Description

Villard Books, New York, 1988. Hardcover, 177 pp. 3rd printing. Very good in very good dust jacket. Red Paper over Boards with black cloth and spine. Light bumping, scuffing and fading to edges of covers. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has light bumping and creasing to edges and light overall scuffing. NOT price clipped Now in an archival-quality (removable) Brodart Cover. NOT Ex-Library. NO remainder marks. Black and white illustrations. [From front jacket flap] French Chic is the only fashion guide that actually shows the American woman how to look as fabulous as a Parisienne - without spending a fortune to do so. From scarf to slingbacks, pearls on down, here are the personalized prescriptions for elegance as defined by the best-dressed, sexiest women in the world: the French! Top fashion journalist Susan Sommers shows for the first time the tricks, tips and secrets that have made Frenchwomen the standard for chic. She speaks with famous fashion designers. . . peeks into French closets and chests of drawers . . . rummages through fashion boutiques and flea markets . . . meets and greets Frenchwomen on -the streets, in their homes and offices . . . explores the French fashion attitude and approach to style so all women can learn how to pull together - and pull off - a succession of sensational looks with French style.You'll learn all they know: how to invest in a few well-chosen classics and build your look with a minimum of extras; how to personalize whatever you put on with accessories and the right attitude; the lingerie and special touches that bring out your sensuality; smart shopping sense; makeup and hair how-to's - in short, all the techniques to achieve that special brand of self-confidence and sexuality so enviable in the French. Packed with photographs, interviews, illustrations, facts and fantasies, French Chic explores in depth the unique appeal and undeniable allure of French style and, best of all, makes it easy for any woman to emulate, so that she, too, can put herself together with that Gallic blend of wit, verve, versatility . . . nerve!