List of Top The 2012 Top 55 Global Fashion Capitals, with Rank, Previous Year’s Rank

List of Top  The 2012 Top 55 Global Fashion Capitals, with Rank, Previous Year’s Rank

Following is the list of The 2012 Top Global Fashion Capitals, with Rank, Previous Year’s Rank.
The Global Language Monitor's ranking of the top 55 fashion capitals saw London edging out New York for the second year in a row.

1.   London (1)

2.   New York (2)

3.   Barcelona (7)

4.   Paris (3)

5.   Madrid (12)

6.   Rome (13)

7.   Sao Paulo (25)

8.   Milano (4)

9.   Los Angeles (5)

10.   Berlin (10)

11.   Antwerp (44)

12.   Hong Kong (6)

13.   Buenos Aires (20)

14.   Bali (21)

15.   Sydney (11)

16.   Florence (31)

17.   Rio de Janeiro (23)

18.   Johannesburg (41)

19.   Singapore (8)

20.   Tokyo  (9)

21.   Melbourne (17)

22.   Shanghai (14)

23.   Caracas (50)

24.   Las Vegas (16)

25.   Monaco (15)

26.   Santiago (30)

27.  Amsterdam (19)

28.   Dubai (27)

29.   Bangkok (32)

30.   Copenhagen (29)

31.   Vancouver (Debut)

32.   Stockholm (28)

33.   Krakow (47)

34.   Seoul (Debut)

35.   Moscow (18)

36.   Frankfurt (43)

37.  Vienna (35)

38.  Mumbai (24)

39.   Miami (26)

40.  Abu Dhabi (42)

41.   San Francisco (38)

42.   Austin (40)

43.   Warsaw (33)

44.   Boston (Debut)

45.   Prague (48)

46.   Dallas (37)

47.   Mexico City (22)

48.   New Delhi (39)

49.   Houston (Debut)

50.   Chicago (36)

51.   St. Petersburg (Debut)

52.  Montreal (49)

53.  Toronto (34)

54.  Cape Town (46)

55.  Atlanta (45)
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This exclusive ranking is based upon GLM’s Narrative Tracking technology.  NarrativeTracker analyzes the Internet, blogosphere, the top 250,000 print and electronic news media, as well as new social media sources (such as Twitter) as they emerge.

The words, phrases and concepts are tracked in relation to their frequency, contextual usage and appearance in global media outlets.

Top Fashion Capitals by Region:

Europe (14):  London,  Barcelona, Paris, Madrid, Rome, Milano, Berlin, Antwerp, Florence, Monaco, Amsterdam,  Copenhagen, Stockholm, and Frankfurt.

Middle and Eastern Europe (6):  Krakow, Moscow, Vienna, Warsaw, Prague, and St Petersburg.

North America (13):  New York, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Vancouver, San Francisco, Austin, Boston, Dallas, Houston, Chicago, Montreal, Toronto, and Atlanta.

Asia (6):  Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo, Shanghai, Bangkok, and Seoul.

Subcontinent (2):  Mumbai, New Delhi,

Oceania (3):  Bali, Sydney, and Melbourne.

Latin America (6):  Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro,  Caracas, Santiago, and Mexico City.

Middle East and Africa (4):  Dubai, Johannesburg, Abu Dhabi, and Cape Town.

Source –

http://www.languagemonitor.com

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