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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.
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This street was named for a French revolutionary, the son of a fabric manufacturer.
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Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel once resided at 15 Place Vendôme.
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Brandstrup, M., Dana, LP. (2023). Introduction to the Garment Economy. In: Brandstrup, M., Dana, LP., Ryding, D., Vignali, G., Caratù, M. (eds) The Garment Economy. Springer Texts in Business and Economics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-33302-6_1
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