What I’m going to argue today is that because there’s no copyright protection in the fashion industry, fashion designers have actually been able to elevate utilitarian design, things to cover our naked bodies, into something that we consider art. Because there’s no copyright protection in this industry, there’s a very open and creative ecology of creativity. — Johanna Blakley

Blakley’s discourse shows the fascinating response of designers in an industry that is both practical and novel, and how  ready copying is in part a contribution to high levels of creativity and innovation in fashion. Astounding in today’s risk-adverse society there’s any industry without protection from copying. Although, I also remember when Susie Bubble was in Brisbane, she highlighted unacceptable copying of young designers work is now being peer regulated using social media.