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Author
Publisher
University of California Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
The author, a sociologist and former model draws on personal experiences and interviews with industry insiders to examine the economics, politics and arbitrariness of the glamor business. She takes us behind the brightly lit runways and glossy advertisements of the fashion industry in this insider's study of the world of modeling. She has worked as a model in New York and London, and draws on observations as well as extensive interviews with male...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Tea shop entrepreneur Theodosia Browning has been tapped to host a fancy Limón Tea in a genuine lemon orchard as a rousing kickoff to Charleston Fashion Week. But as fairy lights twinkle and the scent of lemon wafts among the tea tables, the deadly murder of a fashion designer puts the squeeze on things. As the lemon curd begins to sour, the murdered woman's daughter begs Theodosia to help find the killer. Tea events and fashion shows must go on,...
4) Bruno
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (82 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
As Bruno travels the world in search of fame, no one, whether they are celebrities, politicians or even terrorists, will be spared from his signature sense of style and his wickedly off-kilter manner. And, yes, they are all real situations. Prepare yourself for non-stop laughs and outright gasps when you experience the unforgettable antics of Bruno. Bonus material included.
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Holding what remains of her mother and grandmother's legacies, Blythe Bricard stiches together the painfully beautiful fabrics of three generations of heartbreak to create something that will shake the foundations of fashion while trying to answer the question: what really happened to her mother?
Author
Series
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
First Aladdin paperback edition.
Physical Desc
85 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Nancy Drew and her classmates have the chance to submit their own fashion designs to a big-time competition, and the chance to model their designs in a fashion show. On a team with her best friends, George and Bess, Nancy comes up with some original clothing ideas and her team wins. But someone keeps trying to ruin the contest by stealing designs, hiding sample pieces, and tripping up the models. Can the clue crew find the culprit before the River...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2002.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
29 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm
Language
English
Description
A scruffy stray cat finds his life changed when he disrupts a Paris fashion show and unwittingly creates a new style that makes him the rage of Paris.
Series
Geronimo Stilton. Thea Stilton volume 5
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
157 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When Colette invites her friends to come home with her to Paris for spring break, the five mice are delighted. While they're in France, they'll even get to attend Colette's fashion-designer cousin Julie's runway show at the Eiffel Tower! But soon after the Thea Sisters arrive, Julie's designs are stolen. Will the five mice be able to catch the thief in time to save the fashion show?"--P. [4] of cover.
Publisher
E1 Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Jay McCarroll took the fashion world by storm after being crowned the "next great American designer" on the first season of Project Runway. This documentary chronicles his year-long journey to prepare his first runway show.
Publisher
Phase 4 Films
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It is a behind-the-scenes look at the world of fashion, featuring unprecedented access to the high temples of Haute Couture. Follows the legendary Valentino and his longtime business partner, Giancarlo Giammetti during the final two years of their careers, and shows the struggles the two men face as they confront the final act of a nearly 50-year career at the top of the world's most glamorous and competitive game. An intimate, engaging and very funny...
Author
Series
Publisher
New American Library
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
324 pages ; 17 cm.
Language
English
Description
It's Fashion Week in New York and Ellie's in charge of the dogs' modeling outfits that match their mommy-models for a fashion competition. But before the first round closes, one of the designers drops dead of anaphylactic shock, her EpiPen useless because someone has emptied it.
14) Fashion victim
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
536 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
15) The Battle of Versailles: the night American fashion stumbled into the spotlight and made history
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
310 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Conceived as a fundraiser for the restoration of King Louis XIV's palace, the world's elite gathered in Versailles' grand theater to view a fashion extravaganza of the best that French and American designers had to offer ... What they saw would forever alter the history of fashion. At the Battle of Versailles five Americans--Oscar de la Renta, Bill Blass, Anne Klein, Halston, and Stephen Burrows--faced off against the five French designers considered...
16) Fashion frenzy
Author
Series
Beacon Street girls volume 9
Publisher
Aladdin Mix
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
First Aladdin M!X edition.
Physical Desc
235 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Katani goes to New York City to be in a fashion show.
17) Head games
Author
Publisher
Razorbill
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
288 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Basketball star Taylor, who doubts that she is attractive due to her height, reluctantly agrees to participate in a fashion show, an event complicated by her divided feelings about two boys and about her team's preparations for the playoffs.
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