Scott was also the fashion director for Nova when the magazine started up again after 25 years.

It's a job of a fashion director to spot a trend, not an item, and make it happen for the store.

Backstage, the fashion director is helping one of the women in the show with her outfit.

Instead, the exhibition shows photos as a series, so the signature of the fashion director is more apparent.

In 1981, he was named a vice president and two years later he became the fashion director for men's clothing.

Kenneth later became a vice president and fashion director of Glemby.

Other fashion directors were once store buyers and believe that experience to be invaluable.

And the magazine Golf for Women recently hired a fashion director.

"Our customers are always looking for something different," said Robert Burke, the fashion director there.

A year later she became the fashion director at Jill, whose backer ran a local modeling agency.