{"product_id":"knock-it-off-sara-b-marcketti-9780896729667","title":"Knock It Off!: A History of Design Piracy in the Us Women's Ready-To-Wear Apparel Industry","description":"The intersection of women's fashion and big business in the US has always been a compelling 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.\u003cbr\u003e 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. \u003ci\u003eKnock It Off\u003c\/i\u003e puts into perspective the conflicting interests that have always set fashion design apart from other creative works and continue to make the\u003cbr\u003eindustry an endlessly perplexing and risky business.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sara B. Marcketti, Jean L. Parsons\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0896729664\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780896729667\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Texas Tech University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/05\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Sara B. Marcketti","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926802596095,"sku":"9780896729667","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_977f7684-fbb5-4596-8776-16bfc1622403.jpg?v=1681085096","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/knock-it-off-sara-b-marcketti-9780896729667","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}