On Friday, Mayor Michael A. Nutter detailed The Philadelphia Fashion Incubator at Macy's Center City, a new fashion design initiative devoted to supporting and promoting emerging fashion designers and encouraging local designers to keep their businesses in Philadelphia.
Modeled after a similar program in Chicago between Macy's State Street and The City of Chicago, the year-long residency program, which launches in Philadelphia in March 2012, will provide the selected Designer-In-Residence (DIR) with office space, a production room and shared showroom space/conference room.
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