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56 catwalk shows at London Fashion Week

15 Feb '13
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- UK media coverage each season exceeds £130m (source: Precise) and media coverage from the International Guest Programme exceeds £120m (source: BFC)

- It is estimated that orders of over £100m are placed during LFW each season; the International Guest Programme alone generates over £74m of orders (source: BFC)

- London voted as global fashion capital 2012 for the second consecutive year by the Global Language Monitor (GLM)

- The direct value of the UK fashion industry to the UK economy is £21 billion (source: BFC Value of Fashion Report 2010)

- Oxford Economics estimates that sales of UK designer clothing have been rising by around 20% a year in the last decade, and are currently worth somewhere between £2.5 and £2.9 billion. (source: BFC Future of Fashion Report 2012)

- Fashion’s wider contribution to the economy in influencing spending in other industries is estimated to stand at over £37 billion (source: BFC Value of Fashion Report 2010)

The UK fashion industry is estimated to support 816,000 jobs and is the largest employer of all the creative industries. The sector also provides opportunities to minority groups to a greater extent than most other creative industries (source: BFC Value of Fashion Report 2010)

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