Summary

Virtual Apprentice: Fashion Designer introduces readers to the trendy world of fashion.

Bringing readers inside this exciting industry, this new career book provides an in-depth look at a career in this field, featuring profiles of working professionals, “Reality Check” sidebars, and “A Day in the Life” activity list. This accessible guide is filled with full-color and black-and-white photographs, providing a behind-the-scenes look at a career in fashion design.

Chapters include:

• The Evolution of Fashion
• Fashion Designer at Work
• Fashion Design Tech and Trends
• Fashion Industry Sweat and Shears
• Finding the Right Fit
• Kids Ask, Fashion Designers Answer
• Fashion Designer for a Day.

Specifications

Full-color and black-and-white photographs. Index. Appendix. Sidebars.

About the Author(s)

Don Rauf is a writer and editor who specializes in material for middle school and high school students. He is the editor of Careers and Colleges, a magazine for high school juniors and seniors, and he helped write the Career Ideas for Teens series for Ferguson Publishing. He has published articles in Seventeen, Nick Jr., Young Entrepreneur, Scholastic's Science World, and many other youth-oriented publications.

Monique Vescia is an editor and writer of children's books. She is a contributor to the Scholastic BookFiles series of reading guides for middle-school kids and to the Career Ideas for Teens series for Ferguson Publishing.