Final preparations are underway for the 94th Academy Awards: the 2022 Oscars ceremony will be held tonight at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles with Regina Hall, Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes co-hosting the ceremony.
This year film and fashion fans will have to keep their eyes on the following nominees when it comes to the "Best Costume Design" category: Jenny Beavan for "Cruella", Massimo Cantini Parrini and Jacqueline Durran for "Cyrano", Jacqueline West and Robert Morgan for "Dune", Luis Sequeira for "Nightmare Alley" and Paul Tazewell for "West Side Story". Yet, while dreaming about glamour, films and costumes, let's not forget about legal matters and copyright issues in connection with the Oscars.
An example? Marc Jacobs' S/S 1992 collection for Perry Ellis was inspired by Beverly Hills, Malibu, Los Angeles and Hollywood and featured a hand-painted white cotton organdy skirt matched with a taffeta men's shirt.
Worn by supermodel Cindy Crawford (View this photo) on the runway (the show also featured Helena Christensen, Christy Turlington and Naomi Campbell), the look caused some legal issues as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences threatened to sue for the unauthorized use of the Oscar figurine.
As stated by the Academy regulations, the Oscar statuette or "Award of merit" (like the one pictured in this post - ©Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences®) is the copyrighted property of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and the statuette and the phrases "Academy Award(s)" and "Oscar(s)" are registered trademarks under the laws of the United States and other countries.
For what regards the uses of the Academy's intellectual properties, the code of fair practice states: "No reproduction, replica, drawing, photograph, derivative work or other copy of the Award of Merit statuette may be made or used by any manufacturer, advertiser, organization or individual except in accordance with these regulations or under express written license from the Academy. Permission to use Academy Award symbols (the Award of Merit statuette and other statuettes, medals, plaques and certificates) and institutional marks of the Academy for any publication in other than fair use hard-news reporting must be obtained in writing from the Academy. The Award of Merit statuette may not be used in generic fashion as a logo or decorative motif for any purpose in any video or television production, motion picture, or print or digital publication not produced by, or explicitly authorized by, the Academy."
Perry Ellis' S/S 92 ensemble - an example of Hollywood glamour fused with casual style in the best tradition of American fashion but also a reminder to designers of the pitfalls of copyright matters - is currently part of the "Reinvention and Restlessness: Fashion in the Nineties" exhibition running through April 17 at the Museum at FIT.
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