The Fashion Designer

I can't say how much I enjoyed this book.  Partially because of the pattern designing and the sewing, and partially because it was like meeting up with some old friends.  This book continues the story started in the Pattern Maker.  Annie has hit on a beautiful idea to make fashions for the ordinary woman and affordable for the ordinary woman. 

Annie's sponsor wants her to make clothing for her own set, sure that they will be buying Annie's clothes hand over fist.  But her first fashion show with her sponsor's friends is a bomb.  So Annie goes back to her drawing board, and makes twelve designs in twelve different sizes.  With her friends backing her up and standing beside her, she works her fanny off to make her business a go.

Nancy Moser has made The Fashion Designer a true delight to read--it is so easy to envision the women in a room making the dresses, and then getting a storefront to sell them from.  After getting the storefront, Annie goes to the other vendors to show some of their wares with her designs. 

Five Stars, Two Thumbs, and a new dress designed just for you.

My thanks to Barbour Publishing for allowing me to read and review this book.