• Untitled by Michael Goldberg, 1986 Oil and pastel on paper 29.25 x 27.75 inches Untitled by Michael Goldberg, 1986 Oil and pastel on paper 29.25 x 27.75 inches
  • Spannocchia – NY XV by Michael Goldberg, 1986 Oil on canvas 79 x 79 inches Spannocchia – NY XV by Michael Goldberg, 1986 Oil on canvas 79 x 79 inches
  • Spannocchia – NY IV, 1986 Oil on canvas 86.5 x 85.5 inches Spannocchia – NY IV by Michael Goldberg , 1986 Oil on canvas 86.5 x 85.5 inches
  • Untitled by Michael Goldberg, 1951-2 Oil on canvas 57 x 50.25 inches Untitled by Michael Goldberg, 1951-2 Oil on canvas 57 x 50.25 inches

Collection of University Art Museum, CSULB. Gift of the Gordon F. Hampton Foundation, through Wesley G. Hampton, Roger K. Hampton, and Katharine H. Shenk

Fashion Designers: Legally Naked?

By Tyler Baker and Christine Steiner

With New York's Fashion Week upon us, the time is appropriate to examine the intellectual property protections available to some of the most prominent artists in popular culture: fashion designers. No one would seriously question the great artistic talents of many designers. Their imaginative, inventive, and daring creations and their lasting legacies have pushed artistic limits of the fashion world for decades. And yet, despite being undoubtedly artists in their craft, fashion designers do not enjoy the same protection in their work under current U.S. intellectual property laws that their artistic peers enjoy in the worlds of visual arts, film, music and dance.

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FASHION and CONTEMPORARY ART: an interesting liaison

The liaison between fashion and contemporary art has been continuously growing changing over the years. Painters, photographers, visual artists, illustrators, performers and creative artists, are commissioned by top luxury brands of fashion and trendy stylists to create new collections, to design their websites, to redesign the concept of their stores, to bring elements of innovation to their catwalks, showrooms and fashion show or to contribute to publications.

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