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The area of copyrights and clothing does change.
A starting point for understanding clothing and copyrights is to look at:
Section 924 for the Compendium defines useful articles and if there is separable copyrightable material.
“924 Copyright Law Protects the Design Aspects of a Useful Article 'The statute does not protect useful articles as such.' Star Athletica, 137 S. Ct. at 1008. Nor does it protect the overall form, shape, or configuration of a useful article. See id. At 1010, 1014. But the pictorial, graphic, or sculptural features of the design of a useful article may be eligible for copyright protection if those features can be identified separately from, and are capable of existing independently of, the utilitarian aspects of the article. See id. at 1007.” … “924.1 What Is a Useful Article?” … “Articles of clothing”.
The Compendium goes on to define: “924.2 What Is the Design of a Useful Article?”, then to describe the “924.3 The Separability Test” which contains “924.3(A) The Separate-Identification Requirement” and the “924.3(B) The Independent-Existence Requirement” with an explanation of examples such as “The following are representative examples of two- and three-dimensional features that typically satisfy the independent-existence requirement: • A work of art printed on a t-shirt”.
Other possible avenues for intellectual property protection of clothing are:
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