How American Jews Toppled Paris Couture and Redesigned the Fashion Industry(momentmag.com)

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How American Jews Toppled Paris Couture and Redesigned the Fashion Industry

http://www.momentmag.com/Exclusive/2009/2009-08/200908-Ghetto-to-Glamour.html

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brianliu17 ปีที่แล้ว

Again, this is article has a title which is extremely misleading. Ethnicity is improperly cited as cause, instead of traits that are commonly attributed to immigrants. Paris Couture was never "toppled" nor "redesigned" and this group did not exclusively create American ready-to-wear (to which the title infers).

If you look at the large trends of the last hundred years of fashion, the success is largely cultural (non-ethnicity-based) opposed to any other factor (this includes innovation through new fabrics or new sewing techniques which has been cited in the article as the determining factor). Fashion reflects the cultural and emotional sentiment of its target market, and does not impose any cultural designs, as the article stated at the end (basic law of demand). Furthermore, the Jewish-American "advantage" (tailoring trade skills, work ethic, innovation, optimism) can all be attributed to immigrants in general.