The Italian System for Fashion: Present & Future

The present & future state of the Italian fashion industry: cultural influences, challenges of globalization & transparency, strengths, & opportunities.

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Armani: King of Italian Fashion

Giorgio Armani and the business he developed provide the perfect example of the evolution of the Italian Fashion System from the perspective of the designer. He began as a pure designer, and then gradually acquired various production facilities into his company on his route to becoming a fashion and lifestyle powerhouse.

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The Italian System for Fashion

An overview of the four primary cycles in the development of the Italian fashion industry from post-WW2 creation of industrialized production systems, to fashion democratization in the 1980s and the boom of "Made in Italy," to brand concentration and mergers of the 1990s...

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