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Rowley, Cynthia was born on July 29, 1958 in Barrington, Illinois, United States.
(Charming and inspirational vignettes written and illustra...)
Charming and inspirational vignettes written and illustrated by American fashion icon Cynthia Rowley. Following the success of her Swell books, Cynthia Rowley presents Slim: A Fantasy Memoir, a collection of stories that are part memoir and part fiction and accompanied by over 40 of her own original drawings. Slim is written and illustrated in Rowley's inimitable style, candid, fun, and imaginative, and recounts tall tales from her childhood through her early days as a fashion designer. From 'luxury camping' under a chandelier formed of flashlights to a runway show in Candyland, Rowley's anecdotes drift seamlessly between daydreams and reality. Slim: A Fantasy Memoir will appeal to readers of all ages...
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("Sex and the City" meets Martha Stewart in this savvy and...)
"Sex and the City" meets Martha Stewart in this savvy and eclectic interior-design manifesto for high-flying chicks with nesting fantasies from the authors of the bestselling "Swell: A Girl's Guide to the Good Life."In their first breakthrough style manual, fashion designer Cynthia Rowley and former "New York Times" Sunday Styles editor Ilene Rosenzweig showed girls-on-the-go how to navigate the world with a little swagger and a lot of grace. Now they're taking the "Swell" aesthetic home with this inspiring guide to creating the ultimate dream pad. With more of the friendly tone and wry wit that lit up their first book, they introduce the idea of haute decor: How to make dressing up your home as exciting and accessible as buying a new wardrobe: Making it sexy. Trying new looks. Breaking rules. Mixing retro with modern. Changing with the seasons and your moods.Offering a blueprint for the entire creative process, the two best friends and coauthors take you from inspiration to practical execution. Tour the swell playhouse room by room and see how design daydreams inspired by movies, a Palm Springs vacation, a painting, a favorite dress, or your own personal nostalgia (for the Brady Bunch living room) can become reality.Full of the authors' own anecdotes and wisdom from a pantheon of swell style heroes, "Home Swell Home" has household hints, tips, and bits of history on everything you wish you'd known but never would have thought to ask. Some of the tour highlights ahead: The sixty-minute makeover for whenromantic company's comingA recipe for a four-star dining room(hint: logo-print slip covers)Furniture EMS to resuscitatedoomed hand-me-downsTurning theunderused kitcheninto a day spaWiring "moonlight" into your treesCreate the ultimate sitcom screening roomThree new uses for your coffee table"Paint" the walls with coloredfluorescent lights Get real paint out of your hair!Swinging from uptown decadence to downtown chic, "Home Swell Home" demystifies design, sweeps away snobbery, and shows how any house or apartment can be a place for high-style adventures. So come on in!
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(The bestselling authors of "Swell: A Girl's Guide to the ...)
The bestselling authors of "Swell: A Girl's Guide to the Good Life, Home Swell Home: Designing Your Dream Pad," and "Swell Holiday: Turning Up the Twinkle" have delighted readers with their groundbreaking manuals on style and decor. Now Cynthia Rowley and Ilene Rosenzweig bring you The Swell Dress Party, a bubbly bible for the modern hostess.With their fun-loving spirit and entertaining expertise, they serve up ideas for memorable affairs that are easy to execute, don't leave you exhausted, and allow you to achieve the ultimate hostess goal -- to be a guest at your own party.This day-to-night guide brings a much-needed dose of realism to fabulous entertaining. The confident hostess makes the most of what she's got, mixing homemade with store-bought, pairing her best crystal flutes with last minute Polaroid placecards, and knowing it's important to keep the conversation as sparkling as the champagne."Part Dressing" is a new approach to great entertaining that relies on playfulness, not perfectionism. Over twenty parties in this book combine recipes that deliver wow factor without requiring a culinary PH.D., and anecdotes from Rowley and Rosenzweig's party career. They show how to bring friends and family together for high-style good times without spending an obscene amout of time or blowing a wad of dough.The Swell motto is: "Minimize effort and maximize fun," Great hostessing is about setting a mood as much as making sure people get enough to eat and drink. A Swell party is like the perfect black dress glammed up with little accessories that make a big impact.- Double-duty favors that bring an activity to the party, like sketchbooks and charcoals at everyy placesetting.- Iced gel-eye masks and Tylenol for a Hangover Brunch.- Filling the pool with blow-up ducks as an aquatic centerpiece.- The No-Time-for-Dinner Party, ordering in every course, from MacDonald's fries to steakhouse sirloins, and making an event of every delivery.- Turning Games Night or Must-See TV into a weekly ritual of three-martini playdates.- Keeping the cupboard stocked for chic-and-easy bar snack and canapes for the impromptu cocktails.
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( Every day's a holiday in Swellville. But December is t...)
Every day's a holiday in Swellville. But December is the swellest time of all. Coauthors of the breakthrough style manuals, Swell: A Girl's Guide to the Good Life and Home Swell Home: Designing Your Dream Pad, Cynthia and Ilene now bring their signature mix of spirit and style to holiday time. So come on in, brush the snow off your boots, and knock back some chick nog. The Swell girls have been shopping for ideas all year and have their stockings full of ways to rev up the revelry, redeck the halls, and spruce up your holiday look without resorting to reindeer sweaters. No elves required! The girls wrap it all up and tie it with a loopy bow. And if you don't like it, you can always return it.
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Rowley, Cynthia was born on July 29, 1958 in Barrington, Illinois, United States.
Graduate, Art Institute of Chicago.
Designer Cynthia Rowley, Inc., since 1983. Owner, designer Cynthia Rowley Boutiques, New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and Japan, Swellco (subsidiary of Cynthia Rowley, Inc.). Work featured in Vogue, Elle, W, Harper's Bazaar, Glamour, New York Times, In Style, Elle Décor, French Vogue.
(The bestselling authors of "Swell: A Girl's Guide to the ...)
("Sex and the City" meets Martha Stewart in this savvy and...)
(Charming and inspirational vignettes written and illustra...)
( Every day's a holiday in Swellville. But December is t...)
Married Tom Sullivan, 1988 (deceased 1994). Married Bill Keenan, 1996 (divorced). Married Bill Powers, 2005.