The Routledge Companion to Fashion and Business

PART I An Economic History of Fashion; 1. Textiles and Global Trade Routes; 2. Industrialisation and Fashion; 3. Cotton, Capitalism and Colonialism; 4. Colonialism, Slavery, and the Global Fashion Industry; 5. Designers: Through the Looking Glass!; PART II On Trend; On Trend: Understanding Why We Buy; 6. Why We Buy: Fashion and Psychology; 7. Culture: The Econometrics of Emotion and How Cultural Dynamics Drive Modern Luxury; 8. Fairground Attraction: Fashion Business, Inspiration and Interaction; 9. Trend Prediction: Art or Science?; 10. Fashion and Big Data, AI; On Trend: The Changing Face of Fashion Promotion; 11. From Product to Brand: The Evolution of Brand Management in Fashion; 12. Vogue China: Launching the World’s Most Famous Fashion Magazine in China; 13. Fashion Promotion and the Cultural Production of the Black Woman; 14. The Met Gala: Fashion, Fundraising, and Celebrity Culture at the ‘Party of the Year’; 15. Writing for the Trade: Drapers Record; 16. The Enduring Appeal of Fashion Illustration; On Trend: The New Influencers; 17. From Trendsetters to Trailblazers: The Evolution of Fashion Influencers from Micro Fame to Macro Impact; 18. Digital Fashion Now: The Evolving Role of the Fashion Designer in the Digital Age; 19. K-pop Idols: Fashion’s New Influencers; 20. What’s the Hype: Defining Cool for Gen Z; PART III Fashion and Place; Fashion and Place: Fashion Cities; 21. A Tale of Two Cities? Antwerp, Hasselt and Flemish Fashion Branding; 22. Fashion Cities: Paris, A Specific Positioning in the Global Fashion Landscape; 23. Fashion Cities: London, A Place of Fashionable Trade and Spectacle; 24. Hai Pai Style: Shanghai Chic and the Evolution of a Chinese Fashion City; 25. Copenhagen: A Fashion Capital of Creativity, Culture, Collaboration and Community; 26. Fashion Cities – São Paulo: Isa Silva Brand, Acredite no seu Axé; Fashion and Place: My Favourite Shop; 27. Department Stores: Icons of Selling; 28. The Rise and Fall of Fashion on the British High Street; 29. Fashion Retail Now and Next; 30. Topshop 1997–2007: The Global Fashion Authority; Fashion and Place: Cultural Heritage; 31. Fashion and Cultural Heritage: From Appropriation to Appreciation, the Case of Dior; 32. Made in Italy, Made in France and Made in the USA: From Trade Wars to TikTok Fashion Wars; 33. From Cultural Icon to Threads of Resistance: The Afghan Coat and Social Sustainability; 34. Doing Fashion Business in Africa; 35. Wrapped in Identity: Gender, Fashion, and the Bangladeshi/British Bangladeshi Story; 36. Craft and Fashion: The Red List; PART IV Coming Around Again; Coming Around Again: Curating Fashion; 37. Decentring Fashion and the Museum through Fashion Curation; 38. Taking Fashion Seriously: The Costume Society at Sixty; 39. Fashioning Korea through Exhibitions: Hallyu! The Korean Wave; 40. Frida Kahlo: Art, Fashion, Identity, and the Dior Imagination; 41. The NEXT Archive; Coming Around Again: New Lives for Old Fashion; 42. A Modern Renaissance for Vintage Fashion; 43. History Is Always in Fashion: The Reconstruction of Historical Dress; 44. The Intersection of Fashion-Tech and Resale: Key Technologies and Applications Transforming Secondhand Consumption in a Digital Age; 45. Charity Shop Retail: Transforming High Street Fashion; 46. Designing Out Textile Waste: The Redress Design Award; 47. Fashion Loops: H&M’s Circular Fashion; PART V Fashion’s Sustainability Reckoning; 48. Can Fashion Save the World? And Why Should It? The State of Sustainable Fashion; 49. Luxury and Sustainability Leadership: The Case of Emerging African Brands; 50. Who Made My Clothes? A Fashion Revolution; 51. The True Cost: Ten Years On; 52. Changing Fashion Policy: The New York Fashion Act; 53. Architects of Desire: Why Fashion Marketing Is Crucial for Sustainability; 54. Craft and Sustainable Fashion in India: A Tapestry of Climate and Cultural Resilience; 55. Fashion and the Environment: Algae-Powered Fashion; 56. EU Labour Legislation in Fashion: Origins, Implementation, and Industry Impact; PART VI Disrupting Fashion Business: Wayfinding for Fashion’s Future; 57. No Fashion on a Dead Planet: XR Fashion; 58. Finding Opportunity in Sustainable Innovation; 59. Regenerative Renaissance: A New Model for Fashion Business; 60. Supply Chain Solidarity: A Route to Building Worker Power and Disrupting Exploitation in Fashion; 61. Total Ethics Fashion; 62. No More Fast Fashion