Spring Collection

By Judith Krantz

Book Overview

Everyone in the world of fashion has been waiting for months, impatient to learn the names of the three American unknowns who will be picked to go to Paris to star in the debut spring collection of brilliant, bad-boy designer Marco Lombardi.??No one is more anxious than Frankie Severino, twenty-seven years old and second-in-command at the modeling agency owned by her best friend, former model Justine Loring.??The lucky models will be given an unprecedented chance at fame and fortune--one of them will win a $12 million contract to represent Lombardi's couture house.??The agency that represents them will immediately become the hottest in town. When the three names are announced, Frankie is stunned--all are under contract to Justine Loring.??This outrageous and inexplicable stroke of good luck forces Justine to admit to Frankie that it's no accident.??Jacques Necker--the Swiss billionaire launching Lombardi--is her father, the man who deserted her mother before she was born.??Justine has consistently refused to meet him, and the Lombardi contest has been his attempt to lure her to Paris.??But Justine won't play his game.??She sends Frankie in her place as chaperone for the three young women. Ambitious April Nyquist, with her deceptive ice-princess facade, is a classic blonde from Minnesota.??Sophisticated, much-traveled Jordan Dancer is a magnificent African-American, the daughter of a regular army colonel.??Tinker Osborn is a vulnerable, timid Cinderella from Tennessee. Frankie and her charges spend two intrigue-filled weeks in Paris as the adventure-bound girls get ready to face the challenge of a runway show where they will be surrounded by the top models in the world.??Under the magical spell of Paris in winter, all of them, including Frankie, become restless, rebellious and wildly romantic.??In New York, meanwhile, Justine undergoes a surprising, passionate personal transformation that finally leads her to confront her father.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0517593343
• ISBN13: 9780517593349
• Release Date: March 1996
• Publisher: Crown
• Length: 358 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 1.8" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

frothy, light entertainment, well written but a bit shallow

I like her books, I really do! Wonderful text, good language, well-paced stories.However, books like Till We Meet Again, Princess Daisy or Dazzle showed the characters growing and developping, while Scruples 2, Lovers and this one are just like - and Krantz says it herself towards the end of the book - like an extra long episode of Love Boat. You enjoy it hugely, but you cannot get emotionally involved with her characters as much as in her other novels. The book was a treat, I'll read the next one as soon as it comes out, but I hope that, at some point, Judith Krantz will write something a bit more emotionally strong again, not just the best soap opera in the world. But then, I am not complaining (too much), the best soap opera is still mighty good reading!!

A fast-paced and very entertaining read

After Scruples Two and Lovers, I was a bit worried that Judith Krantz, my favorite pure-entertainment novelist, was stuck in an '80s timewarp. (Her publicity photo on the bookjacket certainly is.) But this latest book is very much of the '90s, showing that she can adapt to a different era from the time of Princess Daisy, I'll Take Manhattan and co. Spring Collection is a lot faster-paced than all her other books, and most of the action takes place within just a couple of weeks. All the heroines - there are five in this one - are very appealing, and it also features one of the most attractive of any of her main male characters, Jacques Necker. (If you know any real Swiss men like that, please let me know!)

GREAT WHEN IS THE NEXT ONE COMING OUT

Always find Judith Krantz a great writer. Characters are great . The books take you away to a different place, out of a hum drum existence and into a fantasy world. Wish more were made into mini series.But they never do the books justice. Gotta read before viewing or it loses something. Usually finish the books in less then 5 days

Judith Krantz re-vamped for the 90s!

In her latest tale of glamour and passion Judith Krantz shows her new, 90s style. The novel's cast of characters will take a shortcut to your heart with their directness, vivacity and sense of humor, even if you have no clue what a Paul Mitchell hair is. Spring Collection is the best of all the recent attempts (Models Inc., Pret-a-Porte, Swan, etc.) to fictionalize the elusive world of fashion