International Fashion Capital 2011, it’s the efforts of Kate Middleton and Alexander McQueen that London is now ranked no.1 as the fashion capital where New York occupied the top position for five consecutive years before then interrupted by Milan, who became the no. 1 fashion capital in 2009.
This ranking was a big surprise after New York being ranked as 1st in the former years, with London being ranked 3rd in 2010 following Hong Kong which was in second position in 2010. According to a survey by the Global Language Monitor, a company that analyzes trends in word usage and London was ranked the new fashion capital of the world based on what impact the city had on fashion through the media.
Here is the list for top 25 ranked by the Global Language Monitor survey.