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3 Jul

Gucci’s Court: Jannik Sinner on His Big Fashion Moment

Gucci’s Court: Jannik Sinner on His Big Fashion Moment
LONDON — Italian tennis player Jannik Sinner made quite the doorway on the 2023 Wimbledon Championships. He stepped onto center court carrying a custom Gucci duffel bag featuring the home’s signature GG monogram with a green and red web stripe along along with his white Head tennis bag. His initials J.S. were marked against where the straps connect on brown leather. That is the primary time a luxury bag has made an appearance on the famous green grass court at Wimbledon. “Quite an announcement indeed,” Sinner told WWD ahead of his first match on the tournament against Argentinian player Juan Manuel Cerundolo. Jannik Sinner for Gucci. “First time a high-end luxury luggage piece has been brought on court. The right bag needed to be large...
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1 Jul

Fashion School Leaders Express Concern Over Supreme Court Affirmative

Fashion School Leaders Express Concern Over Supreme Court Affirmative
The U.S. Supreme Court decision Thursday to determine latest limits on affirmative motion programs, essentially ending the consideration of race in college admissions, caused concern amongst fashion design school leaders. In its ruling, the justices determined that Harvard and University of North Carolina’s admissions programs violated the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. An opinion written by Chief Justice John Roberts noted that at Harvard, each application is screened by a “first reader,” who assigns a numerical rating in each of six categories: academic, extracurricular, athletic, school support, personal, and overall, and the primary reader can and does consider the applicant’s race. Throughout the method, race is taken into account. “The goal of the method, in line with Harvard’s...
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30 Jun

U.K. Court to Issue Wind Up Order for London

U.K. Court to Issue Wind Up Order for London
LONDON – The Vampire’s Wife, a fashion brand known for its flowing sharp-shouldered dresses and gothic charm, is ready to be placed into receivership by the British courts next month. An organization statement confirmed that U.K. Revenue and Customs officials have issued a winding-up order for the corporate, with a court date set for July 12. A winding up order is issued when a British court decides that an organization cannot pay its debts. An officer of the court, or receiver, is then put accountable for winding up the corporate. The officer freezes an organization’s bank accounts and sells its assets. The statement said the wind-up order was on account of “debt built up as a consequence of lockdown strategies to tackle the...
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19 May

Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Photographer in Dispute

Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Photographer in Dispute
CONTENT MATTERS: The much watched Supreme Court copyright case between established photographer Lynn Goldsmith and the Andy Warhol Foundation has swung in her favor. Thursday’s decision was hashed out over the image that Goldsmith took of the late musician Prince that was used for the premise of a silkscreen series by the Pop artist Andy Warhol. With a vote of 7-2, the court determined that Warhol’s images couldn't fall under “fair use” in copyright law. Many creatives in numerous fields were keeping a detailed eye on the proceedings. The choice may very well be seen as a deterrent to artists who conjure up work based on existing material. It is taken into account a win for individuals who own copyrighted content that...
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