Table of Contents

Introduction Designers and Retailers Glossary Appendix A: Designers and Retailers by Decade Appendix B: Designers and Retailers by Country Appendix C: Designers and Retailers by Specialty Appendix D: Colleges with Fashion Design Programs Appendix E: Museums with Costume Collections Appendix F: Professional Organizations Selected Bibliography Index

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Identifies the major designers and retailers who have impacted 19th- and 20th-century American fashion and culture.

About the Author

ANN T. KELLOGG is Director of Academic Support Services at the Career Education Corporation./e AMY T. PETERSON is Director of Course Development at American InterContinental University./e STEFANI BAY is an Instructor at the Illinois Institute of Art./e NATALIE SWINDELL is Assistant to the Department Director of Fashion Design and Fashion Marketing at the Illinois Institute of Art./e

Reviews

.,."recommended for high-school, public, and academic libraries."-Booklist/RBB

?...recommended for high-school, public, and academic libraries.?-Booklist/RBB

?Fashion designers and retailers take their turns on the runway in this useful collection.?-School Library Journal

?From Abercrombie & Fitch to Ladicorbic Zoran, an encyclopedia of the people and organizations around the world that have left the greatest mark on American fashion.?-Reference & Research Book News

?In An Influential fashion isn't for your casual home or art library collection, but will delight collections solid in fashion history and design. Over a hundred sixty fashion designers and retailers from many countries are profiled in entries that cover the personality's lasting influence on the industry. Commercial fashion, licensing agreements, and marketing are all explores in an exciting survey design.?-Internet BookWatch

?Those researching marketing, costume design, or social history will find this work both easy to use and full of interesting bits of trivia that make for excellent reading. Librarians looking to expand their coverage of social history will want to add this title to their reference collections. Recommended for academic and public libraries.?-Library Journal

"From Abercrombie & Fitch to Ladicorbic Zoran, an encyclopedia of the people and organizations around the world that have left the greatest mark on American fashion."-Reference & Research Book News

..."recommended for high-school, public, and academic libraries."-Booklist/RBB

"Fashion designers and retailers take their turns on the runway in this useful collection."-School Library Journal

"Those researching marketing, costume design, or social history will find this work both easy to use and full of interesting bits of trivia that make for excellent reading. Librarians looking to expand their coverage of social history will want to add this title to their reference collections. Recommended for academic and public libraries."-Library Journal

"In An Influential fashion isn't for your casual home or art library collection, but will delight collections solid in fashion history and design. Over a hundred sixty fashion designers and retailers from many countries are profiled in entries that cover the personality's lasting influence on the industry. Commercial fashion, licensing agreements, and marketing are all explores in an exciting survey design."-Internet BookWatch