Fashion Brands: Branding Style from Armani to Zara

Fashion Brands: Branding Style from Armani to Zara

by Mark Tungate (Author)

Synopsis

Once a luxury that only the elite could afford, fashion is now accessible to all. High street brands such as Zara, Topshop and H&M have put fashion within the reach of anyone, whilst massive media attention has turned designers such as Tom Ford, Alexander McQueen and Stella McCartney into brands in their own right. This new edition of the international best-seller "Fashion Brands" explores the popularization of fashion and explains how marketers and branding experts have turned clothes and accessories into objects of desire. Full of first hand interviews with key players, it analyses every aspect of fashion from a marketing perspective. With its finger firmly on the fashion pulse, it also looks at the impact of blogging and the rise of celebrity-endorsed products and fashion ranges. Snappy and journalistic, "Fashion Brands" exposes how the use of advertising, store design and the media has altered our fashion 'sense' - and reveals how a mere piece of clothing can be transfomed into something with mystical allure.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Edition: 2
Publisher: Kogan Page
Published: 03 Aug 2008

ISBN 10: 0749453052
ISBN 13: 9780749453053
Book Overview: Fashion Brands explores the popularization of fashion and explains how marketers and branding experts have turned clothes and accessories into objects of desire.

Media Reviews
An essential primer for anyone wanting to make it big in the fashion biz. Nicholas Coleridge, Managing Director, Conde Nast Explores the popularization of fashion and explains how marketers and branding experts have turned clothes and accessories into objects of desire. The 'back story' of where goods come from and how they are manufactured and sold is always fascinating, which is why Tungate's book so appealed. Publishing News Fashion Brands includes exclusive quotes and insights into brand strategy from designers such as Paul Smith and Diesel founder Renzo Rosso. In-Store Magazine Dissects the fashion industry from high street to haute couture and gives a detailed history of fashion brands as well as explaining the influence of branding. Media Week Men don't shop seasonally, says Mark Tungate, Paris-based writer and author of Fashion Brands: Branding Style from Armani to Zara. Daily Telegraph Useful nuggets Financial Times Littered with amusing anecdotes. Marketing Includes brand strategy insights from designers such as Paul Smith and Deisel founder Renzo Rosso, interviews with influential industry figures and behind-the-scenes reports. Fashion Business International An interesting read for anyone involved in the fashion or marketing sector. International Textiles getAbstract.com recommends this book to marketers - even those who are not fashion minded - who want to rejuvenate their creativity and pick up some new sources of inspiration and style. www.getAbstract.com Drawing on research and interviews (he had no experience with the fashion industry before writing this book), he writes in a conversational manner for a general readership and for professionals involved with marketing. Reference & Research Book News This is the most fun non-fiction book that I've read in a long time, while simultaneously unique and useful. Written in a witty and readable journalistic style, this book unravels the magic behind an industry that uses more smoke and mirrors than Hollywood. Anoop Maini, Chartered Management Institute (www. Managers.org.uk) Tungate's absorbing and thoroughly entertaining book examines the new rules of the global fashion industry... An impressive and authoritative overview of what is arguably the world's original brand name industry. AdBrands.net Journalist Mark Tungate presents a terrific overview of many key aspects of this gritty yet ephemeral business. Reader review by Rolf Dobelli, Amazon.com Most of the content has come up in the leading fashion and culture magazines and business media... But Tungate brings all of these subjects, all of these themes, and all of these prominent fashion brands together for a picture of the system of which they are all a part. With his broader perspective, he also gives a global perspective not limited to the vibrant, shop-til-you-drop, U.S. market and its advanced ideology of consumerism where many of the branding ideas and techniques originated, but including also European and Asian markets. The Midwest Book Review Explores the popularization of fashion and explains how marketers and branding have turned clothes and accessories into objects of desire. www.brandrepublic.com Interesting things to say about the effects of the global marketplace on fashion brands. Drapers Will appeal to fashion students and those with an interest in the business side of the fashion world. Sew Today
Author Bio
Mark Tungate, author of the bestselling Adland and Branded Male, is a journalist specializing in media, marketing and communication. Based in Paris, he writes regularly about advertising, style and popular culture for the French media magazine Strategies, the trends intelligence service WGSN, Campaign magazine and The Times, The Independent and The Telegraph. He is also the co-author of The Epica Book, an annual review of the best European advertising, and he co-hosts a weekly French television show about creative advertising.