The Value of Fashion

What can data tell us about the fashion industry's economic value, employment levels, patterns of growth and consumption habits? View maps below for key business statistics for the fashion industry across the UK, based on ONS figures.

Fashion plays a key role in the UK economy. Textiles manufacturing and craft are interwoven in the heritage of our four nations. Fashion can bring valuable work, shows, and exhibitions to a city or area, attracting wide ranging numbers from local, and further afield. Mention the likes of Paris, Milan or New York to anyone (no fashion interest experience or knowledge needed) and they can recognise the importance that fashion has had in solidifying their economic footholds. Digging deeper than the superficial surface of these cities and their relationship with fashion, then, is the key, and holds all the answers needed to understand how fashion can support economic development.

Our Value of Fashion Maps highlight how the industry is faring across the country, how it is developing as consumption habits change and how with the right support fashion can thrive.