Fashion capital

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A fashion capital is a location which is influential in fashion and in which fashion is important. A fashion capital would be the home of many top designers, modeling agencies, and the like.

Traditionally, the four major fashion capitals are Paris, London, Milan, and New York.^[1] Especially in recent years, however, the importance of the fashion industry has grown in other cities globally,^[1] and other cities, such as Tokyo^[2], are sometimes included in the list.

[edit] Smaller Fashion Capitals

• Roma[1]
• Mumbai[2]
• Dubai[3]
• Singapore[4]
• Buenos Aires[5]
• Rio de Janeiro[6]
• Hong Kong[7]
• Shanghai[8]
• Sydney[9]
• Melbourne [10]

[edit] See also

Fashion week for a partial list of cities with fashion weeks

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b} http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/10/03/features/Rweeks.php
2. ^ http://www.fashion.arts.ac.uk/fashioncities.htm