  All people engaged in garment manufacturing are required […]

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