New York tops list of world's fashion cities

A model seen walking the runway during New York Fashion Week in this February 9, 2007 file photo.

New York was on Wednesday named as the world's top fashion city for the fourth consecutive year, according to a survey by a U.S.-based language use group.

The Global Language Monitor, a non-profit group that tracks words and phrases in the media, on the Internet and throughout the blogosphere, compiles an annual list of the top fashion cities.

New York ousted Paris as the leader in the list four years ago, leaving the French capital jostling with London, Rome, and Milan for the other top positions in the list.

This year, Rome beat out the others for second place with Paris coming in third position, followed by Milan and London. Hong Kong was rated the top fashion city in South Asia, coming in 8th position overall.

Other notable rankings included Shanghai at number 14, Sydney and Melbourne at numbers 12 and 15 respectively, and the fashion quartet of South America -- Santiago, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, and Buenos Aires.

Krakow, one of the largest and oldest cities in Poland, made it to No. 25, apparently because of its emerging status as a centre of neo-Bohemian influence.

"The ranking is surprising in a number of ways, most of which relate to the changing nature of the global fashion industry," Millie Payack, a director of the Global Language Monitor, said in a statement.

"Cities that recently would have been considered fashion backwaters are now emerging as significant regional hubs."

Following is the list of the top 25 fashion cities:

1. New York

2. Rome

3. Paris

4. London

5. Milan

6. Tokyo

7. Los Angeles

8. Hong Kong

9. Las Vegas

10. Singapore

11. Berlin

12. Sydney

13. Barcelona

14. Shanghai

15. Melbourne

16. Moscow

17. Bangkok

18. Mumbai

19. Santiago

20. Rio de Janeiro

21. Sao Paulo

22. Buenos Aires

23. Johannesburg

24. Dubai

25. Krakow

据一个总部位于美国的语言使用组织上周三公布的一项调查，纽约连续第四年被评为全球第一大时尚城市。

负责在媒体、互联网和博客圈“追踪”新词的非赢利组织全球语言监控机构编撰了此项全球时尚城市年度排行。

四年前，纽约取代巴黎成为全球第一大时尚城市，令法国首都不得不与伦敦、罗马和米兰一决高下。

今年，罗马击败其它几个城市跃居第二，巴黎名列第三，米兰和伦敦位居其后。香港成为南亚地区第一大时尚城市，总排名第八位。

其余几大入选城市包括：上海，第14位；悉尼和墨尔本，分别位居第12和第15位；以及南美“四强”--圣地亚哥、里约热内卢、圣保罗和布宜诺斯艾利斯。

波兰最大、最古老的城市之一克兰科夫名列第25位，其上榜原因很明显，主要是因为它日益确立起“新波希米亚时尚中心”的地位。

全球语言监控机构的总裁米里·培雅克在一份声明中说：“这一排行在很多方面让人意外，大部分因素与全球时尚业不断变化的本质有关。”

“过去被认为与时尚毫不沾边的一些城市如今都脱颖而出，成为重要的时尚中心。”

全球25大时尚城市如下：

1、 纽约

2、 罗马

3、 巴黎

4、 伦敦

5、 米兰

6、 东京

7、 洛杉矶

8、 香港

9、 拉斯维加斯

10、新加坡

11、柏林

12、悉尼

13、巴塞罗那

14、上海

15、墨尔本

16、莫斯科

17、曼谷

18、孟买

19、圣地亚哥

20、里约热内卢

21、圣保罗

22、布宜诺斯艾利斯

23、约翰内斯堡

24、迪拜

25、克拉科夫