The business of fashion is exciting, fast paced and driven by passionate and creative people. But it is important to remember that it is just that – a business. While creativity and passion are integral to success in the fashion industry, they won’t get you there alone. Being surrounded by people who can assist in the more mundane aspects of business – corporate structure, employment law, as well as insuring your creative endeavour through intellectual property protection, – is essential to your success as a business.
In this edition of Fashion Law, you’ll read articles which will: help focus your attention on how to set up your business and minimise your risk, highlight issues of workplace bullying which can occur in the retail environment, provide examples of trade mark and copyright disputes by major fashion brands, as well as key learnings from these cases and also address the very tricky industry issue of how thin is too thin for fashion models and what the law says about this.
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