The Cheap Date Guide to Style - Hardcover

Jolliffe, Kira; Garnett, Bay

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0789316935 ISBN 13: 9780789316936

Publisher: Universe, 2008

Synopsis

Forget makeover culture, forget slavishly following fashion diva dictates, forget your insecurities—forget everything you’ve ever read in fashion magazines! This guide shows you that the secret to finding your inherent natural style is to have fun and be inspired. Kira Jolliffe and Bay Garnett, clothing aficionados and editors of Britain’s hit Cheap Date magazine, show you how to build your style without going broke, going mad, or coming out looking like everyone else. Included are chapters on developing your own sense of style, the art of accessorizing, and crafting a cool wardrobe from a mix of cheap basics and chic secondhand finds. Because "to be stylish, you need to be into clothes, and if you’re into clothes, you’re into finding them," the CD girls share their time-tested strategies for thrifting, including how to identify prized finds. For further inspiration, throughout the book there are interviews with some of the world’s most stylish women, including Mischa Barton, Rachel Weisz, and Chloë Sevigny. Following the age-old mantra "the rules are—there are no rules," this sophisticated yet scrappy guide will refresh and reinvigorate both you and your wardrobe.

About this title

About the Author

Kira Jolliffe has had a varied career including stints as a semi-professional poker player, journalist, fashion stylist, and founder of the revolutionary style magazine Cheap Date which she has edited and published since 1997. Bay Garnett has been co-editor of Cheap Date since 2002. She is also a contributing editor to British Vogue, and a freelance fashion stylist.

Review

"...the A to Z of achieving high style on a high-street budget." ~Harper's Bazaar

"A magical mish-mash of straight-from-the-soul style advice. Unlike most how-to books...this one functions more like a 128-page inspiration manual than a checklist for re-programming your Don't'ness." ~Refinery29.com

"Shopping at the mall won't make you look like a zoot-suiter, Marlene Dietrich or any of the New York Dolls, but this book just might." ~Salon.com

Edition details

• Publisher: Universe
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0789316935
• ISBN 13: 9780789316936
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 128