Cheap chic

Contents

First layers -- Jeans and other coverings -- Cotton t-shirts and other wonders -- Leotards and other stretchy things -- The layer escalation -- Rudi Gernreich: from body clothes to uniforms -- Classics -- Accessories -- Clothes classics -- Diana Vreeland: eccentric elegance from the world of Vogue -- Yves St. Laurent: sticking with the classics -- Second-string classics: Ivy League and Western -- The Ivy League look -- Cowboy classics -- Jean-Paul Goude: fashioning the body beautiful -- Ingeborg Day: the office uniform with a system -- Fran Liebowitz: grouchy simplicity -- Antiques: shopping the thrift stores -- Being choosey -- Types of shops -- Expertise -- Antiques -- Great finds -- Discounts -- Nancy Crow: if it feels good, wear it -- Ewa Rudling: ragpicker deluxe -- Sports -- Fleet of foot -- Speedsters -- Team sports -- Individual sports -- Helene de Barcza: college clothes on $150 a year -- Ethnic -- Markets around the world -- What to look for in: Europe -- Africa -- The Middle East -- Asia -- Japan -- South America -- Larry LeGaspi: spacey designs for future shcok -- Wrappings -- Zandra Rhodes: pushing fabric to extremes -- Work clothes -- Surplus paradise -- Work clothes -- Professional uniforms -- Betsey Johnson: fanciful young American design -- John Lombardi: a raffish mix for the tieless office -- The mixes -- The Italian mix -- Lingerie -- Naughty but nice -- Short cuts -- Self-adornment -- The bargain hunter -- Streetwise -- Conservative mix -- Eclectic elegance -- The chic shopper's guide -- The care and feeding of fabrics.