Published on Apr 26, 2015

Trendy clothes are cheaper than ever. That sounds great for the people who buy them, but it's horrible for the people who make them.

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Good luck. Can you draft a pattern? Can you sew? Make a buttonhole? Clothes are difficult to make—especially the styles you see on the runway. Even if you were a killer seamstress, you'd likely have a hard time matching the fabrics many designers use: They are often expensive and hard to come by in a fabric store. But there's no harm in copying the silhouette of a designer; fashion thrives on the imitation of ideas. Should you really manage to copy a designer's work, however, be warned: G. Thompson Hutton, a Manhattan attorney specializing in the fashion business, says, 'In the U.S., you might be an infringer if the design had a design patent. But many designers fail to protect their designs and therefore their designs end up in other collections.' And though designers rarely trademark their work, it would be hard to determine if the one you've decided to copy has done so.

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