A Dictionary Gets a Makeover

摘要

While I was chair of the fashion design department at FIT, I was approached by publisher Rowman & Littlefield, who, at the time, were looking for someone to write a book on the fashion industry for their historical dictionaries series ["Historical Dictionaries of Professions and Industries."] Because I was taking a leave of absence and moving to California, I tried giving the series to one of my FIT colleagues, but no one was interested.