Elements of fashion major fashion centers

MAJ OR FASHION CENTERS
Though Most major countries have their own
fashion industry, including;
MAJ OR FASHION CENTERS
ITALY
J APAN
UNITED KINGDOM
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
FRANCE
MAJ OR FASHION CITIES
Top 10 Fashion Cities Named in Global Survey;
NEW YORK
ROME
PARIS
LONDON
MILAN
TOKYO
LOS ANGELES
HONG KONG
LAS VEGAS
SINGAPORE
Five nations have established truly international reputations
in fashion design. These countries are;
MAJ OR FASHION CENTERS
AUSTRALIA
BELGIUM
GERMANY
SPAIN
PORTUGAL
INDIA
USA (AMERICA)……

NEW YORK, NEW YORK, U.S.A.
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American fashion design is dominated by a clean-cut casual
style reflecting the sporty, health-conscious life styles of many
Americans.
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The fashion industry in New York is based around Seventh
Avenue.
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A designer who helped to set the trend in America for sport
influenced day wear throughout the 1940’s and 50’s was Clair
McCardell.
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Many of her styles have been rivived.
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More recent influences on the American Look have been
Calvin Klein, with classic coats, separates and jeans.
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Ralph Lauren designs casually elegant clothes in natural
fabrics and Donna Karan works with practical, sophisticated
women’s wear.
USA; New York
MAJ OR FASHION CENTERS
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For over a century, New York has reigned as America's fashion
capital.
Today, its creative legacy, successful fashion empires, and
important press and retail sectors ensure that the city's influence
has become global.
The majority of American fashion houses are based in New York,

although there are also a significant number>New York, >Los
Angeles and Miami, and Chicago was once a center>of American
fashion.
American fashion design is dominated by a clean cut, casual
style, reflecting the sporty, health-conscious lifestyles of many
American dwellers.
USA (AMERICA)……
American fashion designer is dominated by a clean-cut
casual style reflects the sporty, health conscious lifestyle
of many Americans.
US is the home to some of the world’s most fashionable
people-from celebrities to the average ‘J oe’.
The US is a stylist place to live with a wonderful
combination of different cultural influences which turn it
into a real melting pot of fashion
The fashion industry in New York is based around
seventh Avenue.
Among the major fashion designer’s some of the
well known designers in USA are;
TOP DESIGNERS OF USA
MICHAEL KORES
ANNA SUI
CALVIN KLEIN
DONNA KARAN
RALPH LAUREN
USA (AMERICA)……
USA (AMERICA)……
ANNA SUI
Ralph
Lauren(know

n for casually
elegant
clothes in
natural
fabrics)
USA (AMERICA)……
USA (AMERICA)……
CALVIN KLEIN
USA (AMERICA)……
DONNA KARAN
USA (AMERICA)……
RALPH LAUREN
PARIS
PARIS
Paris is the largest fashion center in the
world and has been the measuring stick for
fashion since the 16th century.
It is also where the momentous Paris
Fashion week takes place.
FRANCE
France has a large fabric industry that works in
harmony with the couture houses; this provides
the perfect environment for a fashion capital.
In the 40s and well into the 50s and 60s a group
of>French designers led the fashion industry.
Beginning with Dior, Balmain and Givenchy then
Pierre Cardin, etc
FRANCE
FRANCE
Christian Dior

FRANCE
FRANCE
Balmain
FRANCE
FRANCE
In the early 60s Pierre Cardin and Yves Saint Laurent
were the top designers of the French classic styles,
inherited Christian Dior's fashion house in 1957
FRANCE
The more experimental styles of designers like Andre
Courreges became popular.
The 60s killed there all couture style and replaced it with
young and daring street style clothing
Among the major fashion designer’s some of the
well known designers in France are;
TOP DESIGNERS OF FRANCE
CHANEL
CHRISTIAN DIOR
LOUIS VUITTON
CHOLE
LANVIN
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Today, many of the major French fashion houses
have become international design hybrids
TOP DESIGNERS OF FRANCE
FRANCE
The French have bred and educated many
generations of>designers, skilled workers, artists
and critics which coupled with France fabric
industry, large home market, export trade and long

tradition of couture makes it the fashion capital of
the world