Tom Ford, Neiman Marcus Sued for $1M Over Steve McQueen Sweater

A men’s cardigan is creating a legal headache for Tom Ford. The designer’s company, along with affiliated retailers Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman, were sued Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court by the only son of the late actor Steve McQueen. Chadwick McQueen is accusing the designer of improperly trading on his father’s image and trademarks by marketing and selling for about $2,400 a style of sweater, marketed as the “McQueen cardigan.” McQueen, who maintains his father’s trust, argued in his complaint that a wool cardigan with a shawl collar, like the Tom Ford garment at issue, is one of the “sartorial items that in fact became synonymous with McQueen.” Citing a blog on fashion from movies and TV, McQueen added that his father “could also be called the king of the cardigan, considering his role in reestablishing the sweater as a functional and fashionable garment for young rebels rather than as the staid staple of TV dads like Ward Cleaver.” As for the legality of the sweater being described with reference to the late actor, McQueen said the family and the trust over the last 30 years “has carefully and deliberately limited the projects featuring Steve McQueen” and that it owns trademarks covering

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