October management briefing: Part III - Future fashion predictions
Author: just-style.com | 27 October 2010
Trend forecasters and cool-hunters have spawned a global sub-sector of the fashion industry, with university courses, computer software and academic research making a science out of predicting fashion's 'next big thing.'
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