French Connection is a clothing company that originated in the United Kingdom, but is now worldwide. It was founded in 1969 and sells menswear, womenswear, childrenwear and accessories aimed at a youthful demographic.
In April 1997, French Connection began branding their clothes 'fcuk' (always written in lower case). Though they insisted it was an acronym for French Connection United Kingdom, its similiarity to the word fuck caused controversy. French Connection fully exploited this and printed out t-shirts with messages such as 'fcuk this', 'high Mile fcuk', 'fcuk me', 'too busy to fcuk' and more. The company recently announced that the fcuk label is to be phased out.
French Connection has distributing stores worldwide. It predominately sells its clothing through its own stores, though many other shops stock its ranges. In the United States, their fcuk brand has been extremely controversial: many stores, such as Neiman Marcus and Robinson's May, refuse to carry the brand, while many parents argue that the shirt's messages could be of harm to their children.
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French Connection (http://www.frenchconnection.com/)
FrenchConnection is a clothing company that originated in the United Kingdom, but is now available worldwide.
A trademark infringement case brought by FrenchConnection against the political youth organisation Conservative Future, which had adopted the spoof abbrevation "cfuk" (short for "Conservative Future UK"), was thrown out by a judge on the grounds that FrenchConnection's "fcuk" was merely an offensive misspelling and so not worthy of genuine trademark status.
On March 14, 2003, it was reported by the BBC that a Welsh judge expelled a potential juror from the courtroom for wearing one of the fcuk range of T-shirts, saying that the "mis-spelt Anglo Saxon word" was a distraction and did not dignify the court proceedings.
The FrenchConnection is a 1971 Hollywood film directed by William Friedkin.
It was followed in 1975 by a less-acclaimed sequel, FrenchConnection II.
Friedkin later attempted to outdo the "Connection" chase scene with the infamous backwards car chase on a freeway in To Live and Die in L.A. In the summer of 2004, a pilot television show named NY-70 filmed a pilot episode that was based directly on The FrenchConnection.
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