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If you're going to make it as a fashion designer with your own line or label, you need more than inspiration and creativity-you also need business know-how. In The Fashion Designer Survival Guide, Mary Gehlhar, industry authority and consultant to hundreds of designers, offers behind-the-scenes advice for independent designers. In this must-have guide, Gehlhar reveals essential information on where to find financing, as well as how to market, manufacture,...

"Theodora Morgan is fashion royalty. Founder of a wildly popular online shopping service, she is one of the most successful businesswomen in the world, although she prefers to keep a low profile, especially in recent months. It was a year ago when the unthinkable struck her family: her husband, industry mogul Matthieu Pasquier, and their son were kidnapped and held for ransom--a nightmare that ended in tragedy. The case has gone cold, despite evidence...

"At the turn of the new millennium, LA is the place to be. ... Into this most glittering of supposed utopias, Kate Flannery arrives with a Seven Sisters diploma in hand and a new job at an upstart clothing company called American Apparel. Kate throws herself into the work, determined to climb the corporate fashion ladder. Having a job at American Apparel also means being a part of the advertising campaigns themselves, stripping down in the name of...

1947. A fashion empire rises from the ashes of war-torn Paris, run by the breathtakingly charming and thoroughly ruthless Paul Sabine. But behind the glamour and elegance lies a devastating secret that threatens to destroy the company's delicately built success. Sophisticated and contemporary in tone, this is a story about the price of success, set during a pivotal moment in France's history.

With $1,500 and no business experience, the Zieglers turned a wild idea into a company that would become the international retail colossus Banana Republic.