Germany plays an important role in the fashion industry, along with France, the United Kingdom, the United States, Italy, Spain, and Japan. German fashion is known for unconventional young designers and manufacturers of sports and outdoor clothing, ready-to-wear and custom-made creations.[1]
Berlin, the country's capital city, is also a fashion capital of the world and the home of Berlin Fashion Week, the country's main event where young and creative German fashion designers showcase unique creations.[2] Other important cities to the German fashion landscape are Munich,[3] Hamburg and Cologne.[4] Smaller places such as Herford, Metzingen, Herzogenaurach, Schorndorf, Chemnitz, Albstadt and Detmold[5] are also important design and production hubs of the German fashion industry.
- ^ Stars tragen deutsche Mode Archived 2014-10-28 at the Wayback Machine (Stars wear German fashion), Vogue, August 12, 2013, retrieved January 18, 2014 (German)
- ^ "Berlin as a fashion capital: the improbable rise". Fashion United UK. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
- ^ Munich - The stuff dreams are made of (German), Welt
- ^ Men’s Fashions in Cologne, Cologne developed into the capital of men’s fashion in the Federal Republic; twice a year, it was the site of International Men’s Fashion Week [Internationale Herrenmodewoche]., GHDI
- ^ Die deutsche Mode kommt aus der Provinz (The German fashion also comes from the province), Brigitte, Issue 15/2012, retrieved January 18, 2014 (German)