It's all kicking off at the fashion houses again, and the week's barely even begun. To recap very quickly, Yves Saint Laurent are hitting back at Christian Louboutin, who filed a lawsuit against them earlier this year for allegedly copying the red soles of their shoes.
Yves Saint Laurent fired back with the reasoning that Louboutin didn't invent red soles, and even gave the example that YSL themselves had made red soled shoes from as early as the seventies; they also referenced Dorothy's famous ruby slippers from the Wizard of Oz as an argument in favour of their case.
Yves Saint Laurent aren't the only ones on the receiving end of Louboutin legal action - they also sued Carmen Steffens for the same thing. The house of Louboutin understandably takes all copying very seriously, as they have trademarked the red soles with the US Patent and Trademark office, and YSL (or anyone else who manufactures and sells red soled shoes) are infringing upon the trademark.
We don't know about you, but whenever we think of Louboutins, red soles instantly come to mind, and when we think of red soles, we naturally think of Louboutins. So we think Christian Loubotuin definitely have a case on their hands. We really hope the issue gets resolved soon though, because we are equally in love with Yves Saint Laurent and hate to see two of our favourite French fashion houses at loggerheads.
What do you make of all of the hoo-har?
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