fashion designers

Tala Raassi, a global fashion designer, reflects on her childhood in Iran, and the harsh punishments she faced for wearing a miniskirt, only to escape and embrace her freedom and individuality in America.

Looks at the life of fashion designer, singer, dancer, and American video blogger Bethany Mota.

A biography of YouTube personality Bethany Mota.

Examines the lives, careers, and works of fashion designers Yves Saint Laurent and Halston, discussing the social, cultural, and economic factors that influenced them, and their impact on fashion in the 1970s. Also details the designers' use of color, materials, construction techniques, accessories, and perfume. Includes color photographs and a timeline.

After winning the first season of Teen Design Diva, Chloe Montgomery is excited to be back in New York, staying at the Fashion Institute, making new friends, and embarking on her internship with the famous fashion designer, Stefan Meyers.

In this collection of four previously published works Chloe, winner of the Teen Design Diva contest, embarks on her prize--an internship with a famous fashion designer in New York City.

Harriet Peabody, a shopgirl in a millinery, poses as the fiancee of a wealthy young man named Mr. Oliver Addleshaw after Oliver accidentally causes her to lose her job, and the two discover that despite their differences, they are the perfect match.

Amy Odell takes readers behind the stage of New York's hottest fashion shows to meet the world's most influential models, designers, celebrities, editors, and photographers. She introduces an industry powered by larger-than-life characters: she meets the intimidating Anna Wintour and the surprisingly gracious Rachel Zoe, not to mention the hilarious Chelsea Handler, and more. Amy artfully layers in something else: ultimately this book is about how the fashion industry is an exaggerated mirror of human fallibility--reflecting our desperate desire to belong, to make a mark, to be included.

"For readers of How to Be Parisian Wherever You Are, My Paris Dream is a charming and insightful memoir about coming of age as a fashion journalist in 1980s Paris, by former Vogue and Harper's Bazaar editor Kate Betts, the author of Everyday Icon : Michelle Obama and the Power of Style"--.

Explore Elsa Schiaparelli's childhood in Rome, her introduction to high fashion in Paris, and her swift rise to success while taking care of her daughter, Gogo. She was inspired by and collaborated with contemporary artists involved in cubism and surrealism, especially Salvador Dali. With him, Schiaparelli produced whimsical designs such as a hat in the shape of a high-heeled pump, and a white organdy gown printed with a painting of a lobster. But throughout her dazzling career, she continued to compete with her rival Coco Chanel.