This book addresses the social, commercial, legal and cultural relationship between fashion and its protection through an interdisciplinary approach to the application of the law, not only in terms of the relevance of the law and the management and sociology of knowledge in the fashion industries, but also in terms of the interaction with art history and fashion theory, as well as socio-economic and cultural concerns. The work analyses critically the social, political and legal aspects of the fashion and design industries and addresses the sometimes difficult relationship between fashion and...