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    kitsch killer
    • Sep 2006
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    Galliano fined $275k for plagiarism



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    http://fashionwiredaily.com/first_wo...e.weml?id=1104

    Paris Court Hits Galliano with $275K Fine for Plagiarism



    Godfrey Deeny

    April 20th, 2007 @ 00:27 AM

    Paris


    A Paris court has ruled that John Galliano ?copied? the work of
    photographer William Klein, and ordered the designer to pay 200,000
    Euros in damages, or $275,000.



    The ruling by judge Claude Vallet, issued on March 28, but first
    reported in Paris daily Le Monde?s April 20 edition, decided that
    Galliano?s advertisements for his own label, too clearly resembled a
    technique that Klein had developed called ?painted contacts? where
    contact sheet images are blown-up and covered by streaks of brash
    color.



    The Galliano ad campaign used photography laid out like an enlarged
    contact sheet and covered with broken double yellow lines. The UK
    designer?s ad campaign had already appeared in the March issues of
    French Vogue and Numero, as well as publications in the UK and Russia.



    Klein, who developed this technique 15 years ago, sued Galliano for
    breach of intellectual copyright. Galliano?s lawyer argued during the
    trial that the ads did not resemble any particular image by the
    photographer.



    Klein is a highly regarded figure in France. His 1965 dramatic
    comedy film ?Who Are You Polly Maggoo? is regarded by many as the
    greatest ?fashion film? ever made. Klein was also honored by a 2005
    retrospective in the Pompidou Center, Europe?s most visited modern art
    museum. That show contained giant 20-foot high reproductions of Klein?s
    contact sheets bearing their hallmark, lacquered colors



    In the ruling, Judge Vallet wrote, ?the disputed ads reproduce the
    characteristic composition of ?contact prints? in all the elements that
    define their originality.? The judge divided up the fine into two
    parts: 150,000 Euros for breach of intellectual copyright and 50,000
    Euros for moral damage. Judge Vallet also ruled that Galliano, at his
    own expense, must publish the decision in three of the magazines in
    which the ads had run.



    The Galliano campaign was for the designer?s second line, named
    Galliano, and shot by Julien d?Ys, who is better known as a hair
    stylist. The ads featured currently red-hot English model Agyness Deyn.



    In an interview with Le Monde Klein told the daily that he
    discovered the ads when a friend asked him, ?William, why did you
    create this mess for Galliano??



    Galliano?s work for Christian Dior, where he has been creative
    director of women?s ready-to-wear for a decade, was not part of the
    trial.



    "I am insulted and furious," Klein told Le Monde, adding that he
    was particularly hurt, as Dior is known for its hard-hitting legal
    cases against copying of its own designs



    Galliano's lawyer Michel-Paul Escande had argued that the ads did
    not constitute plagiarism because their images did not look like any
    from Klein's work. The house of Galliano confirmed to FWD that it was
    appealing the decision, but declined any other comment.



    In court, Escande admitted that Galliano?s fashion house had
    stopped the disputed ad campaign once it had been informed of the
    litigation, but insisted that this did not represent an admission of
    guilt.



    ?How do you explain that you refute a claim of plagiarism when at
    the same time you pull your campaign?? Klein?s lawyer, Bruno Ryterband
    reportedly responded.



    This dispute looks like having long legs. The giant French luxury
    goods conglomerate LVMH, whose controlling shareholder is the
    legendarily litigious Bernard Arnault, controls Galliano?s house.



    Moreover, Klein?s lawyer Ryterband indicated that the photographer also planned to appeal in an attempt to increase the fine.



    So stay tuned.


    Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months - Oscar Wilde

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