Cheap chic

Name/Title

Cheap chic

Entry/Object ID

TT560.M59

Collection

Carol Westfall Collection

Lexicon

Search Terms

clothing and dress, fashion

Legacy Lexicon

Category

Book

Book Details

Author

Caterine Milinaire, Carol Troy

Publisher

Harmony Books

Place Published

City

New York, NY

Date Published

1975

Call No.

TT560.M59

ISBN

051752368X, 9780517523681

LCCN

75025562

Notes

Length: 223

General Notes

Note Type

Contents

Note

First layers -- Jeans and other coverings -- Cotton t-shirts and other wonders -- Leotards and other stretchy things -- The layer escalation -- Rudi Gernreich: from body clothes to uniforms -- Classics -- Accessories -- Clothes classics -- Diana Vreeland: eccentric elegance from the world of Vogue -- Yves St. Laurent: sticking with the classics -- Second-string classics: Ivy League and Western -- The Ivy League look -- Cowboy classics -- Jean-Paul Goude: fashioning the body beautiful -- Ingeborg Day: the office uniform with a system -- Fran Liebowitz: grouchy simplicity -- Antiques: shopping the thrift stores -- Being choosey -- Types of shops -- Expertise -- Antiques -- Great finds -- Discounts -- Nancy Crow: if it feels good, wear it -- Ewa Rudling: ragpicker deluxe -- Sports -- Fleet of foot -- Speedsters -- Team sports -- Individual sports -- Helene de Barcza: college clothes on $150 a year -- Ethnic -- Markets around the world -- What to look for in: Europe -- Africa -- The Middle East -- Asia -- Japan -- South America -- Larry LeGaspi: spacey designs for future shcok -- Wrappings -- Zandra Rhodes: pushing fabric to extremes -- Work clothes -- Surplus paradise -- Work clothes -- Professional uniforms -- Betsey Johnson: fanciful young American design -- John Lombardi: a raffish mix for the tieless office -- The mixes -- The Italian mix -- Lingerie -- Naughty but nice -- Short cuts -- Self-adornment -- The bargain hunter -- Streetwise -- Conservative mix -- Eclectic elegance -- The chic shopper's guide -- The care and feeding of fabrics.