The world’s three top fashion capitals currently are acknowledged to be New York City (Manhattan), Paris, and Milan, which are all headquarters to the most significant fashion companies and are renowned for their major influence on global fashion. The annual Met Gala held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan is widely considered to be the world’s apex display of fashion’s power, wealth, and influence. In some fashion circles, Tokyo, London, and Los Angeles are additionally considered as second-tier fashion centers. Fashion weeks are held in these cities, where designers exhibit their new clothing collections to audiences. A study demonstrated that general proximity to Manhattan’s Garment District was important to participate in the American fashion ecosystem.[3] However, fashion has also migrated online to a significant extent, such that the geographical iconization of cities as fashion capitals, while still centrally important, has become less so with the advent of artificial intelligence. Haute couture has now largely been spread alongside the sale of ready-to-wear collections and perfume using the same branding.
