Fashion capital

Berlin Fashion Week in 2013. Berlin has returned to being a fashion capital after the German reunification.^[1]

A fashion capital is a city with major influence on the international fashion scene, from history, heritage, designers, trends, and styles, to manufacturing innovation and retailing of fashion products, including events such as fashion weeks, fashion council awards, and trade fairs that together, generate significant economic output.^[2]

With exquisite fashion heritage, structured organization, and the most vaunted fashion designers of the 20th century, four cities are considered the main fashion capitals of the 21st century. Called the Big Four, the most prominent fashion capitals of the world—in chronological order of their eponymous fashion weeks, are New York City, London, Milan, and Paris, which receive the majority of press coverage.^[3]

Fashion capitals offer exhibitions and are an opportunity for designers to show off their latest collections as well as for the fashion industry to interact and work together. Fashion has become a powerful platform for social change and advocacy which is why fashion capitals are so influential.

^ "Berlin as a fashion capital: the improbable rise". Fashion United UK. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
^ Heubl, Ben (14 February 2020). "Paris now leads Milan in EU fashion market". IET. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
^ "The World's Most Fashionable Cities for 2021 | Fashion Week Online®". fashionweekonline.com. 7 June 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2022.^{[title missing]}

[1] "Berlin as a fashion capital: the improbable rise". Fashion United UK. Retrieved 24 May 2014.

[IET-2] Heubl, Ben (14 February 2020). "Paris now leads Milan in EU fashion market". IET. Retrieved 29 March 2021.

[3] "The World's Most Fashionable Cities for 2021 | Fashion Week Online®". fashionweekonline.com. 7 June 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2022.^{[title missing]}

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