Lucia Mauro - Careers for fashion plates and other trendsetters
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Discusses career options in fashion and the education and training required, and offers case studies and interviews with fashion professionals.
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VGM Career Horizons NTC/Contemporary Publishing Group
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mauro, Lucia. Careers for fashion plates and other trendsetters / Lucia Mauro. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-8442-4477-5 (h) ISBN 0-8442-4478-3 (p) 1. Fashion Vocational guidance. 2. Costume design Vocational guidance. 3. Fashion merchandising Vocational guidance. 4. Clothing trade Vocational guidance. I. Title. TT507.M3787 1996 746.9'2'02373dc2096-1695 CIP
Published by VGM Career Horizons, a division of NTC Publishing Group 4255 West Touhy Avenue Lincolnwood (Chicago), Illinois 60646-1975, U.S.A. 1996 by NTC Publishing Group. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of NTC Publishing Group. Manufactured in the United States of America. 8 9 0 VP 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2
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Contents
About the Author
v
Foreword
vii
Chapter One Designing Your Fashion Career
1
Chapter Two Careers in Clothing Design
11
Chapter Three Opportunities for Accessory Designers
25
Chapter Four Designing for the Performing Arts and Specialty Apparel Worlds
34
Chapter Five Working in the Wholesale and Retail Realms
47
Chapter Six Careers in Fashion Writing and Photography
64
Chapter Seven Educational Opportunities in Fashion
75
Chapter Eight Fashion Modeling
86
Appendix Modeling Agencies
96
Fashion Bibliography
102
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To Mom, Dad, and Joe for their constant encouragement and love.
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About the Author
An admitted "clothes horse" since the age of tenwhen she and her mother, a seamstress by hobby, paged through pattern books and searched for material to make original outfitsthe author has always been quite comfortable writing about fashion. In addition to contributing to Pioneer Press newspaper's "Fashion" pullout sections since 1988, Lucia Mauro is the fashion editor of Fra Noi, a monthly bilingual newspaper, published in Chicago, that focuses on Italy-related news and features.
Throughout her busy life as a writer, Mauro has performed in ballet and theatrical productions, where she has had direct contact with costume designers and backstage dressers. She has also organized fundraising fashion shows and has modeled for special events and print advertisements.
An avid traveler with an endless sense of curiosity, the authorwho holds a bachelor's degree in English and Communication from Loyola University of Chicagolived in Rome, and has traveled to such renowned fashion centers as Milan, Paris, and New York.
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