Explore different fields in the fashion industry-- ranging from marketing and social media to academia and museum work-- to discover more than 75 unique careers. Using the expertise of industry professionals in design, retail, production, and more; The Fashion Industry and Its Careers, Fifth Edition explores what to expect on the job, required education and training, and the relationship of the position to the fashion industry as a whole. The text highlights a variety of disruptions in the industry including e-commerce, technology, sustainability, and the post-pandemic world. A new box feature called Not Just Another Day At The Office spotlights emerging aspects of the fashion industry such as remote work; addressing sourcing challenges; and fast fashion. Use this text to get realistic insight into the world of fashion.

New to this Edition
- New Not Just Another Day At The Office feature allows students to see fashion industry issues and professionals up close
- Updated Case Studies in Career Exploration showcase how fashion careers have been changed by the Covid-19 pandemic
- Updated sections on sustainability and social media
- Updates throughout around salaries; career tracks; resume enhancements; and job search guidelines for entering the industry upon graduation

The Fashion Industry and Its Careers STUDIO
- Study smarter with self-quizzes featuring scored results and personalized study tips
- Review concepts with flashcards of essential vocabulary

Instructor Resources
- Instructor's Guide provides suggestions for planning the course and using the text in the classroom, supplemental assignments, and lecture notes
- PowerPoint® presentations include images from the book and provide a framework for lecture and discussion

Betsy Winakur Tontiplaphol is Professor of English at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, USA, where she specializes in 19th-century British literature, particularly Romantic poetry. In addition to numerous essays, she is the author of Poetics of Luxury in the Nineteenth Century: Keats, Tennyson, and Hopkins (2011) and The Pointe of the Pen: Nineteenth-Century Poetry and the Balletic Imagination (2021).

Anastasia Klimchynskaya is Visiting Assistant Professor of English at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Illinois, USA. She specializes in 19th-century literature in its intersections with science, technology, and the cultural imagination, and has published widely on "popular" genres such as detective, Gothic, and science fiction.