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City Chic, 2E: The Modern Girl's Guide to Living Large on Less
City Chic 2E The Modern Girl's Guide to Living Large on Less Author:Nina Willdorf "Willdorf elevates penny pinching to an art form. City Chic is constantly inventive, amazingly granular, and a blast to read." — Dan Levy, founder/chairman, DailyCandy, Inc. The wildly popular City Chic is now completely revised with new tips and tricks, a new introduction, and up-to-date pricing. Other key updates include web resou... more »rces, new anecdotes and recipes, and info on hot topics from CFLs to green markets to digital music. The economy may be in a recession, but young professionals on a budget still want chic, sophisticated fashion. Nina Willdorf offers advice with flair, taste, and wit reminiscent of Sex and the City. She is practical without being boring, and she offers reasonable alternatives to the expensive lifestyle that all crave but few can afford. Includes tips for:
Home decorating: dumpster dive in upscale neighborhoods for furniture
Personal maintenance: metallic polish lasts the longest
Dining: pack a lunch and save $1,000
Fashion: when in doubt, buy black
"I love the book. If only I'd had it for the past ten years - it would've saved me lots of heartache, bad furniture, and most importantly, money."
Gigi Guerra, brand marketing director of Madewell, former editor of Lucky magazine "City chicks no longer need to turn tricks or sell dope in order to have a glamorous lifestyle - just read Nina's brilliant book."
Simon Doonan, creative director for Barneys New York and author of Confessions of a Window Dresser« less