The Ultimate Guide to Shopping and Caring for Clothing: Everything You Need to Know from Blue Jeans to Ball Gowns [Paperback]

Steve Boorstein (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0971766908 | ISBN-13: 978-0971766907 | Publication Date: September 16, 2002

The Ultimate Guide to Shopping and Caring for Clothing will change your shopping habits forever. It de-mystifies the art of shopping, caring for, and cleaning clothing, while revealing information not always shared by clothing retailers, manufacturers, or dry cleaners. Our clothing is an extension of our personality. We spend endless hours driving, shopping, and deciding on the right clothing, and then altering, washing, and drycleaning our wardrobe. No one wants to replace clothing; shopping is somewhere between a passion and a chore—and both require time and money. Learn shopping secrets through in-depth interviews with personal shoppers from Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom, & Bergdorf Goodman. This book teaches you how shop to like an expert; how to care for your clothing; what to do in the face of a "stain emergency," and how to select a dry cleaner that can offer you a perfect fit. This book will save you time, money, and frustration!

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About the Author

Steve Boorstein, The Clothing Doctor, spent 25 years in the clothing business, first as a buyer and boutique owner and then as a hands-on owner of one of the most exclusive drycleaners in the country. Steve is a graduate of the International Fabricare Institute and has lectured and conducted clothing care seminars at Chanel Boutique, Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus, and Nordstrom, to name a few. He is currently consulting and working on his next book.

Product Details

• Paperback: 306 pages
• Publisher: Boutique Books (September 16, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0971766908
• ISBN-13: 978-0971766907
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #837,568 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Indispensable to layman and professional alike!, October 24, 2002

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John-Claude Hallak (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Ultimate Guide to Shopping and Caring for Clothing: Everything You Need to Know from Blue Jeans to Ball Gowns (Paperback)

This book covers it all - plain and simple. If you want to have a good grasp of the realities of wardrobe development and maintenance, there is not a single salient topic that is not given its due.

From the planning, to the purchase, to the wearing and finally the cleaning and/or storing of your wardrobe - you are given a healthy dose of do's and don'ts that wil save you time, money and heartache.

The book is laid out so that it can be just as easily read in bits and pieces, or cover to cover.

I especially liked the section which explained the concept and benefits of a personal shopper. I had always thought that this service was only available to the VIP who spent mega-bucks. Not so.

Required reading for anyone who has a substantial investment in their wardrobe ... or who wants to protect their more modest investment.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow!, November 12, 2002

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Carey DiMartino (Houston, TX USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Ultimate Guide to Shopping and Caring for Clothing: Everything You Need to Know from Blue Jeans to Ball Gowns (Paperback)

This book has really changed the way I think about clothing. I typically waste a lot of time and money shopping for clothing, but The Ultimate Guide to Shopping and Caring for Clothing has really helped me find ways to preserve the clothes I have and has taught me a few tricks about making wise purchases.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally, a book from a clothing expert that everyone can use, November 12, 2002

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Andra Keller (Hickory, North Carolina) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Ultimate Guide to Shopping and Caring for Clothing: Everything You Need to Know from Blue Jeans to Ball Gowns (Paperback)

This book is an absolute must for everyone. In today's economy we have to make smart purchases. Steve Boorstein covers how to care for your wardrobe and how to make it last. What a great book. I especially love the section on first aid for stain emergencies, with little ones running around it is almost impossible not to get something on my favorite blouse!