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Following fashion: Scotland takes on London's star event

New plans for a Scottish Academy of Fashion aim to stop the flood of emerging designers heading south. But is it enough to arrest talent migration? By Edd McCracken

WORLD-class fashion designers usually lay their immaculately-tailored hats in one of four places: Paris, New York, Milan or London. But if Edinburgh College of Art (ECA) has its way, Scotland's capital could one day tempt some of them to call it home.