Robert Burke discusses the future of the fashion business at Columbia Business School's 3rd Annual Conference, Weathering the Storm: Retail Solutions for All Seasons.
Bio
Robert Burke
Robert Burke is the founder and principal of leading New York City luxury consulting business Robert Burke Associates.
Before founding RBA in 2006, Burke spent eleven years at Ralph Lauren, overseeing that company's fashion operations in the U.S. and abroad, and in 1999 moved on to become Senior Vice President of fashion and public relations at Bergdorf Goodman.
Any mode of dressing or adornment that is popular during a particular time or in a particular place (i.e., the current style). It can change from one period to the next, from generation to generation. It serves as a reflection of social and economic status, a function that explains the popularity of many styles throughout costume history; in the West, courts have been a major source of fashion. In the 19th and 20th centuries, fashion increasingly became an profitable, international industry as a result of the rise of world-renowned fashion houses and fashion magazines. See alsodress.
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