Paul Frank versus Paul Frank Industries
Vanity Fair has an article about the feud between designer Paul Frank and the company that bears his name. The designer is no longer part of the $40 million empire built on his cute animal drawings.Link"Those guys are saying Paul Frank is not a person," says the designer, whose given name is Paul Frank Sunich. "I hear they're all wearing T-shirts that say 'We Are Paul Frank.' Well, you're Paul Frank Industries. You're not Paul Frank. When that started to get blurred, that's when the problems started to happen." It's hard to imagine mistaking anyone else for Frank, with his thinning brown hair, lantern chin, hipster sideburns, and Popeye-esque anchor tattoos on each forearm. And yet the question "Who is Paul Frank?" is at the root of everything that's happening between him and his former partners.
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