A 200-year-old Cornish pub has found itself in a feud with international fashion magazine Vogue over the pub's name. The magazine wrote to the landlord of The Star Inn at Vogue threatening to sue them if they did not change the name of the pub.
Condé Nast, the owners of Vogue, sent the cease and desist letter to the pub to stop it from using the name. The landlord's response to the litigious magazine was somewhat less than impressed.
When publicans Mark and Rachel Graham told CornwallLive that when they received the letter, Mark initially thought that the letter was a joke. It turned out that the letter was in fact deadly serious, and that Vogue magazine appeared to be genuinely concerned its readers would not be able to tell the difference between their high fashion publication and a 200-year-old pub in Cornwall.
