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Both cemented London's position this year in the\nglobal fashion scene.\n The British capital has been in a tug of war with New York\nsince the Austin-based analytics and media tracking company\nstarted compiling the ranking nine years ago.\n Paris placed third overall but was No. 1 in haute couture,\nwhile Spain proved its fashion prowess with two cities in the\ntop five.\n \"For high fashion Paris is number one but it not the media\nmachine these other places are. Barcelona has made a really\nstrong attempt to move forward and those efforts are paying\noff,\" Payack explained.\n Sao Paulo in Brazil was the queen of Latin fashion and came\nin seventh globally, while Hong Kong, which dropped six places\nfrom last year to No. 12 this year, was the fashion capital of\nAsia.\n Johannesburg, in 18th position, was the only African city to\nbreak into the top 20 and Dubai, at 28, was the strongest\nfashion city in the Middle East.\n Vancouver, a newcomer to the list and the top Canadian city,\ndebuted at No. 31, along with Seoul, which ranked 34, and St\nPetersburg at 51.\n Milan, a perennially favorite, dropped to eighth place from\nfourth last year, which Payack said was not bad because the\ncompetition is so intense. Just a few years ago it captured the\ntop spot.\n The Global Monitoring Company analyzed the Internet,\nblogosphere, and the top 175,000 print and electronic global\nmedia and other sources to compile the ranking.\n \"We search everything you can on the web. We try to be as\ninclusive as possible,\" he explained.\n New York Fashion Week, which is based at Lincoln Center but\nincludes hundreds of shows around the city, kicks off the global\nfashion season and is followed by designer shows in London,\nParis and Milan.\n\n (Reporting by Patricia Reaney; Editing by Sofina Mirza-Reid)<\/pre>\n