Fashion capital
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A fashion capital is a city with major influence on the international fashion scene, from history, heritage, designers, trends, and styles, to manufacturing innovation and retailing of fashion product
Haute couture fashion models walk the runway during New York Fashion Week.
A 2010 Milan Fashion Week event
Berlin Fashion Week in 2013. Berlin has returned to being a fashion capital after the German reunification.
New York's Garment District, 1955
Florence
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Florence is the capital and most populous city of the Italian region of Tuscany, and, as of 2026, with a population of 361,625, the 8th most populous city in the country. It is also the capital of the
Fashion capital
…what would become modern-day Italy were Europe's main trendsetters, due to the cultural power they exerted in that period. This included cities such as Florence, Milan, Rome, Naples, Genoa, and Venice. Progressing into the late 16th century, with the influence of the English royal court, London became a major…
View of Florence from Piazzale Michelangelo; the dome of Florence Cathedral and the tower of Palazzo Vecchio are visible in the distance.
The Goth King Totila razes the walls of Florence during the Gothic War: illumination from the Chigi manuscript of Villani's Cronica
View of Florence by Hartmann Schedel, published in 1493
Painting based on an original from the late 15th century, attributed to Francesco di Lorenzo Rosselli