"Style has never been viewed with such a global perspective. Starting with the extensive ethnographic collections of the Weltkulturen Museum, this publication represents a creative exchange between global street style and prototypes for new collections from four pioneering international fashion labels. By juxtaposing archive photos, historic artefacts, objects and professional situations of the fashion designers in the Weltkulturen Museum, it constitutes an unprecedented dialogue between the past and future worlds of fashion"--Publisher's web site.