Spring Collection [Hardcover]

Judith Krantz (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 13, 1998

PASSION...

In a tale as timely as Scruples, as compelling as Dazzle, as intriguing as Mistral's Daughter, Judith Krantz launches three innocent
beauties on the city of fashion and love....

SCANDAL...

It's the hottest thing that's ever happened to Loring Model Management.  Three of its unknown models have been chosen to star in the debut spring collection of bad-boy designer Marco Lombardi--and one of them will win an exclusive, multimillion-dollar contract.  But the agency's owner, Justine Loring, is furious.  Only she knows that Lombardi's billionaire backer, Jacques Necker, has set her up, hoping to manipulate her into chaperoning her models to Paris, and meeting him face-to-face.

GLAMOUR...

But Justine isn't about to play his game.  She dispatches these three sensational girls--the classic Minnesota blond, the African-American goddess, and the moody Tennessee redhead--in care of her second-in-command, fiery, droll Francesca Severino.  Little does Justine know how their two weeks of discovery
and love affairs will be matched by an explosive encounter in Manhattan that will change her own life.

SOME THINGS ARE ALWAYS IN STYLE.


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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Three unknown American models have been picked to star in Parisian designer Marco Lombardi's spring show, and oddly, they all belong to the Loring agency. It's no accident -- Justine Loring's natural father is Lombardi's wealthy backer, but Justine wants no part of his attempt to bribe her into the role of dutiful daughter. Frankie Severino, Justine Loring's best friend and second-in-command, suddenly finds herself in charge of taking the three girls to Paris, little suspecting the romance and intrigue that awaits all of them in that most magical of cities. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

From Publishers Weekly

High fashion takes some low blows in Krantz's naughty newest (after Lovers), which eschews the author's usual across-the-decades saga for an intimate two weeks of posing and passion. Swiss billionaire Jacques Necker has launched the model search of the century; three unknown young women will be whisked off to Paris to model in the Necker-financed first collection of Marco Lombardi. After the show, one will be given a $12 million contract to represent the designer. When former model Justine Loring learns that all three candidates?blond April Nyquist, red-haired Tinker Osborn and African American Jordan Dancer?are from her Loring Model Management, she's not thrilled but furious. Necker, she confides to her astonished right-hand woman, Frankie Severino, is her father. He deserted Justine's pregnant mother 34 years ago and now wants to be a father to a daughter he has never met. Determined to frustrate Necker's plan, Justine sends Frankie, who narrates portions of the story, to Paris in her place. In classic Krantz style, it's not long before love is in full bloom?Frankie meets her unrequited high-school crush; Tinker falls for an expatriate painter; April comes out of the closet; Jordan wins a tycoon's heart; and, back in New York, Justine embarks on a torrid affair with a handsome contractor. Only when a rival agent tries to lure the models away does Justine give in and board the Concorde?just in time to see a most surprising winner chosen. While not Krantz's crowning achievement, this rich mix of sin and serendipitous love has what it takes. Major ad/promo; Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club main selections.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

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Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Random House Value Publishing (May 13, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0517305747
• ISBN-13: 978-0517305744
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,714,226 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A fast-paced and very entertaining read, December 26, 1997

By 

Makiko Itoh "maki to all" (Earth) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Spring Collection (Paperback)

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!)

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars frothy, light entertainment, well written but a bit shallow, January 25, 1998

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florkow (Vienna, Austria) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Spring Collection (Paperback)

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!!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Judith Krantz re-vamped for the 90s!, February 27, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Spring Collection (Paperback)

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