香港荣登时尚之都第二位

New York has reclaimed¹ the title of the world's top fashion capital from Milan but the annual poll suggested the top five fashion cities are seeing competition from Asia and Australia.

一项有关时尚之都的年度调查显示，今年纽约击败米兰，再次成为世界第一时尚之都，但世界传统五大时尚之都的地位正受到亚洲和澳大利亚城市的挑战。

New York had reigned² as top fashion city for five years until Milan took the lead last year in the list compiled by the Global Language Monitor, a US based non-profit group that tracks the frequency of words and phrases in the media, on the Internet and throughout the blogosphere（博客圈） .

But with the US economy recovering, New York once again took the top spot followed by Hong Kong, London, Paris and Los Angeles.

Rounding out the top 10 were Milan, Sydney, Miami, Barcelona and Madrid.

"As the global fashion industry adjusted to the new economic reality, New York rebounded³ to the No. 1 spot it has now held for six of the last seven years," said Bekka Payack, the Manhattan-based fashion correspondent for the Global Language Monitor.

"This year's list of the top fashion capitals, shows the global fashion industry remaining in flux⁴（在变化，不定） , with the relative decline of some of the previously⁵ leading players and formerly⁶ regional players emerging as significant new influences."

She said that in perhaps a harbinger（先驱，前兆） of things to come, this was the first analysis where the traditional big five fashion cities -- New York, Paris, London, Milan, and Rome -- did not dominate the global fashion scene.

The biggest movers in the list were Hong Kong, Madrid and Melbourne.

The group said that the top newcomers to the expanded list included Amsterdam at number 17, Cape⁷ Town and Johannesburg at 23 and 25 respectively and Vienna at No. 27.

Following are the 10 top fashion capitals of 2010 and the change from the 2009 rankings

1. New York (up 1)

2. Hong Kong (up 5)

3. London (up 2)

4. Paris ( down 1)

5. Los Angeles (up 1)

6. Milan (down 5)

7. Sydney (up 2)

8. Miami (up 5)

9. Barcelona (up 5)

10. Madrid (up 11)