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Very Classy
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Derek Blasberg
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Penguin Young Readers Group
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2011
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Derek Blasberg is back with more brilliant commentary on what makes a lady truly classy. With all the razor-sharp insights of Classy plus new, never-before-seen pages packed with Dereks signature wit and timeless tips, VeryClassy is the best - and the only - resource for the up-to-the minute, modern young woman.
Todays fast-maturing youth culture is confounded by a whole slew of classy conundrums. Like, Is a funeral an acceptable place to meet a guy? (No, the point of a funeral is to ponder how someone has touched your life, not how you hope someone is going to touch you later that night). And, Should I wear my Wonderbra to the gym? (No! Gyms are for exercise, not cleavage.)
Even if youre so confident, youve been attracting guys like a honey-dipped man magnet for years - VeryClassy still has something for you. This illustrated volume is packed with advice for the girl who doesnt want to be a Relationship Chameleon, the girl who understands that skinny fat is worse than just plain fat, and the girl who needs a little help discovering the silver lining of a hangover. Very Classy is the ultimate guide for discerning this generations ladies from the tramps.

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Praise for

CLASSY

He is to parties what Rob Pattinson is to Vampires. But you dont get bitten, you get smitten!

Glenda Bailey, editor-in-chief, Harpers Bazaar

Whats a gal to do in this age of tacky pseudo-celebrity? Enter New York fashion-isto Derek Blasberg, whose new book may just be the saving grace.

Teen Vogue

[Blasberg] dispenses advice on everything from table manners to tattoos in cheeky essaysa thoroughly modern guide to living like a lady.

Vanity Fair

the Truman Capote of his generation, or the Carrie Bradshaw.

New York Times

Derek Blasbergs social calendar reads like WWDs Eye column, a Bravo reality series and an episode of Gossip Girl rolled into one.

Los Angeles Times

Blasbergs compiled everything hes learned from Hollywood, fashion, and high society into Classy, a guide to becoming a true lady.

Elle

The book could equally be subtitled How To Get Ahead Without Being A Bitch.

Grazia

Derek Blasberg gives hilarious, blunt direction about how young women can be ladies and not tramps.

The Today Show

Classy is a fizzy mix of decorum, style and dating advice with crib notes on arts and culture, and advice and opinions on heavier topics such as drugs, drinking and driving and pole dancing.

Toronto Star

Hes like a male Elsa Maxwell. He is a social catalyst who can cut across all different levels, mixing society ladies with strippers.

Simon Doonan, creative director, Barneys New York

Making the transition from girl into woman is a minefield, and theres a set of problems my generation will need to navigate that hasnt been addressed. Dereks book is a fun, witty way of discussing them. He really knows what hes talking about!

Emma Watson, actress

For Mom and Dad who bought me Tiffanys Table Manners for Teenagers when I was - photo 3

For Mom and Dad, who bought me Tiffanys Table
Manners for Teenagers when I was a little boy,
and then supported me and encouraged me to chase
my dreams so that one day I would have the opportunities
to put the lessons in that book to good use.

Foreword

NOW THATClassy is a bona fide success (a New York Times bestseller, no less), I can make the following confession: Before it was published, I was extremely trepidatious and hesitant about writing a collection of humorous essays covering etiquette and social behavior. When the book was still a rough idea in my head, there were moments when I thought penning a book on ladylike behavior would be futile. I was scared it wouldnt sell, and people would think I was completely clueless. In a culture where it seems tramps and reality stars can rule the world, why would anyone buy a book on manners and class?

However after it sold on all four corners of the globe and was translated into - photo 5

However, after it sold on all four corners of the globe and was translated into various languages, I could breathe a sigh of relief. Turns out people who want to get Classy exist in the world after all. Even better? Writing and promoting Classy at parties and signings around the world was a truly rewarding experience: Speaking directly to the readerand sharing a few jokes along the waywas a fabulous exercise in social interaction.

I loved meeting you, future Classy ladies, and loved hearing your anecdotes (both personal triumphs and horror stories) while stumping everywhere from L.A. to London, from Cannes to Canada. It was comforting to discover there are still a few young women in the world getting bored with todays get-famous-quick culture, even if, like me, they are amused by it. But allow me this full disclosure: I can watch guilty-pleasure reality programming for hours. (I liked how Marc Jacobs described it: a vacation for your brain.) But Ive always said the trick is knowing what behavior is entertainment-based, and what behavior is inspirational.

The chord Classy struck with its readers was something I hadnt entirely - photo 6

The chord Classy struck with its readers was something I hadnt entirely - photo 7

The chord Classy struck with its readers was something I hadnt entirely anticipated. Young girls came to my book signings to say hi and ask for hugs, and they stopped me in the street and on the subway to introduce themselves. The deluge of letters (often written on nice stationery, which I loved) I got from young women, and the occasional Classy young man, was truly touching and reinforced what an important message this book preaches: Although we live in a day and age when rich housewives and overly tanned alcoholic club rats can reach immediate reality show superstardom, a book promoting sophisticated style and respectable behavior can be successful in this social climate. (And what a relief!)

I met girls who read the chapter on vices and realized that even though they - photo 8

I met girls who read the chapter on vices and realized that even though they had lived their life until that point as a tramp, it was possible to clean up their act. (Oscar Wildes line Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future apparently had a profound effect.) In Toronto, a girl came up to me at a book signing and showed me her own lady-to-tramp before and after pictures. When I did NBCs Today Show in New York City, a young girl waited outside and wanted a hug. (I felt like Justin Bieber.) People sent me messages on Twitter thanking me for telling them how rude it was to be glued to their phones at the dinner table (which makes me now wonder if they were in fact Tweeting me from the dinner table, but never mind that).

I have many of these girls to thank for this new expanded edition of Classy - photo 9

I have many of these girls to thank for this new expanded edition of Classy - photo 10

I have many of these girls to thank for this new expanded edition of Classy. (The two new chapters in the bookA Lady Decorates and A Lady Stays Healthywere conceived directly from questions and emails I received in the months after Classy came out.) And theres also a new feature in the book where Ive taken many of the issues Ive received and answered them in Q&As. While the first edition of Classy could teach a girl to be a sophisticated woman, theres always room to get

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