"Vogue" Guide to a Career in Fashion

This is a handbook for those intending to make a career in fashion, giving advice on the jobs available, the qualifications required and the best route to follow. Fashion and textile design, couture and ready-to-wear manufacture, fashion PR, buying and selling are discussed as well as beauty, hairdressing, modelling and journalism, with a fashion agency or design consultancy, or as a stylist. Anne Matthews has gathered her information from leading colleges, polytechnics and specialist schools and from major employers and people who have been successful in their chosen field.