How To Be A Budget Fashionista

Good news: You don’t have to sacrifice style just to pay your electric bill. Kathryn Finney, a.k.a. the Budget Fashionista, is the expert on all things chic and cheap. Now she opens up her Prada bag of shopping and style tips to make you fashionably frugal, with change to spare. It’s as easy as 1-2-3! 1. Know your budget: Learn innovative, money-saving ways to increase your clothing funds. 2. Know your style: Get helpful hints from fashion insiders and use them to develop your own mode of self-expression. 3. Know your bargains: Discover the art of scoring exclusive friends-and- family coupons for your favorite department stores Whether you’re a homemaker from Houston, a grandma from Grand Rapids, or an M.D. from Manhattan, you don’t need to break the bank to look your best. With great cost-cutting tips, at-home spa secrets, designer discount websites, and access to exclusive deals, The Budget Fashionista is like having your own personal stylist at your beck and call. So before you go out and commit the eighth deadly sin–buying a fake Louis Vuitton–read this must-have guide and learn to be style-smart and budget-wise!

Budget Fashionista: Find Your Fabulous inspires and empowers women to find their own style and then wear it confidently. If you're in a style rut or don't feel great about your outfit choices, Budget Fashionista: Find Your Fabulous invites you to take a new look at your body, your personality and your lifestyle to define a style sense that's easy, affordable and--of course--looks fabulous.

“I think it’s terrific.” –Diane von Furstenberg, of the original edition of Cheap Chic Beloved by designers and style mavens alike, the LBD of fashion guides—with a new foreword by Tim Gunn—is back and more in fashion than ever. Before there were street-style blogs and ‘zines, there was Cheap Chic. Selling hundreds of thousands of copies when it was originally published in 1975, this classic guide revealed how to find the clothes that will make you feel comfortable, confident, sexy, and happy, whether they come from a high-end boutique, sporting-goods store, or thrift shop. Astonishingly relevant forty years later, Cheap Chic provides timeless practical advice for creating an affordable, personal wardrobe strategy: what to buy, where to buy it, and how to put it all together to make your own distinctive fashion statement without going broke. Alongside outfit ideas, shopping guides, and other practical tips are the original vintage photographs and advice from fashion icons such as Diana Vreeland and Yves Saint Laurent. Inspiring decades of fashion lovers and designers, Cheap Chic is the original fashion bible that proves you don’t have to be wealthy to be stylish.

The style guru and author of Freakin’ Fabulous shows you how to have it all—haute fashion, food and décor—at bargain-basement prices. As co-host of TLC’s popular What Not to Wear and ABC’s The Chew, Clinton Kelly is constantly helping his guests look and feel their best. Now he’s going to share his secrets for making every part of your life more fabulous—whether you want to make over your wardrobe, add glamour to your next soiree, or brighten up that dingy bathroom—even if there’s no room in your budget. After all, Freakin’ Fabulous doesn’t have to come at a price—if you have Clinton in your corner. Filled with pages of full-color photography, helpful advice, and numerous ideas for styling, partying, and better living, this book will make you the envy of everyone on the block without emptying your bank account. As Kelly doles out wit and wisdom on everything from thrift store sprees to proper dinner etiquette, he playfully reminds you that you don’t need to be a movie star to live like one…as long you shop smartly. Remember, anybody can be fabulous—it’s not the size of your funds but how you use them.

Glamour's "Beauty Sleuth" reveals tricks of the trade to help you look fabulously high-end—in any economy. Andrea Pomerantz Lustig has spent twenty years as a beauty editor, and her contact list is packed with the names of the most exclusive stylists in the business.In How to Look Expensive, she combines her own experience with highly coveted secrets she's learned from the experts to help readers achieve buttery highlights, luminous skin, flawless makeup, and more, all on a budget. Delivering red-carpet looks without putting readers in the red, tips include: • How to get expensive-looking hair color at an inexpensive salon • Superluxe DIY skincare cocktails for less than $20 • The cheap cosmetic secrets of expensive makeup artists • Tips for princess-perfect skin on a pauper’s budget • “Work Your Beauty Budget” sections that help you make the most of every dollar With How to Look Expensive, every woman can afford to get gold-card gorgeous, and reap the self-confidence that comes with it.

