When Fashion Hits the Courts: 8 Designer Lawsuits


The Louboutin-YSL lawsuit has the fashion world buzzing — but it’s not the first time designers have hit the courts over copycat issues. Typically, these cases involve high-end brands suing cheaper counterparts for producing blatant copies of  straight-from-the-runway fashions.  But when designers, retailers, and producers start initiating lawsuits against one another, the cases can get a whole lot murkier (and in some cases, they’re downright funny)I

Here are some of the fashion world’s biggest recent court battles:

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8 Designer Lawsuits

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