- Paperback: 100 pages
- Publisher: Slab-O-Concrete Publications (10 July 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1899866264
- ISBN-13: 978-1899866267
- Product Dimensions: 20.2 x 19.8 x 1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,266,042 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A poke in the eye for fashion dictators, this is the book for the imaginative second-hand clothes buyer, the eccentric and the "alternative" consumer. It confirms what every junk junkie knows - thrifting style means expressing yourself and being glamorous.
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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
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Celebration of second-hand shopping and DIY style.,
By A Customer
This review is from: Cheap Date: Antidotal and Anti-fashion for a Secondhand State of Mind (Paperback)
An freespirited celebration of the subculture of trendy barguin hunting aesthetes and perusers of bric-a-brac stalls, this is a must for anyone who is skint but still stylish, with tips on scavenging in charity shops, holding "free stuff" parties, and making and customising your own clothes. An unpredictable selection of jumble-sale luminaries are interviewed or exhalted, including Christopher Biggins (!) and Sigue Sigue Sputnik (!!), and there is a Just-Seventeen style photostory. All this and some saucy, kitsch pin-ups adds up to an enjoyable package, much like rooting through your spoils after a day buying old Bunty and Lookin annuals at a car-boot-sale.
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4.0 out of 5 stars (3 customer reviews) 7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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Cheap Date is Economical Fun for the Thrifter in You!,
By Shannon "elflass" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Cheap Date: Antidotal and Anti-fashion for a Secondhand State of Mind (Paperback)
This book is a compilation of several issues of the British 'zine of the same name, which is dedicated to the fine and subtle art (well, all right...down and dirty fetish) of thrifting, aka charity shopping in Britslang. It contains interviews and advice from die-hard thrift shoppers, pics of unique finds, tales of humorous collections and lots of funny photos, including shots of now-famous, then-obscure models/actresses Chloe Sevigny and Sophie Dahl. If you'd rather hit the Goodwill than the Gap or at least like to troll garage sales or rummage at church bazaars, this is the book for you!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Cheap Date,
By Teresa Sullivan "Rock n roll bead patrol" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Cheap Date: Antidotal and Anti-fashion for a Secondhand State of Mind (Paperback)
Cheap Date is a compendium of articles from the original UK magazine of the same name. A truly great work; articles on dumpster diving, lingerie through the ages, interviews with Gene Simmons of KISS and Anita Pallenberg; too many cool things to mention. Written by British folk, so remember that when they say fag they mean cigarette. Got a copy from my extremely cool boyfriend years ago and love it so much I had to look for more copies to give to friends.
4 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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This book is not exclusively about thrift shopping.,
By Elana Nelson "roundrug" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Cheap Date: Antidotal and Anti-fashion for a Secondhand State of Mind (Paperback)
I quote from A Note From the Editor: "Originally CHEAPDATE was basically about second hand clothes, but anti-fashion,anti-'lifestyle' and alternative consumer concepts followed soon after, and finally it became a big up-yours to something intangible but there." This is an optimistic way of saying that the book contained disappointingly little on "charity shopping," focusing more strongly on quirky things, like an interview with a blackjack player and a cartoon penis saying what it likes regarding women (what types of shoes, etc). And, judging from the poor-quality, black-and-white photos, the scant material the book does contain relating to so-called anti-fashion is a disgrace to thrift shops. With a few exceptions, it appears not to be anti-fashion, but in fact a bunch of pathetic attempts at fashion. That said, the book's crude, tongue-in-cheek articles are at times humorous.
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