HOW TO SHOP FOR SHI(F)T is the first shopping guide focused on healthier fashion for every budget! The #1 thing people take into consideration when purchasing clothes is the price. "Is it affordable? Is it on sale? Can I get a good deal?" For parents with new borns, the idea of putting healthier fabrics against a babies skin becomes a consideration. People with skin sensitivities and cancer become more aware of the toxins in clothes due to reactions including, but not limited to eczema, hives, migraines, and yeast infections. Sensitivity or not, your skin is your largest organ."Your pores are like tiny little mouthes and whatever you put on them, they eat!" Have you ever taken the time to think about "What's in my tee?" "What is a t-shirt made of?" "What are the INGREDIENTS in a t-shirt?" The purpose of a shop shifting guidebook is to introduce readers, YOU, to better shopping habits, helpful resources, and to give a better understanding of what is in the fabrics you put on your body. This enables you to ask important questions: "How do my clothes affect my health, the health of my family, and the health of the people who make my clothes?" "How can my fashion choices have a positive effect on the world (air, water & soil)?" "How can I #MakeShiftHappen?"

It costs us not to look our best! Dressing poorly costs us interviews, first impressions, money . . . and a whole lot more. But you can look good all the time, asserts Amy E. Goodman, the magazine maven and style expert who’s a regular on NBC’s Today show. Her one-stop fashion and beauty book cuts through the information overload to teach you how to dress to impress whatever your age, lifestyle, or size—while staying true to yourself and your budget. Who can afford clothes and makeup that don’t fit or flatter? Since every piece needs to count, Amy uses snappy, clear comparisons to show how to regain control of your wardrobe and beauty shelf by simplifying your choices. Cleverly organized like a woman’s closet, wear this, toss that! outlines the 30 pieces of clothing and 30 accessories plus beauty basics every woman must own. Then Amy builds beyond the essentials, walking you through your closet, rack by rack, shelf by shelf, and drawer by drawer, telling you what to wear and what to toss. By sorting through the items you already have and taking inventory of what you need, you can build upon what you own and finally create the winning total look you’ve always dreamed of! Amy provides immediate style answers for real women: • 700 wear/toss items • Over 1,000 product suggestions • You-heard-it-here-first steals and deals • On-sale items to avoid regardless of price • Styling tips for every body type • The ultimate shoe guide: you’ll never question which footwear is right again! • 24 “save-me” products to rescue you from any fashion emergency Filled with candid tips from pro stylists and designers, along with Amy’s unfiltered guidance, wear this, toss that! will inspire you to invest in yourself, shake off the wardrobe blahs, and wake up your looks from head to toe. Step into your closet. Do you have: A ruffled tank that sweetly frames your faceor a blouse with overpowering ruffles? A long cardigan that graces over your curves or a super drapey wrap that resembles a blanket? A pencil skirt that lands just above your knees or a bell skirt that bunches at your middle? A cropped, straight-leg pant with a flat front or wrinkled, baggy cargo pants? A shade of red lipstick that says “bombshell” or one that’s says “I’m trying too hard”? If any of these questions make you cringe, then wear this, toss that! is your go-to guide. It’s for women of any size, age, or lifestyle who realize they just don’t like the clothes, accessories, or makeup they’re wearing and want to make a change. Almost instantly you’ll learn what works, what’s got to go, and why.

When Chase Koopersmith started ninth grade at Beverly Hills High, she decided she would try to get through the whole school year without wearing the same outfit twice. When her mother replied, 'DzNot with my budget!'Dy, Chase had to get creative. With innovative use of accessories, simple embellishments, and good shopping, Chase pulled it off'Dnand in How to Be a Teen Fashionista, she shows you how you can, too! Illustrated with full-color photos throughout, this book shows you how to buy the right clothes for your figure, accessorize them properly, and mix-and-match them for a look that is never boring and always stylish. This is the ultimate book for teens who love clothes'Dnand what teenage girl doesn'Dtt?