peter fonda sues dolce & gabbana

vogue uk is reporting that 73 year old actor & director peter fonda is suing both dolce & gabbana & the department store nordstroms for using his name & image without permission.

fonda filed a complaint on friday in a california court, referring specifically to a selection of t-shirts that featured his character in easy rider - the 1969 film that he wrote, produced & starred in. he is seeking $6 million in compensation, as well as legal fees & all the profits made from the sale of the t-shirts.

a spokesperson for dolce & gabbana declined to comment this morning.

icon - jack nicholson

photograph by willy rizzo

in chinatown, 1974

jack nicholson & angelica houston photographed by klaus lucka von zelberschwecht for interview magazine, 1974

photograph by annie leibovitz

jack nicholson at home with joint photographed by arthur schatz, 1969

with peter fonda in easy rider, 1969

with michelangelo antonioni on the set of the passenger, 1975

with cher at the hotel byblos in saint-tropez, 1970s

(is that michelle phillips on the left?)

with sean penn

with roman polanski on the set of chinatown, 1974

in the last detail, 1973

with michelle phillips at the premiere of the godfather in new york, march 14,  1972

with elizabeth taylor photographed by richard avedon

in the shining, 1980

one of the original bad boys of cinema.

how much fun does he look like he has?