The customer is king. Except when it comes to fashion, according to The New York Times' fashion director and chief fashion critic, Vanessa Friedman.
The fashion industry is in the midst of upheaval. Consumers are demanding to get their hands on products as soon as they see them. Luxury designers from Burberry, Tommy Hilfiger, and Alexander Wang, to name a few, have responded by shifting their production schedules, or some elements within it, to offer see-now-buy-now straight off the runway.
