Designer Joseph Abboud Still Can't Use the Name 'Joseph Abboud'

We’ve read before that licensing deals can be insanely tempting propositions for fashion designers. Quick easy money, wider exposure, and so forth. It’s a little like any other creative industry, like a band signing a contract with a record label who will own their songs, or a film director who gets their big break but without final cut. Seems great to begin with, but doesn’t always work out as planned. Such is the case with fashion designer Joseph Abboud, who had been trying to win wider access to the use of his own name after having sold it to JA Apparel Corp.

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