Introduction to the Garment Economy

Michelle Brandstrup and Leo Dana
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Michelle Brandstrup: Design School Kolding

A chapter in The Garment Economy, 2023, pp 3-14 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The garment economy is constantly evolving. During the early twentieth century, fashion ideas emerged in Paris, and this city became the world’s fashion capital; however, fashion capitals of the world today include London, New York and Milan. Since the turn of the millennium, clothing production has approximately doubled, and employing as many as 300 million people around the world. The garment economy of today currently exceeds US $1,000,000,000,000.00.

Keywords: Fashion; Textile industry; Garments; Chanel; Dior; Singer; Sentier; Cotton (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-33302-6_1

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