Thom Hartmann's Complete Guide to ADHD: Help for Your Family at Home, School and Work
Author: Thom Hartmann
In this volume, the acknowledged pioneer in attention deficit disorder research combines the best of his previous books with important new information. In the new chapters (about 25 percent of the book), Hartmann looks at how and why America's school system fails to assist children diagnosed with ADHD and urges parents to find alternative means of educating their children when this happens.
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Secondhand Chic: Finding Fabulous Fashion at Consignment, Vintage, and Thrift Shops
Author: Christa Weil
Fun, funky, and fabulous, this is the first personal buying guide to help you get in on the resale craze that is sweeping America.
Would you like to find a mint-condition Yves Saint Laurent jacket for $25...abrand-new, pleated wool skirt still bearing the original $40 price tag, for $7...a genuine Dior suit for $75? Now you can! In Secondhand Chic you'll discover where to look, what to look for, and how to buy quality. In fact, you'll get all the secrets of spotting a valuable bargain so you can shop brilliantly whether you're in a consignment, thrift, or vintage store. Expert shopper Christa Weil shares the insider information that will help you buy the best clothes you've ever owned...at a fraction of the retail cost.
Learn about:
Spotting quality—which you will know immediately from buttons, pockets, seams, and fabric
Labels...big names, department store brands, exquisite foreign lines—and fakes!
Finding your size when there are no labels or tags
Flaws you can fix and the ones you can't—from wrong lengths and wrinkles to stains and shininess
Unearthing handmade shoes, silk scarves, name jewelry, and other elegant accessories
Buying what you really need—and caring for the clothes you've got
The styles that make your body look best
From domestic to international stores, from New York to London, from Memphis toParis—no matter where you buy, you can buy secondhand chic.
BUST Magazine
In her new book, Christa Weil helps you find quality clothes dirt cheap, achieve the perfect fit, and determine which flaws in a garment are fixable and which aren't....Secondhand Chic is the perfect companion for those weekends of scavenging and scouring, whether you're hunting for a Lily Pulitzer classic or just a comfortable cardigan.
Library Journal
What woman wouldn't want to find a designer original at a fraction of its original cost or some long-gone artifact from another fashion era? With that goal in mind, Weil packs her guide to the secondhand clothing market (consignment, vintage, and thrift) with so much detail and coursework that one should have a Ph.D. by book's end. Weil insists that a good secondhand shopper needs to study fabrics (hard to do on paper), design qualities, and designers to make the most of the shopping experience. She recommends field trips to high-end department stores and boutiques to evaluate specific designers, with note-taking essential. Part 2 covers proper fit, and Part 3 discusses garment care. Weil tends toward the cutesy in her headers and superfluous sidebars. And would a woman really carry a kit containing a pocket flashlight, pocket mirror, and white travel soap in order to detect permanent stains? It all seems a bit cloak-and-dagger (oh, is that cloak Armani Couture?). At this price public libraries could certainly consider a copy or two of this tutorial, but most shoppers probably won't want to delve this deeply into their wardrobes.--Bette-Lee Fox, "Library Journal" Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.
Table of Contents:
Contents
Introduction
Part One: The Secondhand Fashion Fundamentals
1. All About the Secondhand Market
2. The Wonders That We Weave: Fabrics and How They Got That Way
3. Getting the Handle of Fine Fabrics
4. The Telltale Indicators of Top-Quality Clothes
5. Garment Insider
6. Tag, You're It
Part Two: Finding the Pieces That Work Best For You
7. Getting Great Fit
8. The Elements of Personal Style
9. Flaws: The Not-So-Bad, the Bad, and the Very, Very, Ugly
10. Glorious Accessories
Part Three: Tender Loving Clothes Care
11. The Well-Tempered Closet
12. Caring for Your Clothes
Part Four: Getting the Most Out of Secondhand Stores
13. Assignment: Consignment
14. Thrift-o-Rama
15. The Vintage Advantage
16. Re-resale: How to Profit off Your Purchases
17. International Secondhand
Selected Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index
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