Fashion in literal meaning the style of dressing or behaving that is the most popular at a particular time. It’s the way a person behave , make their appearance in front of others and even being confident is also a fashion . According to the editorial policy of Fashion Theory: The Journal of Dress, Body & Culture, fashion is defined as “the cultural construction of the embodied identity.” As such, it encompasses all forms of self-fashioning, including street styles, as well as so-called high fashion created by designers and couturiers.
In evolving time in life routine or in a professional field ,a person always needs to look high with their idea and with their appearance , which shows in first instance a fashion wears out most apparel than a man .As Shakespeare wrote, “The fashion wears out more apparel than the man.” There are fashions in furniture, automobiles and other objects, as well as in clothing, although greater attention is paid to sartorial fashion, probably because clothing has such an intimate relationship with the physical body and, by extension, the personal identity of the individual.
As fashion industry is also known as apparel industry, which gives great scope of work it’s just not limits it’s scope to single area , a fashion includes various industries includes accessories, garments , shoes etc from head to toe and even it includes area of designing, editing, writing and many more.
With digitalization of time even it now includes influencers , promoters, creators sand these related professionals. As fashion law having broad scope includes many areas of law as arbitration, contract, labor, Intellectual property. So in this field where law is yet growing which need to Wider not to only trade mark laws related to copyright, patent which comes in Intellectual property ,The current IP Acts of the country, although frequently amended, have major grey areas that do not solve all issues that crop up in the fashion industry. For example, “visual appeal” cannot be granted protection. The Indian IP Acts protect merely some components of fashion. For example, the Designs Act, 2000 protects the registered designs and any person who claims to be the proprietor of any new or original design can apply for registration of such design. However, as per the Copyright Act, 1957, a design registration and copyright over an article cannot co-exist.
Fashion law also comprised of Intellectual Property,Business,Finance,Commercial Law, InternationalTrade,CivilRightsConsumerCulture,Privacy,Technology,Labour Laws, Antitrust and Competition Law.The Fashion Foundation of India (FFI), which is comprised of leading Indian designers, aims to defend intellectual property rights. The Design Act of 2000, the Copyright Act of 1957, and the Geographical Indications of Goods Act of 1999 all provide intellectual property regime.
