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-Trendabl, a new iPhone app launching today, aims to create a social network that’s tailored specifically to fashion [WWD]

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-Coach collaborates with The Coveteur to market men’s line [FashionablyMarketing.me]

-What Siri means for the future of mobile shopping [eMarketer]

-Alexander McQueen has relaunched its [website] to incorporate contemporary label.

- Alexander McQueen | Women’s Autumn/Winter 2012

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• Alice Dellal stars Karl Lagerfeld’s short 1920s-inspired silent film for Chanel Boy [Fashionologie]

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• H&M celebrates Marni launch with Instagram competition [FashionablyMarketing.me]

• Nike introduces Nike+ basketball sneaker with high-tech sensors [AllThingsD]

• Google to start selling glasses that will project information, entertainment and ads onto the lenses [NYTimes]

It might be a new year but the fight for the red sole continues for Christian Louboutin and Yves Saint Lauren. Last Wednesday marked the second court hearing for the two fashion forward brands since Louboutin attempted to sue YSL back in April, 2011 alleging that YSL had breached its copyright by using the red sole!

“For YSL and PPR Group, this might just be a legal matter, but that’s not the case for me,” Louboutin said. “On the contrary, to me it is very personal: after all, this is an intrinsic part of my life and my company, which bears my name – and which I have built over the past 20 years and still independently own. This is why I had to be there in person.”

“I was impressed by the way the judges ran the hearing,” Louboutin told WWD. “The company remains confident that the appeals court will adhere to its conviction that the red sole, this integral and long-held part of the brand’s identity and recognised by consumers worldwide, will continue to be recognised as the Christian Louboutin trademark.”

YSL's red monochromatic pump from the 2011 resort collection

 

‘We are profoundly disappointed in Judge Marrero’s decision. Although we are still studying it, it appears he has decided that in the fashion industry, one colour should not serve as a trademark. While he acknowledges the fashion industry at large has recognised the Louboutin Red Sole as a trademark source indicator, he has concluded that the fashion industry needs to use colours on outsoles without restriction and this, despite a mountain of evidence to the contrary, including a recent decision by the 2nd Panel of Appeal at OAMI in the EU that concluded exactly the opposite, calling Mr. Louboutin’s adoption of the bright red outsole brilliant. We will evaluate all the alternatives available in the days to come.’