The city of clothes at the dawn of modernity. A brief overview of the textile industry growth in Medellin during the second half of the 20th century

Abstract

The following article will provide a brief overview of the consolidation of the textile sector in the city of Medellín during the second half of the 20th century. The main object of study is fashion. It is based on the idea that fashion is a cultural manifestation whichever transforms and adapts itself to history, being the center of the modernization and globalization processes of the city turning it into a city that generates employment and commercial treaties on a local and regional scale. This paper aims to understand how the industrialization of the textile sector, throughout the founding of the Colombian Association of Haute Couture had made possible the opening of specialized schools of fashion allowing the creation of a Fashion System that is portrait in two major events: Colombiatex and Colombiamoda (emphasizing these events) that had affected the social, economic, urban and political dynamics of the city.