Is Nashville Set to Become America’s Next Top Fashion Hub?

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Is Nashville Set To Become Americas Next Top
Fashion Hub?
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• Nashville is gearing up to become the next top
  fashion hub in the USA, thanks to the significant
  development in fashion industry and bases of
  several big brands located in the city.
• Nashville is known for its country music and
  is booming real estate destination. Nashville is
  also popular for its health care, publishing,
  banking and transportation industries.
• Now, the city is on its way to becoming
  Americas next top fashion hub.

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• Nashville is home to more than 150 fashion brands
  and one of the leading employers of various
  sectors of fashion industry. It is the capital of
  the state of Tennessee, which is considered among
  the top apparel manufacturing states in the US.
• While Yahoo! Style and Womens Wear Daily has
  lauded Nashvilles fashion industry, Forbes
  Travel Guide accredited fashion as one of the top
  five reasons Nashville is on fire.

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Nashville Fashion Week

• Nashville has its own fashion event known as
  Nashville Fashion Week which was first held in
  2011. It is a 5 day event, from Tuesday through
  Saturday.
• Ellen Lehman, President of The Community
  Foundation, said, "The aspirational
  mantra Nashville Fashion is more than a
  week was just that when planning for the
  inaugural 2011 Nashville Fashion Week began. Six
  years later, the attention centered on the
  fashion community the connections developed as
  a result of this week have supported Nashvilles
  fashion industry in so many ways".

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Local Brands are Going to Make it Big

• Some of the local fashion brands and clothing
  stores in Nashville are liked for their designs
  across the nation.
• ImogeneWille A well known denim brand
  clothing store founded by Matt Carrie
  Eddmenson, the goal of the brand is to provide a
  pair of strong, well-fitting jeans for their
  customers.
• According to the founders, they use only the
  finest fabric that America can produce.

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• Like ImogeneWille, Otis James is the popular
  fashion label in Nashville that sells custom
  neckties and bowties. James, founder of the
  store, said that he is passionate about making
  high quality products and looking to make a
  connection with his customers.
• Ceri Hoover is a renowned brand for apparels,
  shoes and bags being sold over 150 stores across
  the US and Canada.