Product Description

Forget makeover culture, forget being dictated to, forget your insecurities. This book is about YOU, looking cool, feeling fantastic, being whoever you want to be. Here, Kira Jolliffe and Bay Garnett, clothes lovers, fashion gurus and editors of the world-famous "Cheap Date" magazine, will lead you up their stairway to style, whatever your budget. Packed full of good old-fashioned style tips, this down-to-earth guide shows you how embracing your individuality, finding your own taste and being fearless unveils your inherent natural style. There are chapters on the Basics and Classics that can help form the backbone of every "Cheap Date" girl's wardrobe, as well as advice on how to find exactly what you're after, and how to feel confident with accessories. In case you're in need of further inspiration, there are interviews with some of the planet's most stylish women - including Mischa Barton, Rachel Weisz and Chloe Sevigny - and also the world-class designers who dress them. Following the age-old mantra 'the rules are: there are no rules', this fun, funky yet sophisticated bible will refresh and reinvigorate both you and your wardrobe.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #116462 in Books
• Published on: 2007-03-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 128 pages

From the Publisher
A fresh, funky and fascinating style bible from the editors of the world famous Cheap Date magazine.

From the Back Cover
Do you have a love-hate relationship with your clothes? You love shopping but you can’t find a single thing in your wardrobe you want to wear? Everything you own is the wrong fit, the wrong colour, the wrong cut, just plain wrong? ‘Yes!’ we hear you cry. Well, fear not, for Kira Jolliffe and Bay Garnett – clothes obsessives, fashion gurus, stylists to the stars and editors of the world-famous Cheap Date magazine – are here to help.

Here, in The Cheap Date Guide to Style, they set out to reveal how you can find your inner panache, regardless of your budget. Packed full of good old-fashioned style tips, this down-to-earth guide shows how embracing your individuality and changing your outlook and attitudes to yourself, and your clothes, can help you unveil your inherent natural style. There are chapters on the Basics and Classics that can help form the basis of every Cheap Date girl’s wardrobe, as well as advice on where to buy catwalk clothes at high-street prices. In case you’re in need of further inspiration, there are interviews with some of the planet’s most stylish women – including Mischa Barton, Rachel Weisz and Chloe Sevigny – and also the world-class designers who dress them.

Following the age-old mantra ‘the rules are: there are no rules’ this fun, funky yet sophisticated fashion bible will help you rediscover your mojo and leave you excited and enthusiastic about the wonderful world of clothes.

About the Author
Kira's varied career includes bouts as a semi-professional poker player, fashion stylist, costume stylist, journalist, clothes obsessive and radio pundit before she founded Cheap Date magazine in 1997, which she has edited and published ever since. Bay, an Art History graduate, worked at the Guggenheim in Venice and the Gagosian in New York, before becoming co-editor/publisher of Cheap Date magazine. She has been Style Director for designer Matthew Williamson since 2000, and Contributing Editor to British Vogue since 2002 and continues to work as a freelance fashion stylist.

Customer Reviews

Cheap Date
Very magaziney style book for those who want a diiferent style icon except Kate Moss, Sienna Miller etc. Of course they are brilliant, but this book focuses on original style and unusual inspiration. Not much text in long features, but still a good flicking through book. Whenever I look through it I find something new, and nearly every page is full of birlliant ideas! Some of the recommendations to do with foreign countries are unrealistic but the charity-shop notes are brilliant! Definitely buy if you're bored of usual clothes and everyday magazines.

Magazine in Hardcover
The book has a lot going for it but at the same time a lot lacking. Its written in the style of a magazine- non continuous, stop-start, lists...
I kept turning the pages to wait for the good parts but must say was mostly disappointed.
I give it 3 stars as it has good pics, some very original ideas and is a book you'd probably look at every so often for inspiration.
The authors should seriously consider putting a 'look inside' section as whilst I probably might have been put off, some people may really like the style of writing.
Its definitely not a 'how to' guide but I'm keeping my copy for inspiration.

Buy this book
A fantastic book from two people who have far more style than the rest of us. It is the sort of book that you can plan to have a quick look at, but end up reading for hours. It is funny and funky at the same time. I've bought copies for my teenager sister and my middle-aged one too....