With over 5000 fashion showrooms, New York has reigned as America’s fashion capital for over a century. The fashion industry has a sales volume of $14 billion, including $12 billion in wholesale apparel sales. Indeed it was recorded to have 125,000 visits by out-of-town apparel buyers, generating an estimated $100 million for New York City hotels, restaurants, transportation services and other non-apparel businesses. The industry also provides 100,000 jobs in fashion-related firms.

Although challenged by other fashion cities such as Milan, London and New York, Paris has been the international capital of style for three hundred years and remains special. Pierre Cardin, Chanel, Christian Lacroix, Christian Dior, Yves Saint Laurent, French fashion firms set the Paris fashion trend. It also attracted some fashion firms from all over the world like Kenzo from Japan, Versace and Armani from Italy. The world greatest jewellers are all there and you can find lots of more affordable fashionable clothes from famous brands.