The Spec Manual, 2nd Edition

Michele Wesen Bryant teaches fashion design, drawing and digital courses at Parsons School of Fashion and the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in New York. She was also a visiting Professor at Istanbul Technical University, FIT at Polimoda Florence, and Parsons Paris. Bryant has given special presentations on visual culture at Virginia Commonwealth University, Bunka Women's University Tokyo, Institut Français de la Mode, The Naples Philharmonic Center and the Brooklyn Museum. Clients for her design consultancy include the US Army, I. Spiewak, Barney’s, United Media, Mattel, Hearst Publications and the Museum of Modern Art.

Diane Demers is a professor of fashion design at the Fashion Institute of Technology and a design consultant for Her Majesty Intimates and Cole Girl's Swimwear. For three years, she designed haute couture, pret-a-porter, and license collections for Carven Couture in Paris, and then continued her design career in New York City with Calvin Klein Intimate Apparel, Adrienne Vittadini, and Malain Knits.