Guide to Producing a Fashion Show, Fourth Edition, explains all aspects of fashion show production including: reasons to produce a show, planning, model selection, merchandise selection, staging and music, budgeting, show preparation, execution, and evaluation. The fourth edition has behind-the-scenes examples, best practices and innovative approaches in fashion show production-from promotion using social media to selecting music and models. Whether you are experienced or a novice...

With the rise of digital media, promotion remains a key element at each step of the merchandising process to communicate a clear message about a product, brand, or retailer to the end user. Promotion strategies that were once limited to traditional media-print ads, radio or TV commercials-must now integrate digital media and more innovative means of communication through social media to stay relevant. The third edition of Promotion in the Merchandising Environment explains the pro...

In the decade since Writing for the Fashion Business was first published, the Internet and social media have upended the field of journalism and the fashion world, revolutionizing both industries and changing the very nature of storytelling. This second edition devotes significant space to digital content, with dedicated chapters covering online content, social media, and streaming video content. In addition to journalism, it also includes instruction on how to write for new promo...

Guide to Producing a Fashion Show, Fifth Edition, explains all aspects of fashion show production including: reasons to produce a show, planning, model selection, merchandise selection, staging and music, budgeting, show preparation, execution, and evaluation. The fifth edition includes behind-the-scenes examples, best practices, and innovative approaches in fashion show production like the use of social media, augmented reality, and immersive spaces. The book explores diversity, ...

Charles Wraglain balances two lives: one privileged and carefree, and the other fraught with family difficulties. The last thing he wants is more complications, but when he comes upon what seems to be a highway robbery, he does the gentlemanly thing and rescues the damsel in distress.But the damsel, Evangeline Harbrow, is anything but grateful, for Charles has unwittingly ruined her elopement to Gretna Green. Sending him packing, she sets out on her own to evade her relations and r...

An uneasy friendship turns into a dangerous game when the love of a woman is on the line.Just when Tom Breckinridge has decided to propose marriage to Diana Marshall, a rival has come out of the woodwork: Reginald Popplewell, a childhood neighbor of Diana's, and now heir to a viscountcy. Diana's father much prefers Reginald, but Tom believes Reginald has something to hide.When Mrs. Marshall invites Tom to a house party at their home near Brighton, Tom finds...

She thought he was the perfect man for her daughter, until she fell in love with him herself.Sir Joshua Stiles wants nothing more than to fill the hole in his heart left by his wife's death, but it seems that women are more interested in his fortune than in himself. Cynical and ready to renounce all females, he is none too pleased when his sister invites her dear friend to visit for the Season.Having survived a joyless marriage, Genevieve Breckinridge has n...

She had no opinion of marriage or of men, but is her cold heart proof against true love?The last thing Clara Mantell wishes for is a husband. The daughter of a rake, she has learned to despise men and marriage, and considers love with contempt. Instead, she seeks out men like her father, wielding her considerable charm as a weapon to take them down a peg or two.Lawrence Simpford has been in love with Clara for years but, not being a rake, is unable to gain ...

A ruined manor. A lost heir. A grumpy caretaker. And a young lady ready to stake her fortune that they are all worth redeeming."Judith Hale Everett is an extraordinary and unreservedly recommended addition to historical romance collections." **—**Midwest Book ReviewLonely and yearning for excitement, Miss Lenora Breckinridge stumbles upon an abandoned mansion near her new home and is mesmerized by the romantic possibilities. One taste of its sordid...

He pursued her for ambition. She spurned him for the same. Can one persistent friend open their hearts to love?Jonathan Blysdale has risen from wealthy tradesman’s son to gentleman in the highest circles of Society through sheer determination. When he catches sight of Lady Athena Dibbington, he knows he has found the jewel to crown his achievement. But Lady Athena was bred to marry no less than a marquess, and she has no patience with the attentions of one so far b...

Has love found him everlastingly too late?"Judith Hale Everett is one of the most original authors in the Regency genre." —Mary Kingswood (author of the Silver Linings series)As childhood playmates, Geoffrey Mantell and Emily Chandry forge a lifelong bond building a secret world where they can escape their unloving families. Then Geoffrey is sent away to school and goes into the army, and does not see Emily again until they are both grown....

This volume is composed of extended versions of selected papers presented at an international conference held in June 2011 at Opole University—the seventh in a series of annual American and European Values conferences organized by the Institute of Philosophy, Opole University, Poland. The papers were written independently with no prior guidelines other than the obvious need to address some aspect of George Herbert Mead’s work. While rooted in careful study of Mead’s original writings and t...