Barneys Co-Op Totally Hosed by Hippies

It is so spectacularly wonderful, and so legally beautiful, that the Park Slope Food Coop might actually be right when they say they have grounds to make the case against fancy-pants fashion purveyor spinoff Barneys Co-op’s usage of the phrase “coop” and/or “co-op.” Because? “The term ‘cooperative,’ ‘cooperation’ or any abbreviation, variation or similitude thereof, shall not be used as or in a name except by a corporation defined in this chapter.” This is hilarious! These two things could not be more unalike, except that both are extreme reactions to capitalism. I would totally work a shift at Barneys though for some pants. (via)