House of Fashions raided
– again!
Popular garment store “House of Fashions”
was raided once again for selling counterfeit garments and accessories.
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Some of the items that were seized by the
CID last Friday from the popular garment store, counterfeit
Louis Vuitton bags |
A private plaint was filed by ‘Louis Vuitton
Malletier’ and ‘KENZO’ members of the LVMH Fashion
Group in France, against House of Fashions Garments (Pvt) Ltd and
its Directors Bandula and Nilamani Jayawardena. Acting on a search
warrant issued by Mount Lavinia magistrate Vikum Kaluaratchchi,
the Criminal Investigations Department raided the store and seized
several counterfeit garments and leather belts, bags, purses and
luggage bearing the Louis Vuitton (LV) trademarks, and also recovered
152 counterfeit men's shirts bearing the KENZO label.
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Some of the items that were seized by the
CID last Friday from the popular garment store, KENZO shirts. |
The seized goods were produced in the Mt-Lavinia
Magistrates Court last Friday and will remain till the case is called
tomorrow. Private plaints were filed by Sudath Perera Associates,
the legal representatives in Sri Lanka for the LVMH Fashion Group
that owns the ‘Louis Vuitton’ and ‘KENZO’
brands.
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