Shopsterium » Kelly Cutrone http://www.shopsterium.com Toronto Fashion, Style and Shopping Blog Wed, 06 Apr 2011 16:47:41 +0000 en hourly 1 Fun Summer Reads http://www.shopsterium.com/2010/07/fun-summer-reads.html http://www.shopsterium.com/2010/07/fun-summer-reads.html#comments Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:31:36 +0000 Dejana http://www.shopsterium.com/?p=4405 My vacation in Cuba at the beginning of this month presented itself as the perfect opportunity to indulge in some light, fun, summer reading.

I finished reading Kelly Cutrone’s If You Have to Cry Go Outside during the flight. I was pleasantly surprised with this one, as I honestly picked up a copy not expecting much. I thought it would be a bunch of impersonal business-type of tips and tricks we’ve all heard a hundred times before. Instead I found myself reading about this (and I might add quite remarkable) woman’s journey from a homeless unqualified nobody to a kick-ass NYC entrepreneur. And it’s not all just career talk, Kelly also writes about her parents, daughter, ex husbands, friends, enemies, lovers…

my signed copy

The perfect book to read while lounging on the beach is Michael Tonello’s Bringing Home the Birkin. Those who love travel will enjoy this memoir that takes its readers to most exclusive shopping destinations and dining places in Europe, with focus on Spain, France and Italy. This is a true story about a makeup artist who became one of the world’s biggest Hermes (specifically Birkin bag) resellers. Don’t pick this up looking for a career advice, this guy had crazy luck and more guts than anyone I know. He literally did what they always tell us to do, he followed his dreams, and voila, he made it. Actually, that could be a valid career advice :)

Me, reading Bringing Home the Birkin in Cuba

Happy reading!

]]> http://www.shopsterium.com/2010/07/fun-summer-reads.html/feed 0 If you have to cry, go outside http://www.shopsterium.com/2010/03/if-you-have-to-cry-go-outside.html http://www.shopsterium.com/2010/03/if-you-have-to-cry-go-outside.html#comments Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:04:50 +0000 Dejana http://www.shopsterium.com/?p=2114 Event: Kelly Cutrone’s book signing

Who: Kelly Cutrone, a fashion icon and the founder of the PR firm People’s Revolution. Also a star of MTV reality shows: The Hills, The City, True Life. Recently started her own show: Kell on Earth.

The book: If You Have to Cry, Go Outside

Where: Indigo, Eaton Centre

When: March 15th, 2010, 7pm

Hosted by: Jeanne Beker of Fashion Television

In real life Kelly appears to be nothing like what we see on TV – she was quite friendly.
She said she was aware of the image her show has created for her, and replied:

“I’d rather seem like a bitch on TV and be nice in real life than the other way around“.

full house

Jeanne, Kelly, me

I asked Kelly what her fave part of the book was. She said it’s the chapter where she talks about defining your own religion.

And of course, some fashionable folks who attended the event:

Have you read Kelly’s book, how did you like it?

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