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In 2015, the L.A. based make-up artist and photographer Vlada Haggerty posted a picture to her Instagram that even those unfamiliar with the Instagram beauty community have likely come across in some capability by now: a pair of molten gold lips dripping color, mouth open and teeth barely exposed. It might go on to turn into one among the artist’s signatures and some of the copied editorial make-up images. Everyone from Kylie Jenner’s beauty label to LVHM’s Make Up For Ever and the style brand Guess appear to have knocked it off in numerous iterations, starting from packaging to t-shirts. Haggerty has been each outspoken about these alleged infringements and fought back with lawsuits. Haggerty‘s situation isn’t unique. On the subject of the copycat...

Exploring the wonder industry’s lack of legal protection in relation to matters of the body In 2015, the L.A. based make-up artist and photographer Vlada Haggerty posted a picture to her Instagram that even those unfamiliar with the Instagram beauty community have likely come across in some capability by now: a pair of molten gold lips dripping color, mouth open and teeth barely exposed. It might go on to turn out to be one in all the artist’s signatures and one of the vital copied editorial make-up images. Everyone from Kylie Jenner’s beauty label to LVHM’s Make Up For Ever and the style brand Guess appear to have knocked it off in numerous iterations, starting from...