Knock It Off!: A History of Design Piracy in the Us Women's Ready-To-Wear Apparel Industry

The intersection of women's fashion and big business in the US has always been acompelling study across...
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Author: Sara B. Marcketti
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Language: English
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Knock It Off!: A History of Design Piracy in the Us Women's Ready-To-Wear Apparel Industry by Marcketti, Sara B.

Knock It Off!: A History of Design Piracy in the Us Women's Ready-To-Wear Apparel Industry

Dhs. 143.79

Knock It Off!: A History of Design Piracy in the Us Women's Ready-To-Wear Apparel Industry

Dhs. 143.79
Author: Sara B. Marcketti
Format: Paperback
Language: English
The intersection of women's fashion and big business in the US has always been acompelling study across social strata. The ready-to-wear apparel industry thrives on creating a presumably original design that is then interpreted into copies. Called design piracy by some and the knock-off process by most in the industry, copying fashion designs is a firmly embedded business strategy that predates even the advent of women's ready-to-wear in the late nineteenth century. Historically, some industry organizations and individual designers accepted and supported copying as crucial to the transmission of fashion; others strove to prevent the practice, arguing harms ranging from lost profits to the abuse of labor. Threaded through the complicated and fascinating history of US ready-to-wear fashion are more than eighty attempts to legislate for design protection, and countless efforts to stymie piracy through patents, trademarking, or industry self-regulation. The authors analyze legal and apparel industry documents; governmental reports; and their own primary research conducted in museums, archives, and special collections to shed light on arguments both for and against design piracy. A main focus is the Fashion Originators Guild of America (FOGA), one of the most successful industry organizations to attempt design protection. Knock It Off puts into perspective the conflicting interests that have always set fashion design apart from other creative works and continue to make the industry an endlessly perplexing and risky business.

Author: Sara B. Marcketti, Jean L. Parsons
Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
Published: 05/30/2016
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780896729667

About the Author
Marcketti, Sara B.: - Sara B. Marcketti is an associate professor in the Apparel, Events, and Hospitality Management Department at Iowa State University and the Associate Director of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning at the Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching. She is coauthor of Survey of Historic Costume, sixth edition.Parsons, Jean L.: - Jean L. Parsons is an Associate Professor at the University of Missouri in the Textile and Apparel Management Department and coauthor of 20th-Century Dress in the United States.

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