Introduction
1) The nature of the clothing and textile industries: - structure, context and processes
Tony Hines
2) Analysing Fashion
Pamela Church Gibson
3) Fashion Design
Tim Jackson
4) Global Luxury brands
Tim Jackson and Carmen Haid
5) Fashion Clothing Manufacture
David Shaw
6) Fashion Retailing
Bill Webb
7) Fashion Buying & Merchandising
David Shaw
8) Fashion Journalism
Brenda Polan
9) Fashion PR and Styling
Carmen Haid, Tim Jackson and David Shaw
10) Careers in Fashion Retailing
Tim Jackson and David Shaw
11) The Future for Fashion
Matthew Jeatt
Biography
Tim Jackson is a Principal Lecturer at The London College of Fashion specialising in fashion marketing and luxury. He has produced a number of publications relating to these topics including Mastering Fashion Buying and Merchandising Management. Following a career in the fashion industry, he regularly commentates on fashion business issues across various broadcast media. He was awarded ‘Best Journalist’ by the European Luxury Marketing Council in association with The Wall Street Journalat the Luxuria 2010 awards.
David Shaw currently works as both a freelance buying and marketing consultant and as an academic at The London College of Fashion, having worked for 20 years in the fashion industry for companies such as Top Shop, Dorothy Perkins, Principles, Burtons, Debenhams, Dolcis and Bertie. He is the co-author of Mastering Fashion Buying and Merchandising Management.
' At last a serious book about the fashion industry! A must for fashion departments, marketing and business schools and careers advisers alike.' - UC Magazine
