The unique history of New York City led directly to the development of this great metropolis into one of the world’s great fashion meccas. The large concentration of immigrants brought innovative ideas, highly skilled craftsmen, and an urge to entrepreneurship rarely matched at any other time or place in history. Among the skilled tradesmen were tailors of the highest talent, ready to translate their ideas into fashion sense.
Today there are a large number of fashion design schools in New York constantly contributing to the increasing numbers of young, ambitious and creative personalities in this exciting multi-billion dollar industry. The newest and most creative ideas coming from these talented graduates add to the aura and culture of New York as the fashion capital of the world.
Today New York City’s fashion industry has creates more than $9 billion in total wages for the over 165,000 people employed in it. In addition, there are over 900 fashion companies working today in this amazingly successful industry, helping to keep New York at the forefront of the economic culture of this great city.
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