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Plagiarism in fashion: Why is there so much counterfeiting, and is it even allowed?

Trends have always traditionally been dedicated by the runway.The apparel industry looks to runway designs, haute couture as well as ready-to-wear,for inspiration. Designs are reinterpreted for a wider audience or diluted and made more accessible while being sold at ever-lower prices. Source: the article ‘Fashion: from catwalk to closet’ Some...

Fashion Featured

Vestiaire Collective reveals how it identifies counterfeits

Counterfeiting has infiltrated many channels in the luxury sector, including on re-sale platforms. The wide availability of fake goods has forced brands to tackle issues of transparency, with luxury pre-owned retailer Vestiaire Collective this year publishing its first Trust Report 2022. The report gives insight into the company’s 13 years of...

Fashion

eBay hosts authentication events for luxury items

Online marketplace eBay has seen a surge in popularity of collectible goods, such as sneakers, luxury watches, and trading cards. To combat fraud and counterfeit items in the luxury category, eBay announced it would host a series of events to authenticate items for customers. Mirroring its Authenticity Guarantee Service for sneaker sales on the...

Fashion Featured

Amazon sues influencers for selling fake luxury fashion

Amazon is suing two influencers who allegedly sold counterfeit luxury fashion on the behemoth’s platform. In a lawsuit filed in the U.S. district court in Washington Kelly Fitzpatrick and Sabrina Kelly-Krejci are accused of linking up with a number of third-party sellers to advertise, promote, and facilitate the sale of fake goods of brands...

Retail

eBay expands luxury authentication program to watches

eBay is taking one more step to combat the sale of fake luxury goods on its platform. The marketplace has announced the expansion of its luxury authentication program to include the watch category. Launched last year, the program already encompasses designer handbags, footwear and apparel. A team of professional authenticators will evaluate the...

Design

Nigeria: counterfeiting costs textile industry a million jobs

In the last twenty years, more than a million Nigerian textileand apparel workers have lost their jobs due to counterfeited products. The prevalence of counterfeiting has forced many textile factories to close, leaving the whole industry in danger and posing a potential danger to the economy and its position as a new frontier economy. Industry...

Design

'Cashmere' clothes found to contain rat fur

Clothing being sold as ‘cashmere’ has been exposed as actually containing rat fur by Italian Police, following a year-long investigation into Chinese-run firms in Rome. Italian authorities have arrested 14 people and seized more than a million fake garments, after coats claiming to be made of ‘cashmere’ contained a mixture of acrylic and...

Fashion

EC study cracks down on counterfeit products

In an effort to raise awareness among consumers about counterfeit products, the European Commission has published the report “Too good to be true: The real price of fake products” that looks at the dangers of buying fakes. The annual global trade volume of fake goods stands at a staggering 200 billion euro – on par with the market for illegal...