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Chapter 4
Fashion Centers
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Chapter Objectives
Describe a fashion design center. Define a buying center. Explain how design and buying centers impact local economies. Identify the most important design centers. Explain the importance of global sourcing in the fashion industry. Describe how cultural influences affect mainstream fashion.
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design center a district in a city where fashion design and production firms are clustered together fashion &ee' periods during each year when fashion designers present new designs or collections
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global sourcing the identifying and negotiating of supply chains in numerous world locations
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