Pamela Abbott - Designers taking a stand as fashion for litigation takes off

THE summer clothes sales are drawing to a close and we are getting our first glimpses of high street's autumn/winter collections. Undoubtedly, there will be items for sale modelled on those that have been released by top designers. In fact, the popularity of fashion items akin to those worn by celebrities is on the up.

Profits at ASOS, an online retailer known for selling fashions in the style of celebrities, more than doubled in the last year and, despite the grip of the credit crunch, it announced a 95 per cent increase in profits for the quarter to the end of Ju...