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"Fascinating facts, fun pictures, and easy-to-read sidebars highlight informative text about some of the most interesting jobs that take place behind the scenes in the fashion industry. Readers will get a glimpse at what it takes to make it as a retail buyer, stylist, fashion writer, and more and find out what goes on behind the glamour." --

"The fashion industry produces more carbon emissions than international flights and maritime shipping combined, and is the second-largest consumer of the world's water supply, despite this, 85% of all textiles end up in the dump each year. If you are one of the rising numbers of concerned consumers who feel uneasy about their contribution to these figures, then How to quit fast fashion is the essential guide to help you lessen your impact on our eco-system,...

"Who makes your clothes? Today, we rarely know the origins of the clothes hanging in our closets. The local shoemaker, dressmaker, and milliner are long gone, replaced by a globalized fashion industry worth $2.4 trillion a year. In Wardrobe Crisis, fashion journalist Clare Press explores the history and ethics behind what we wear. Putting her insider status to good use, Press examines the entire fashion ecosystem, from sweatshops to haute couture,...

Provides information about the educational requirements, employment opportunities, and creative potential within the world of fashion.

"Follows internationally celebrated river conservationist Mark Angelo on a journey that uncovers the dark side of the fashion industry. Spanning the globe to infiltrate one of the world's most polluting industries, and speaking with fashion designers and water protectors world-wide, RiverBlue reveals stunning yet, shocking, never-before seen images that truly change the way we look at how our clothing is made. This groundbreaking documentary examines...

In New York, a woman fashion designer resorts to crashing parties in the hope her clothes will be noticed. She has little luck until a party at the New York Public Library where a murder occurs. The next day she is famous--as a suspect.

Ellie Quicke finds you can choose your friends but not your family. Poppy's wealthy father hadn't liked the look of the men whom his twin daughters intended to marry, and had set them up in the Magpie fashion boutique to ensure they would be able to support themselves; at the same time ensuring that the girls made a will in one another's favour. The business prospered and expanded until, many years later, skeletons start to come out of the closet....