The prospects and perils of creating a viable fashion identity

Fashion Theory - Journal of Dress Body and Culture

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 259-266

  Rantisi, Norma M ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Deindustrial ization; Fashion design; Fashion week; Identity; Second tier cities

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954566816     PISSN: 1362704X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2752/175174111X12954359478843     Document Type: Article

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