So yesterday I pulled out a few standout passages from the book I'll Drink to That: A Life in Style with a Twist by Betty Halbreich with Rebecca Paley. You'll probably enjoy it if you can say yes to any of the following: 1. You do personal shopping and would love to hear from someone who has done it longer than you have. 2. You love the store Bergdorf Goodman and make it the first place you go to when you hit NYC. 3. You're fascinated by compulsive people and want to see inside their closets. 4. You had a troubled childhood and want to compare your troubled childhood to someone else's troubled childhood. 5. You're fascinated by high society, where they shop and what they shop for. 6. You're curious about how someone could go from a mental institution to a job at Bergdorf ...
Betty Halbreich
Agreeing with an expert, mostly
My client gifted me a book recently, adding to my library of fashion related titles. This one, I'll Drink to That: A Life in Style, with a Twist by Betty Halbreich with Rebecca Paley was a fun read. I don't think it's titled too well, but there is a lot of drinking in this book! Mainly it's fun to hear from people who do what you do. I found myself nodding my head in agreement over many things Betty said. I think a lot of times we read non-fiction books to hear our own thoughts spoken out loud. Betty's memoir covers her life growing up in Chicago, finding her life's calling after her kids grew up, and coming home to her personal shopping office in Bergdorf Goodman NYC for forty years. Still working at the age of eighty-six, she hates being called a legend but she certainly ...
Brenda Kinsel, an image consultant and author, founded Brenda Kinsel E.T.C. in 2009 to provide training, coaching and marketing support to stylists and consultants in the industry.