Institutions of One × Fashion · Sources

Who Owns a Runway Image?

Institutions of One × Fashion, Control room, dossier CO03

From RN Collins, selected work

The dossier chapter, the sources behind it, further reading and the collection images, each linked to the original.

The articleWho Owns a Runway Image? institutions-of-one-fashion.vercel.app

Research cited

  1. 17 U.S.C. § 101, Definitions. U.S. Government Publishing Office, 2024 edition. govinfo.gov
  2. 17 U.S.C. § 201, Ownership of copyright. U.S. Government Publishing Office, 2024 edition. govinfo.gov
  3. Circular 30: Works Made for Hire. U.S. Copyright Office, current circular. copyright.gov
  4. 17 U.S.C. § 204, Execution of transfers of copyright ownership. U.S. Government Publishing Office, 2024 edition. govinfo.gov
  5. What Photographers Should Know about Copyright. U.S. Copyright Office, current. copyright.gov

Other sources

  1. Open Access FAQ. Smithsonian Institution, current; accessed 2026-09-07. si.edu
  2. Knock It Off: A History of Design Piracy in the U.S. Women’s Ready-to-Wear Apparel Industry. Smithsonian Libraries, 2016. si.edu
  3. Europeana Rights Statements. Europeana, current; accessed 2026-09-07. pro.europeana.eu
  4. DPLA Rights Statements. DPLA, current; accessed 2026-09-07. pro.dp.la
  5. Copyright and the Fashion Design Industry. U.S. Copyright Office, current; accessed 2026-09-07. copyright.gov
  6. Christian Louboutin v. Yves Saint Laurent. Justia mirror of federal opinion, 2013. law.justia.com
  7. The source notes for dossier CO03: every claim, its evidence label and its sources institutions-of-one-fashion.vercel.app
  8. The CO03 instrument, a working tool for this dossier institutions-of-one-fashion.vercel.app
  9. The rights desk: every source in the exhibition and the terms for using it institutions-of-one-fashion.vercel.app

Images, slide by slide

The cover image
House of Worth, Evening dress, ca. 1882. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2009.300.635a, b. Public Domain / Met Open Access.Public Domain / Met Open AccessPhoto record
The featured object, "Look closely"
Toni Frissell, Sporting Look, evening fashions, 1956. Library of Congress, tofr.08422. Free to Use and Reuse / Library of Congress curated set.Free to Use and Reuse / Library of Congress curated setPhoto record

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