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Essential facts:
the nature of designer fashion and its markets

Professor Simon Roodhouse: University of Bolton of Higher Education

Introduction
The need to define the sector is central to any attempt at collecting data and in particular being precise about the descriptors for sub sectors. This is where judgements are needed to reflect the extent of a sub-sector within the accepted national norms such as SIC and SOC and enables the problems of overlap or double counting to be addressed. There is the question as to who is being counted. In this case the research focussed on the fashion designer whether working as a sole trader or in a small to medium enterprise. Earlier work on designer fashion by the DCMS, British Fashion Council and DTI has informed this research. The sources used to inform the DCMS Mapping Document, 2001 referred to and which form the base comparative data are largely national, for example the Department of Trade and Industry, at the United Kingdom Fashion Exports, and the DCMS Creative Industries Mapping Document, 1998 as well
as Mintel 2000. Essential Facts: The Nature of Designer Fashion and its Markets: essential facts is based on trans regional primary data collection and as a result provides a contemporary picture of the industry. It is a snapshot of the sector in, two Northern regions and provides baseline data for those with a direct interest in designer fashion, or as a mechanism with which to pursue economic and social goals...