FORMER YUGOSLAVIA HIGH FASHION EMERGING FROM CHAOS OF WAR YEARS

BY ZLATKO CONKAS, IN NOVI SAD, SERBIA IT goes without saying that when a country falls apart through years of bloody civil war, the purchase of luxury clothing is not going to be a priority. But peace usually brings a strong desire to put aside painful memories and this can bring a yearning for luxury. Such is the case of the consumers of the former-Yugoslavia countries. All they have to do now is earn enough money to pay for it! And while there is a wealthy elite that has risen from the collapse of Yugoslav communism in all the ex-Yugosphere's successor states, ...


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