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2023 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Introduction to the Garment Economy

Authors : Michelle Brandstrup, Léo-Paul Dana

Published in: The Garment Economy

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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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.

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Footnotes
1
This street was named for a French revolutionary, the son of a fabric manufacturer.
 
2
Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel once resided at 15 Place Vendôme.
 
Literature
Brandstrup, M. (2021). Entrepreneurs in the fashion industry. In L.-P. Dana (Ed.), World encyclopedia of entrepreneurship (2nd ed., pp. 165–176). Edward Elgar.
Dana, L.-P. (2006). Entrepreneurship & SMEs in the Eurozone: Toward a theory of symbiotic enterprises. Imperial College Press.CrossRef
Metadata
Title
Introduction to the Garment Economy
Authors
Michelle Brandstrup
Léo-Paul Dana
Copyright Year
2023
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Book
The Garment Economy

Print ISBN: 978-3-031-33301-9

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-031-33302-6

Copyright Year: 2023

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-33302-6_1

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