FUTURE FASHION PREDICTIONS USE HIGH TECH TO PICK UPCOMING TRENDS
September 1st, 2010
BY LEE ADENDORFF
TREND forecasters and cool-hunters have spawned a global sub-sector of the fashion industry, with university courses, computer software and academic research making a science out of predicting fashion's 'next big thing.'
This is no easy feat considering the multitude of factors - politics, energy resources, economies and environment, not to mention ideology and people - that will play a part in shaping the world's fashion tastes of the future.
The planet is approaching seven billion inhabitants, according to the United Nations Population Fund, ...
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