Big City Look

by Roppatte, Vincent; Cohen, Sherry Suib; Cao, Alex; Oguro, Akiko

• ISBN13: 9780060175894
• ISBN10: 0060175893
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-10-01
• Publisher: Cliff Street Books

Summary

This celebrity-studded book by Saks Fifth Avenue master stylist Vincent Roppatte deconstructs the extraordinary and stylish appeal of women in six large American cities. 75 photos. in color. Line art throughout.

Table of Contents

FOREWORD	ix	(2)
DIANE SAWYER
PREFACE: MY VINCENT: A SHORT BIO BY SHERRY SUIB COHEN	xi	(4)
INTRODUCTION: WHO'S THE WOMAN WITH THE BIG CITY LOOK?	xv
SO WHO IS SHE?	xvi	(2)
WHAT GIVES HER THE BIG CITY LOOK?	xviii
CHAPTER ONE: HAIR	3	(70)
THE NAKED LADY	3	(1)
START AT THE TOP	4	(1)
BE FUSSY WHEN CHOOSING A HAIRSTYLIST	5	(1)
THE CITY CODES: HAIR	6	(17)
GETTING STARTED: VINCENT'S THEORY OF RELATIVITY	23	(30)
BALANCE THE EQUATION	53	(1)
THE KEY TO THE CITY: A ROLE MODEL	54	(8)
STREET SMARTS	62	(7)
THE LAST WORD ON HAIR	69	(4)
CHAPTER TWO: FASHION	73	(87)
CRYSTAL-BALL TIME	73	(3)
THE CITY CODES: FASHION	76	(21)
GETTING STARTED	97	(32)
HOW TO SHOP IN A DEPARTMENT STORE	129	(10)
STREET SMARTS	139	(5)
SPECIAL EFFECTS	144	(8)
FINALLY... THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OF BAD TASTE	152	(8)
CHAPTER THREE: FACE	160	(30)
WE'RE NOT ALL THE SAME	160	(1)
THE CITY CODES: BEAUTY	160	(6)
THE UNIVERSAL STANDARD	166	(1)
THE VINCENT SKIN-CARE SYSTEM	167	(4)
THE VINCENT MAKEUP	171	(13)
WHAT MAKES THE BIG CITY LOOK?	184	(1)
MY FINAL ADVICE	185	(5)
CHAPTER FOUR: ATTITUDE	190	(12)
ATTITUDE HITS THE STREETS	190	(5)
ATTITUDE LIFTERS	195	(3)
STRESS BUSTERS	198	(4)
EPILOGUE	202	(1)
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS	203