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Mar 2023
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Creativity is not the only driver: how t...

Glam Observer - Giada Graziano
About this episode

We see fashion collections, runways, and magazines... but the output of the fashion industry is not a result of creative decisions only.

Before the creative work, there is something else.

At the end of the day, fashion companies are a business and they need to generate profits. If you want to work in fashion you need to learn its mechanisms.

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