@article{intel:/content/journals/10.1386/infs.1.1.39_1, author = "Godart, Frédéric", title = "The power structure of the fashion industry: Fashion capitals, globalization and creativity", journal= "International Journal of Fashion Studies", year = "2014", volume = "1", number = "1", pages = "39-55", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1386/infs.1.1.39_1", url = "https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10.1386/infs.1.1.39_1", publisher = "Intellect", issn = "2051-7114", type = "Journal Article", keywords = "polyarchy", keywords = "power", keywords = "oligarchy", keywords = "fashion industry", keywords = "fashion capitals", keywords = "globalization", abstract = "Abstract Geography plays a crucial role in the fashion industry. For example, clothing brands are readily associated with specific countries and cities, and the apparel value chain is globalized in ways that have generated a lot of attention from social scientists, for example regarding outsourcing. In this article, the geographical perspective on fashion is extended and analysed through a power angle. In other words, the origins of the current ‘oligarchic’ structure of fashion - around New York, London, Milan and Paris - are explored in order to (1) better understand how power is shared in fashion; and (2) determine whether this structure actually has a future. More specifically, can the current fashion oligarchy make room for a fully democratized industry or a polyarchical structure that would include additional players, in Brazil, Russia, India or China among others?", }