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Parisian Fashion and its Global Influences: Appropriations, Circulations and Transfers

La Maison Française (NYU) 16 Washington Mews, New York City

The Parisian fashion industry has always been the visible tip of an invisible web of exchanges. What we call French couture, far from being only French and influenced by French creativity and know-how, has always been a microcosm of globalization, with crucial contributions from foreigners and immigrants, transfers and hybridizations of techniques, ideas, styles, consumption habits, etc., which are often…