The time when "fashion" was defined by French designers whose clothes could
be afforded only by elite has ended. Now designers take their cues from
mainstream consumers and creativity is channeled more into mass-marketing
clothes than into designing them. Indeed, one need look no further than the Gap
to see proof of this. In The End of Fashion, Wall Street Journal,
reporter Teri Agins astutely explores this seminal change, laying bare all
aspects of the fashion industry from manufacturing, retailing, anmd licensing to
image making and financing. Here as well are fascinating insider vignettes that
show Donna Karan fighting with financiers,the rivalry between Ralph Lauren and
Tommy Hilfiger, and the commitment to haute conture that sent Isaac Mizrahi's
business spiraling.
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