Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This book explains fashion design and product development as a total, integrated process whose function is to market a continuous stream of new clothes at a profit. It explores materials, manufacture, costs, quality and the organisation of the design and product development process.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Preface
• The Process and Structure of the Industry
• Design and Innovation
• Management of the Process of Design and Product Development
• QualityCcontrol
• Materials
• Manufacture
• Costs and Profits
• Costs of product development
• Operations management
• Further Reading
• Index