Luxury brands stamped on everything from phones to flowers – International Herald Tribune In recent years the term luxury brand has meant a lot more than just Christian Louboutin’s red-soled pumps or Versace’s gowns. Think chocolates, flowers and tropical resort hotels. (tags: fashion+news brand luxury) Thou Shalt Not Knock Off — The American, A Magazine of Ideas Will Congress move to increase copyright protection for fashion designs? Should it? (tags: fashion+news copyright industry) Luxury, and How It Became Common – New York Times WANT to buy luxury products like Louis Vuitton handbags? Gucci shoes? Prada dresses? There’s no need to comb the fashion alleys of New York, Paris or Milan in search of the brands’ boutique stores. Just zip over to the nearest mall, where high-end dep (tags: fashion+news luxury trends) I Work Retail: The Devil Wears Prada Because Prada Is Hell – Jezebel Welcome to our second installment of “I Work Retail,” in which we investigate the very peculiar torture of selling designer goods. The anonymous author, C, worked at the Soho Prada flagship …