Together with McKinsey & Company, The Business of Fashion and ICON, the Fashion Council Germany (FCG) presented the report "The State of Fashion 2019" on January 15, 2019 at the Hotel de Rome in Berlin. The report is published annually by McKinsey & Company and The Business of Fashion and provides a unique overview of global developments and trends in the fashion industry. The approximately 100 participants from politics, media and the fashion industry were welcomed by Minister of State to the Federal Chancellor and Federal Government Commissioner for Digitalization Dorothee Bär. Following a short presentation of the key messages of the report, a panel talk with Christiane Arp (President of the Fashion Council Germany and Editor-in-Chief Vogue Germany), Dr. Achim Berg (McKinsey & Company), Nick Blunden (Chief Commercial Officer, The Business of Fashion), Jörg Ehrlich (ODEEH) and Inga Griese (ICON) rounded off the event.