Branding a City: Barcelona and Fashion

  • Urban Culture
  • New York
  • Tue, February 11, 2014
  • 6:00 pm
Branding a City: Barcelona and Fashion

A lively conversation regarding the impact that fashion has in the branding of cities.

Fashion brands can project the character and values of a city, so much so that, in a sense, fashion can become a city’s ambassador to the world.

Media expert Gema Requena and a representative from Desigual, will explain how fashion can “brand” a locale, with particular attention paid to how fashion has bolstered the image of Barcelona, Spain, as a fashion-oriented metropolis.

Fashion among with other retail and consumer brands became significant elements that impact us in our trends as well as in brand the image of a city. Discover with Gema Requena, author of A coolhunter in New York, the power of Fashion in branding cities.

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Katie Murphy Amphitheatre, Fred P. Pomerantz Art and Design Center, Fashion Institute of Technology, 227 West 27th Street, New York, NY 10001

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Organized by the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology in collaboration with the the Consulate General of Spain in New York. Image courtesy of Desigual.

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