LONDON, United Kingdom — Two thousand years ago, Emperor Caesar Augustus erected a towering monument under Rome’s Temple of Saturn called the Miliarium Aureum. This gold-covered marble monolith stood as testament to the fact that all roads in the vast expanse of the Roman Empire converged on one single point. From Africa Vetus to the tribes of Germania, all roads really did lead to Rome. By contrast, today, the routes that lead from fashion’s capital cities to the industry’s fastest growing emerging markets can sometimes meander or stray off course. But more often than not, they drift toward a few … More
