Frommer's Suzy Gershman's Where to Buy the Best of Everything: The Outspoken Guide for World Travelers and Online Shoppers [Paperback]

Suzy Gershman (Author)

Book Description

Series: Where to Buy the Best of Everything | Publication Date: April 28, 2008

Our Born to Shop author Suzy Gershman has compiled her favorite stores, brands, and websites from around the world into one handy shopper's guide! As Suzy writes, "This book is the cumulative effort of over twenty years of research. It is a thoroughly fact-checked rendition of my Rolodex, my Filofax, my hard drive, and a million miles of international travel—and possibly a million dollars worth of shopping expeditions."

Where to Buy the Best of Everything: The Outspoken Guide for World Travelers and Online Shoppers is divided by product category, with chapters devoted to Women's Clothing, Women's Shoes & Accessories, Menswear, Kids, Beauty, Homestyle, Food, Lifestyle & Department Stores, and more. You'll find close to 1000 stores and brand listings, each with Suzy's opinionated description, notes on her favorite products, price ranges, and location information. Suzy places a heavy emphasis on online shopping, so you don't need to travel the world to use this book. Websites are listed throughout, and many reviews include tips about online-only products, notes on shipping costs, and website pricing comparisons.

From food to fashion, this guide spans the globe. Let Suzy teach you, as she notes in her introduction, How to Be a Shopping God or Goddess.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

The Ultimate Worldwideshopping Guide

Born to Shop author Suzy Gershman has been leading savvy shoppers to the world's best finds for over twenty years. Now the woman Oprah dubbed "Super Shopper Suzy" collects all her favorite stores and brands into one global guide. She gives you the scoop on the world's best shopping finds and adventures—from apples to Zegna, from Texas to Tokyo—all in her famously sassy style. Shop online or on foot. Splurge or bargain hunt. This guide pinpoints what to buy when only the best will do.

Inside you'll find:

• Nearly 1,000 store and brand listings around the world
• Listings with price ranges, locations, contact details, and Suzy's "Best Bets"
• The best in every category, from handbags in Buenos Aires to men's tailors in London to collagen marshmallows in Japan
• The best shopping destinations, fromSan Diego's furniture districts to Scotland's "Cashmere Trail"
• "Web Tips" throughout so you can shop from home

About the Author

Suzy Gershman is a journalist, author, and globalshopping goddess who has worked in the fashion and fiber industry for more than twenty-five years. Her Born to Shop series, now over twenty years old, is translated into eight languages.

Product Details

• Paperback: 502 pages
• Publisher: Frommers; 1 edition (April 28, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470043040
• ISBN-13: 978-0470043042
• Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 0.9 x 8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #740,329 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Suzy Gershman is an author, journalist and shopping goddess who for the last 27 years has pioneered the Born to Shop series of travel guidebooks. Having just sold her house in Provence, she has returned to California and partnered with Amazon and Talking Frog Media to revise existing and write new Born to Shop titles.

The first new book, written with Sarah Lahey, is Born to Shop California Wine Country which will be available through amazon.com after September 1, 2010. Gershman and Lahey will follow up with books on Provence and the surrounding area (including Geneva and Barcelona), Asia (Tokyo, Kyoto, Bangkok, Manila, etc) and then the next edition of Born to Shop London, which will be ready pre-Olympics.

Gershman is currently living in Paso Robles, California, a small food and wine town she discovered while doing the research for Born to Shop California Wine Country. She is writing Merci, Madame -- something of a sequel to her memoire C'est la Vie, but a story about Gershman's house in Provence, the lifestyle in Provence and the Frenchman who asked for her hand in marriage.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars for the beginner, May 24, 2008

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A. H. (Cincinnati, OH) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Frommer's Suzy Gershman's Where to Buy the Best of Everything: The Outspoken Guide for World Travelers and Online Shoppers (Paperback)

Maybe I shop too much, but I was disappointed that there was not more original/off-beat advice. It might be more efficient than a search-engine for the novice, but for a serious shopper, it will simply confirm a lot of what you already know.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love It--Worth the Wait, April 23, 2008

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Sherrill "Global Glam Ma" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Frommer's Suzy Gershman's Where to Buy the Best of Everything: The Outspoken Guide for World Travelers and Online Shoppers (Paperback)

I just returned from the South of France via Paris for a week and I took this brand new Suzy book along......Cannes, Nice, St Tropez, Monaco etc was fun with these tips and I wish I could have seen the entire list Suzy had before the edited version.

Thanks!!

4 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Shopping for the best buys, May 18, 2008

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This review is from: Frommer's Suzy Gershman's Where to Buy the Best of Everything: The Outspoken Guide for World Travelers and Online Shoppers (Paperback)

The book was good and very helpful. I always value Suzy Gershman's
opinions.