Chances are that if you’re headed to NYC’s Chinatown/ Canal Street to buy a Chanel bag, you don’t really care about toting a fake.  However, what about shopping for the real thing on E-bay or finding a hot vintage Gucci in a thrift store?  How can you tell if a purse is the real deal?
My mother texted […]

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I like it when other bloggers link to my posts!  See what I’m talking about by clicking here.  The rest of that website is a bit messy, though.  Good concept, but not the best execution.

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Ladybrille.com is run by Uduak Oduok, a model and fellow fashion lawyer.  Her blog is diverse but mostly focuses on fashion topics relating to Africa.  The beautiful lady has fully committed to doing her part to advance the great Continent. 
She wrote up Fashion Lawyer yesterday on her blog.  Click here to check out the post! Thanks, Ladybrille!

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We can lease a car, take some diamonds out for a night at the Opera, or even rent a wedding dress.  The new thing? Borrowing a handbag. Yes, it is real.
Bag, Borrow or Steal is a website that allows its users to pay a monthly fee and “borrow” a handbag- just like the DVDs that come to your […]

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Disclaimer: this post has nothing to do with fashion law. However, it is a cause for celebration!

My great, close friend and former law school study partner, Erin Peacock Williams, J.D. has started her very own blog modeled after Fashion Lawyer’s Weblog! Her site focuses on Vegetarian/ Vegan issues and how they relate to […]

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In a strange nexus of fashion and the law, Texas-born, internationally renowned fashion designer, Tom Ford, is in a Western-style showdown with the New Mexico State Land Office.  Following his 2004 resignation from the Gucci Group, Ford breifly settled into a ranch in the Galisteo Basin of New Mexico.

Earlier this year, Tecton Energy announced plans to drill […]

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Yesterday I posted a bit about Tommy Hilfiger’s revamping of the Karl Lagerfeld brand. Restructuring is not the only change that TH, Inc. has been up to lately. Last Friday Hilfiger announced the company has penned an exclusive distribution alliance with the mass market retailer, Macy’s for the Hilfiger men’s and women’s sportswear lines. The deal is slated to begin […]

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We all love Women’s Wear Daily, and no doubt, their content is often unparalleled.  However, for a free fix on the fashion headlines, check out Fashion Wire Daily. The site is updated pretty much weekly with the top fashion news stories. In order to make the site more easily navigable, the folks at Fashion Wire have split […]

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Karl Lagerfeld’s parent company, Tommy Hilfiger Corp., has big plans to expand the Lagerfeld luxury brand and maximize growth. Hilfiger has already negotiated licensing deals for Lagerfeld fragrances, handbags and eye wear, which will more than likely hit the market next year.

However, the bigger deal on the horizon is the licensing agreement with Vapiro Stile, an Italian company, for the […]

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Transactional corporate lawyers handle a variety of business, including private equity.  Private equity (”PE”) is basically a process of investing in private companies’ securities through a hands-on and active approach of management and negotiation to realize value (meaning, buying an undervalued company and making a profit through a variety of different techniques). The “private” in private […]

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