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Vogue sues canine fashion magazine Dogue, alleging a copycat

Olga Portnaya, the creator and editor in chief of Dogue, with Maui, her Pomeranian and fellow denim enthusiast, at the single newsstand in Beverly Hills, Calif., where her magazine is sold, March 6, 2026. The creator of Dogue, a small canine fashion magazine (circulation: under 100), has been accused of trademark infringement by VogueÕs publisher, CondŽ Nast. (Gabriella Angotti-Jones/The New York Times)

Ms Olga Portnaya, creator and editor-in-chief of Dogue, with her pomeranian Maui at the single newsstand in Beverly Hills, where her magazine is sold.

PHOTO: GABRIELLA ANGOTTI-JONES/NYTIMES

Callie Holtermann

NEW YORK – A recent cover of Dogue, a small canine fashion magazine, featured an Italian greyhound wearing an evening gown, an opera glove on each paw. Several pages in, a nattily dressed labradoodle showed off a collection of trench coats.

Readers find this sort of thing charming. The global media company Conde Nast does not.

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