GREEN BAY, Wis. (Legal Newsline) - Ralph Lauren has been sued over its products it says contain pima cotton.
Nicole Cota filed a federal class action complaint on September 19 in the Eastern District of Wisconsin against Ralph Lauren Corporation over clothing purporting to contain a specific amount and/or percentage of pima cotton under the Polo and Ralph Lauren brands.
Clothing is required to accurately disclose fiber composition under the Textile Fiber Products Identification Act. The length of cotton fibers affects its qualities and price; the longer the fiber, the stronger, softer, and more durable the resulting fabric, and it costs more, the suit says.
Pima cotton refers to extra-long staple cotton, which is between approximately 1.2 and 1.44 inches. Cota alleges having bought one or more item under Defendant’s brands, which purported to contain a certain percentage of pima cotton.
Laboratory analysis showed all fibers were shorter than 1.200 inches and shorter than 1.080 inches below the range for pima cotton, the suit says. Cota alleges that a customer would not resaonably purchase or spend the same amount of money on an item had the customer known that the item had been falsely advertised, misrepresented and unjustly enriched.
Cota is represented by Spencer Sheehan of Sheehan & Associates, P.C.
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin Green Bay Division case number 1:21-cv-01089-WCG