Since 2017, Harvard Law School’s Fashion Law Lab has brought big names from the world of haute couture and beyond to HLS for a Winter Term course that consists of interactive workshops featuring case studies on fashion law. This year, the course — co-taught by Nana Sarian, a general counsel in fashion and senior legal, business affairs and sustainability advisor of luxury brands, and Rebecca Harris, an associate in Gunderson Dettmer’s Boston office in the Licensing, Strategic Partnering & Commercial Transactions group — featured a diverse group of international guest lecturers from across the industry, including Vogue China Editor-in-Chief Margaret Zhang, supermodel, actress and activist Joan Smalls, womenswear designer Angel Chang, rapper and artist Ja Rule, “Sneaker Law” co-authors Kenneth Anand and Jared Goldstein, TikTok influencer Olivia Ponton, and Dundas brand co-founders Peter Dundas and Evangelo Bousis.

Rebecca Harris and Nana Sarian.
Course instructors Rebecca Harris (left) and Nana Sarian Credit: Lorin Granger
Margaret Zhang.
Fashion Law Lab.
Margaret Zhang with a student.
Margaret Zhang, editor-in-chief of Vogue China
Fashion Law Lab.
Fashion Law Lab.
Fashion Law Lab.
Rapper Ja Rule with “Sneaker Law” co-authors Kenneth Anand and Jared Goldstein
Nana Sarian and Ja Rule.
Ja Rule with course instructor and co-creator Nana Sarian Credit: James Rasaiah
Evangelo Bousis and Peter Dundas.
Fashion Law Lab.
Peter Dundas speaking with a student.
Evangelo Bousis and Peter Dundas, co-founders of Dundas brand
Nana Sarian and Joan Smalls.
Supermodel Joan Smalls Credit: Lorin Granger
Angel Chang.
Chinese artisans making fabric.
Angel Chang with course participants.
Designer Angel Chang, founder of an eponymous line of “zero-carbon womenswear,” produces clothing using only elements found in nature. Since 2010, Chang has worked closely with ethnic minority fabric masters in the rural mountain villages of Guizhou province, China, with the aim of preserving indigenous craftsmanship and reviving traditional fabric-making practices.
Olivia Ponton.
Model and influencer Olivia Ponton Credit: Lorin Granger

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