Estate of Designer Tony Duquette Sues J. Crew Over Sweater's Pattern Design

Speaking of J. Crew, as we were in the post prior, they’re the latest in these recent flood of fashion design-based lawsuits in April. The Daily Mail reports that the estate of designer Tony Duquette has filed suit against the clothing retailer for copying the deceased designer’s “signature” leopard prints. While lawsuits over patterns and prints seem to happen every day (we even posted about Coach suing Jo-Ann Fabrics over this same issue just this past week), J.