{"id":576,"date":"2011-03-10T21:05:27","date_gmt":"2011-03-11T01:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/egstaffpicks.wordpress.com\/?p=576"},"modified":"2015-04-08T18:50:35","modified_gmt":"2015-04-08T18:50:35","slug":"classy-be-a-lady-not-a-tramp-by-derek-blasberg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/?p=576","title":{"rendered":"Classy: Be a Lady not a Tramp by Derek Blasberg"},"content":{"rendered":"

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While it may\u00a0seem odd\u00a0to find\u00a0a man\u00a0doling out advice to young women on\u00a0how to be classy,\u00a0Blasberg’s experiences working in the fashion and entertainment industries\u00a0give him credibility as a resource. \u00a0Unfortunately, we live in a time when many famous young women are TERRIBLE role models. \u00a0It’s not uncommon to see young actresses with barely any clothing behaving in a less than classy<\/em> manner (to put it politely). \u00a0Blasberg provides excellent “lady vs. tramp” visual guides for topics like dressing appropriately, sitting in a skirt, and dating, \u00a0as well as etiquette tips for a multitude of situations. \u00a0There are sections on clothing, parties, travel, friendship, dating, facing temptation, and the importance of lifelong learning. \u00a0I absolutely LOVED this book because it shows young women that looking trashy is not <\/em>the best way to get attention, that there are many things more important than worrying about your physical appearance, and that dressing\/behaving appropriately can still be lots of fun!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While it may\u00a0seem odd\u00a0to find\u00a0a man\u00a0doling out advice to young women on\u00a0how to be classy,\u00a0Blasberg’s experiences working in the fashion and entertainment industries\u00a0give him credibility as a resource. \u00a0Unfortunately, we live in a time when many famous young women are TERRIBLE role models. \u00a0It’s not uncommon to see young actresses with barely any clothing behaving … Continue reading Classy: Be a Lady not a Tramp by Derek Blasberg<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,6,10,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-posts","category-books-for-adults","category-books-for-young-adults","category-nonfiction","category-reviewed-by-chrissie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}