Polo Ralph Lauren

The Polo Ralph Lauren Official Olympic Collection is now available in stores. Inspired by the rich past of the Olympic Games and in keeping with the time-honored tradition of this historic event, Polo Ralph Lauren brings an elegant and contemporary style to the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Teams. Reflecting Ralph Lauren’s trademark sporty sophistication and refined sensibility, the collection offers casual sportswear styles in patriotic combinations of red, white and blue adorned with the U.S. Olympic Team and iconic Polo Pony logos that Olympic fans across the nation are sure to love.

The Polo Ralph Lauren U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Team collection is now available at Ralph Lauren and U.S. Olympic Spirit stores and select department stores, as well as online at www.ralphlauren.com and www.teamusa.org.

Polo Ralph Lauren will stage its Spring 2009 Purple Label and Black Label collections in Paris with a presentation on the last day of Paris Men's Fashion Week, FASHION WEEK DAILY reports.

Levi's, known to many as the grandfather of denim and revered by celebrities and real people alike for their perfect jeans, has filed a lawsuit against Polo Ralph Lauren for copying their trademarked pocket stitch design.

Levi’s said Polo Ralph Lauren “has in the past and continues to manufacture, source, market and/or sell clothing that displays stitching designs that are confusingly similar to [Levi Strauss & Co.’s] arcuate trademark,” WWD reported.

A post at Ethnic Denim Fashion Blog sums it up best: "Intellectual property is very a huge deal in fashion today. Designs are the backbone of any design house, one bad season and you might as well shut down." It's true-- intellectual property has become a very heated topic in fashion. usually, we see low-end stores like Forever 21 shamelessly copying the designs of high-end designers like Anna Sui, Diane Von Furstenburg, and many more. Therefore, it is an interesting twist to see someone accuse an established designer house like Polo Ralph Lauren of copying a design -- it will be interesting to see these two companies to head to head!