fashion system
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The fashion system encompasses the entire process of fashion, including its business, art, craft, production, and consumption. It involves designers, consumers, and the language used to discuss fashion. Factors influencing fashion change can be intrinsic, like the desire for novelty, or external, such as historical events, lifestyle shifts, or music trends. Individual trendsetters also play a role. The fashion industry itself is a global enterprise focused on making and selling clothes, from high fashion to everyday wear. It operates on four levels: raw material production, design and manufacturing, retail sales, and advertising/promotion.12
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