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The Institution Hidden Inside the Contract

Institutions of One × Fashion, Control room, dossier CO07

From RN Collins, selected work

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

The articleThe Institution Hidden Inside the Contract institutions-of-one-fashion.vercel.app

Research cited

  1. Amended and Restated Employment Agreement between Ralph Lauren Corporation and Ralph Lauren. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, effective 2017-04-02. sec.gov
  2. Employment Agreement between Ralph Lauren Corporation and Patrice Louvet. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 2017. sec.gov
  3. 17 U.S.C. § 101, Definitions. U.S. Government Publishing Office, 2024 edition. govinfo.gov
  4. 17 U.S.C. § 201, Ownership of copyright. U.S. Government Publishing Office, 2024 edition. govinfo.gov
  5. 17 U.S.C. § 204, Execution of transfers of copyright ownership. U.S. Government Publishing Office, 2024 edition. govinfo.gov
  6. Circular 30: Works Made for Hire. U.S. Copyright Office, current circular. copyright.gov
  7. Delaware General Corporation Law § 141, Board of directors. State of Delaware, current. delcode.delaware.gov

Other sources

  1. Knock It Off: A History of Design Piracy in the U.S. Women’s Ready-to-Wear Apparel Industry. Smithsonian Libraries, 2016. si.edu
  2. Trademark Search system. USPTO, current; accessed 2026-09-07. tmsearch.uspto.gov
  3. SEC EDGAR APIs. SEC, current; accessed 2026-09-07. sec.gov
  4. Copyright and the Fashion Design Industry. U.S. Copyright Office, current; accessed 2026-09-07. copyright.gov
  5. J.Crew Creative Director Employment Agreement. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 2010. sec.gov
  6. J.Crew Employment Agreement: confidential creative records provisions. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 2018. sec.gov
  7. Michael Kors Employment Agreement. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 2015. sec.gov
  8. JLM Couture, Inc. v. Gutman. Justia mirror of federal opinion, 2022. law.justia.com
  9. The source notes for dossier CO07: every claim, its evidence label and its sources institutions-of-one-fashion.vercel.app
  10. The CO07 instrument, a working tool for this dossier institutions-of-one-fashion.vercel.app
  11. 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"
Butterick & Co., Report of New York fashions, spring and summer 1872, 1872. Library of Congress, ppmsca.44953. 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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