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That's So Hot Right Now
Apparel companies hire climatologists to predict consumer trends |
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03 Dec 2007 |
News |
| Posted at 10:15 AM on 03 Dec 2007 In the good old days, the only constant that the fickle fashion industry could rely on was the changing of the seasons -- now, it can't even rely on that anymore. A run of unseasonably warm winters has led some apparel companies to hire staff climatologists who help predict when consumers will be in the market for cold-weather clothes. Because, darling, buying a winter-antic ... |
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| Topics: business, climate, climate change impacts, fashion, green living, news, shopping (all these topics) |
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Fashion, victim of climate change
Designers lament what will happen when there are no seasons |
Sarah van Schagen |
01 Oct 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Forget melting ice caps, disappearing polar-bear habitat, and rising seas that will inundate major metropolises (metropolii?) worldwide -- the real issue I've got with global warming is the impending devastation of the fashion industry. "The whole fashion system will have to change," says Beppe Modenese, called the founding father of Milan Fashion Week. "[It] must adapt to the reality that there is no strong difference between summer and ... |
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| Topics: climate change impacts, fashion, green living, climate (all these topics) |
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Chris Schults |
17 Jul 2006 |
Gristmill |
| (from SFGate via Groovy Green) |
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| Topics: climate, climate change impacts, fashion, green living (all these topics) |
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