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by Carrie Karasyov (Author), Jill Kargman (Author) "Manhattan was in a tailspin..." (more)
Key Phrases: New York, Julia Pearce, John Cavanaugh (more...)

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Riding on the designer coattails of their The Right Address, this duo—best friends since first grade—lampoon the elite they know and love/loathe with a story that's as buoyantly vapid as their stock characters. This time, the plot involves the junior jet set: a few preening Manhattan princesses decide to remake a fresh-faced girl in their own airbrushed image, Henry Higgins–style. Julia Pearce, a downtown hipster with vintage-chic style and natural beauty, works as a salesgirl in Pelham's Department Store, where she's caught the eye of the Pelham heiress, Lell. Out of winter ennui, Lell and her gaggle of girlfriends decide to take on this "charity case"—who bemusedly welcomes the attention—bestowing upon Julia a promotion, a fake pedigree and an uptown makeover. As she forsakes burgers for salads, thrift stores for Ralph Lauren and joie de vivre for too-cool cattiness, Julia's ascension from day laborer to Pelham power player affords her the chance to pursue her dream of jewelry design. But it also estranges her from longtime friends, puts off her love interest and attracts the advances of Lell's sleazy new husband, Will—predictably wreaking havoc for everyone. The authors intend to mine humor from tossing Julia to the snarks—er, sharks. But this fish-out-of-water story gasps for air, and even the authors' swipes against society feel familiar and bloodless. (Apr.)
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This slick reimagining of the Pygmalion myth has two wealthy young socialites trying to remake an aspiring jewelry designer in their own image. Julia Pearce, a salesgirl at Pelham's department store in New York, is flustered when she's summoned to bring heiress Lell Pelham her jewels on the morning of Lell's wedding. Both Lell and her best friend (and rival) Polly Mecox spot potential in beautiful Julia, and they decide to help her refine her manners so that she can fit in with their set. At first, Julia is dazzled by the wealth and sophistication of the world Lell and Polly inhabit; but she gradually begins to see the cracks in the perfect facade: the competition between Lell and Polly that simmers beneath the veneer of their friendship, Lell's affair with a rich playboy months after her marriage to handsome Will Banks, and Will's own wandering eye, which has landed on Julia. Karasyov and Kargman's second collaboration is the perfect light spring read, full of biting barbs lobbed at New York's elite. Kristine Huntley
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Hardcover: 272 pages
Publisher: Broadway (April 5, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0767917804
ISBN-13: 978-0767917803
Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)

Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (41 customer reviews)

Amazon.com Sales Rank: #392,443 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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New York, Julia Pearce, John Cavanaugh, Lell Pelham, Oscar Curtis, Gene Pelham, Willoughby Banks, Aunt Edna, Central Park, Will Banks, East Village, Fifth Avenue, Hope Matthews, Polly Mecox, Nina Waters, Page Six, Diamond Horseshoe, Greenwich Equity, Michael Kors, Park Avenue, Ralph Lauren, Brad Pitt, Franny Corcoran, Marcus Harrington

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The Right Address: A Novel by Carrie Karasyov in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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5.0 out of 5 stars Breezy, catty and fun!, May 4, 2005

By	Chick-lit fan "A reader" (Buffalo, NY) - See all my reviews

After being entertained but a tad disappointed with The Right Address, the first novel from these authors, I was much more pleased with their second novel. Wolves in Chic Clothing follows Julia, a beautiful California transplant who dreams of being a jewelry designer while working as a salesgirl at Pelham's, a large, famous NYC jewelry store.

Julia's life changes one day when she delivers a necklace to Lell Pelham for her wedding, and gets adopted by Lell and her friends- Polly, a catty, wealthy woman who ignores her baby son, and Hope, a genuinely nice and happy person, who has to hide her and her husband's money troubles from friends, despite being pretty happy. The book follows the adventures of all of the characters, but mostly focuses on Julia, who accidentally catches the eye of Lell's new husband, Willoughby.

This novel was fun and gossipy, but had a lot more heart than the Right Address, and more likeable characters. It was funny to see a few characters from the first book come through to the second! I great, fun read.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Voyeuristic Fun, May 26, 2005

By	Julie Lovisa (Indiana USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

If you've ever longed to peek into the world of New York society princesses, then WOLVES IN CHIC CLOTHING is definitely a book you'll want to pick up.

Julia Pearce is a beautiful, hip, but middle class salesgirl at Pelham's Jewelry, one of the top jewelry stores in the world. When she is unexpectedly asked by the store's heiress, Lell Pelham, to deliver the necklace that she'll be wearing on her wedding day, Julia is swooped in on by the society girls who want a 'project' and decide that she would benefit from a society makeover.

Soon, Julia is at the top of the heap, attending various benefits and believed to be the heiress of a glass-blowing family. However, when an attraction develops between her and Lell's new husband, she finds herself on precarious ground and eventually falls from the top back down to where she began.

For a fun, light read, you can't go wrong with Karasyov and Kargman, who also wrote THE RIGHT ADDRESS - another entertaining novel about breaking into the thick crust of American high society.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A lovely, gossipy book from two up-and-coming authors, July 6, 2005

By	K. Huff (New York, NY) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

Jill Kargman and Carrie Karyasov, authors of The Right Address, are back with their second novel about the elites population of New York. One character says, "'I hate gossips...there are two girls that I'm sort of friends with, and the have a book deal to write about twenty- something Park Avenue debutantes. I think its really shameful and tacky.'" Or maybe not so.

Lell Pellham is the heiress to one of New York's most famous jewelry stores (think Tiffany's and its ilk). Julia is an assistant at the main store in the engagement ring section when this story begins. However, for some mysterious reason, she is given the all-important task of delivering a set of highly expensive jewels to the famous heiress just moments before she is set to walk down the aisle. Lell and her friends Hope and Polly are impressed with Julia, who has a passion for jewelry design; and Lell immediately hires Julia as her "deputy artistic director."

Thus begins a contest between the three friends: Lell, who from the beginning is unhappy in her marriage; Hope, who is unhappy because she doesn't have as much money as the others do (though probably the most down-to-earth of the group); and Polly, who enjoys preying upon "lesser, more unfortunate" people. The three friends set themselves a task: to makeover Julia into a bridge-playing debutante, just like themselves. Eliza Doolittle, as the dust cover of the book pronounces.

At first, Julia is flattered- who wouldn't be? Borrowed couture clothing, advice from people who style themselves her "friends," and invites to some of the hottest parties and benefits in the city. Of course, all that glitters isn't gold, as the old adage goes, and Julia quickly becomes disenchanted with the lifestyle pretty quickly. Added on top of this is Lell's new husband- Willoughby, or "Will," for short. He's a playboy who immediately sets Julia at the top of list of women to woo.

In short, this is a witty, novel, perhaps even better than The Right Address, the first endeavor of these two novelists. Karyasov and Kargman give us an intimate picture of the materialistic, superficial lives of the jet-setting women who live on Park Avenue through the eyes of an outsider. And, contrary to what Lell says, that endeavor is not "shameful and tacky."

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