Moser, Nancy
Summary: "The American Dream thrives in 1912 New York City Annie Wood, the housemaid-turned-pattern designer in The Pattern Artist, jumps at the chance to design her own clothing line when a wealthy New York couple offers to finance her endeavor. Joining the project is Annie's new husband, Sean Culver, her best friend at Butterick, Maude Nascato, and a mother figure, Edna Holmquist. Annie and her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shiloh Run Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MOSTaylor, Chloe
Summary: Zoey is excited about her summer plans that include a chance to meet her favorite designer and her first time at camp.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC TAYGrant, Sofia
Summary: "World War II has ended and American women are shedding their old clothes for the gorgeous new styles. Voluminous layers of taffeta and tulle, wasp waists, and beautiful colors, all so welcome after years of sensible styles and strict rationing. Jeanne Brink and her sister Peggy both had to weather every tragedy the war had to offer: Jeanne without the fianc©♭ she's counted on, Peggy now a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2017
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Grant 2017May, Peter
Summary: A thriller that alternates between the glamorous fashion world of Paris and the rugged beauty of the Isle of Harris in the Scottish Hebrides. When a fabric entrepreneur is killed in a car explosion in Paris, Niamh, his wife and business partner, becomes the prime suspect. The Parisian police continue to hound her when she returns to Harris to bury her husband's remains. After an attempt is made...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quercus 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MAYHarper, Karen (Karen S.)
Summary: Promoting themselves from genteel poverty to fame, two beautiful sisters, one a daring fashion designer and the other a writer of scandalous novels, become each other's most staunch supporter and harshest critic in the face of misunderstandings and confidences.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HARPiercy, Marge.
Summary: Three dedicated artists living in a small Cape Cod community watch the seasonal migration of summer people with mixed emotions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Summit Books 1989
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PIEFairstein, Linda A.
Summary: "New York Times bestselling author Linda Fairstein delivers a heart-pounding thriller that explores the dark secrets of Manhattan's iconic fashion scene in her latest Alexandra Cooper novel. New York City is one of the fashion capitals of the world, well-known for its glamour and style. Nowhere is this more apparent than on the runway, where American haute couture continually astounds with its...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FAILester, Natasha
Summary: When Fabienne Bissette attends the annual Met Gala for an exhibit honoring her grandmother Estella, a famed designer, she begins to learn more about her grandmother's past, uncovering a story of tragedy, heartbreak, and secrets.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Lester 2019Gortner, C. W.
Summary: A creative reimagining of the life of iconic fashion designer Coco Chanel traces the development of her exceptional sewing skills in an orphanage, her transformation into a couturier and the private struggles behind her subsequent fame.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Gortner 2015Barker, Raffaella
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2002
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BARLester, Natasha
Summary: "In 1973, fashion icon Astrid Bricard disappeared at the legendary Versailles designer show-down. All that remained was a scrap of fabric...and a family unraveled. Everyone remembers her daringly short, silver lamé dress. An iconic photo capturing an electric moment, where emerging American designer Astrid Bricard is young, uninhibited, and on the cusp of fashion and feminism's changing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Forever 2024
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Summary: In this retelling of the classic Pygmalion, Lucy Ellis dreams of making it as a fashion designer but toils away on a Garment District assembly line. Man-about-town and bored anthropologist Wyatt Hayes IV has a score to settle with Cornelia Rockman, New York's reigning socialite. Can Wyatt fool Cornelia and her East Coast aristocracy into thinking a trailer-born nobody like Lucy is this year's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Weinstein Books 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CLASteel, Danielle
Summary: "A captivating new novel from Danielle Steel, whose countless #1 New York Times bestselling novels have made her one of America's favorite storytellers. After her parents perish in a tragic accident, Cosima Saverio assumes leadership of her family's haute couture Italian leather brand. While navigating the challenges of running a company at twenty-three, Cosima must also maintain the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC STEKrantz, Judith.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 1996
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KRAGilvarry, Alex.
Summary: Relocating to New York after finishing design school, Boyet Hernandez embarks on a promising career only to be wrongly accused of terrorist ties and locked up indefinitely in a tiny cell where he frantically prepares for a trial.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GILBarbieri, Heather Doran
Summary: Fleeing for Ireland in the wake of a failed relationship, fashion designer Kate Robinson finds herself in a coastal Gaelic village and bonds with the members of a lace-making society, through whom she finds healing by listening to their stories of loss and suffering.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperLuxe 2009
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC BARDevos, Kelly.
Summary: High school senior Cookie Vonn's post graduation dreams include getting out of Phoenix, attending Parsons and becoming the next great fashion designer. But in the world of fashion, being fat is a cardinal sin. It doesn't help that she's constantly compared to her supermodel mother and named after a dessert. Thanks to her job at a fashion blog, Cookie scores a trip to New York to pitch her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harlequin Teen 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC DEVKendrick, Beth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2006
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC KENLittle, Judithe
Summary: Raised by pious nuns, Antoinette, the younger sister of Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, escapes to Paris, where her shared effort to launch a fashion brand is challenged by discriminating conventions and the horrors of World War I.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graydon House 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LITMurphy, Julie
Summary: "In this modern-retelling of Cinderella, plus-size Cindy dreams of becoming a shoe designer. But when a spot opens up on her stepmother's famous reality dating TV competition, Cindy is thrust into the spotlight in ways she never thought possible"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion Avenue 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MURPalmer, Diana
Summary: When Ivory Keene landed a job at a prestigious fashion house in New York, she could never have anticipated the challenges and excitement her new position would provide. Chief among them is her exasperatingly sexy boss, Curry Kells. The older, experienced executive can’t help but be drawn to Ivory by a desire neither can resist. He sees only a talented young woman whose fresh, exciting designs...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HQN 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Palmer 2018Bricker, Sandra D.
Summary: After designing dresses for nine of her girlfriends, wedding dress designer Audrey Regan has taken a vow to "just say no." But when her very best friend Carly asks her to design her wedding gown, Audrey can not turn her down.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abingdon Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BRIHam, Rosalie.
Summary: "A darkly satirical novel of love, revenge, and 1950s haute couture-- After twenty years spent mastering the art of dressmaking at couture houses in Paris, Tilly Dunnage returns to the small Australian town she was banished from as a child. She plans onlyto check on her ailing mother and leave. But Tilly decides to stay, and though she is still an outcast, her lush, exquisite dresses prove...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2015
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Summary: "Three plucky women lift the spirits of homefront brides in wartime Britain, where clothes rationing leaves little opportunity for pomp or celebration-even at weddings-in this heartwarming novel based on true events, from the bestselling author of The Chilbury Ladies' Choir. After renowned fashion designer Cressida Westcott loses both her home and her design house in the London Blitz, she has...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022