TY - JOUR TI - Design Piracy in the Fashion Industries of Paris and New York in the Interwar Years AU - Pouillard, VĂ©ronique T2 - Business History Review AB - During the Great Depression, counterfeiters of the newest styles posed a challenge to the high-fashion designers who dominated Parisian design. Meanwhile, New York, traditionally the destination of the first corporate buyers of Paris couture, became a potential contender for the role of fashion capital. Scrutiny of French and American laws reveals that strong national interests were at stake in the fashion business. In France, the law safeguarded copyrights of fashion design while, in the United States, legislators denied such protection to American fashion. DA - 2011/// PY - 2011 DO - 10.1017/S0007680511000407 DP - Cambridge University Press VL - 85 IS - 2 SP - 319 EP - 344 LA - en SN - 2044-768X, 0007-6805 UR - https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/business-history-review/article/abs/design-piracy-in-the-fashion-industries-of-paris-and-new-york-in-the-interwar-years/AB3FC3E1B56C0798123ABDF06BD62486 Y2 - 2021/06/22/01:09:44 KW - Business History and gender ER -