Synopses & Reviews
Kelly Cutrone has long been mentoring women on how to make it in one of the most competitive industries in the world. In her trademark, no-bullshit style, she combines personal and professional stories to share her secrets for success without selling out. Raw, hilarious, shocking, but always the honest truth, If You Have to Cry, Go Outside calls upon you to gather up your courage like an armful of clothes at a McQueen sample sale and follow your soul where it takes you. Whether you're just starting out in the world or looking to reinvent yourself, this book will be the spark you need to figure out what you have to say to the world—and how you're going to say it.
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“Some necessary tough-love truths.” Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
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“In her trademark, no bull-shit style Kelly gives us the raw honest truth in If You Have To Cry, Go Outside. It is an easy fun read book you most likely will read over and over and continue to laugh out loud.” CupcakeMag.com
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“Though on her TV show Cutrones outer bitch is ascendant, in her book, were introduced to the softer side of Kelly. Prone to New Age platitudes like, “Celebrate the magic inside of yourself.” This hippie affect is a delightful surprise coming from a woman who also swears like a sailor.” Slate.com
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“Shes also publishing a memoir/guide, turning her take-no-prisoners approach to the fashion business into a message of girl power...entertaining for all.” Los Angeles Times
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“Part memoir and part career guide, geared toward young women breaking into the workforce.” The Village Voice
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“Cutrones new book If you have to Cry, Go Outside: And Other Things Your Mother Never Told You is a raw, no bullshit, drama and drugfilled autobiographical joy ride that preaches spiritual self-empowerment over self-sabotage..” Out Magazine
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“[The] powerhouse fashion PR maven we-love-to-hate-but-really-love...” Dallas Morning News
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“Kellys book is full of anecdotes from her personal and professional life as well as motivational tips.” People.com
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“What everyone loves about Kelly Cutrone, owner of fashion PR firm Peoples Revolution and The Citys official BS barometer, is that she isnt afraid to tell it how it is.” Elle Magazine
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“Choice career and style advice from New Yorks most outspoken PR woman.” WSJ.com
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“Part memoir, part self-improvement sermon (and conspicuously published by HarperOne, the spirituality imprint behind some of Marianne Williamsons and Deepak Chopras books), it recounts Cutrones own fitful journey.” New York Magazine
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“Cutrone gives blunt, how-to advice on how to be a “power bitch”... Its an old-fashioned guide to succeeding in both life and work (phone, not e-mail, you Gen Y-ers!), with a dash of self-styled spirituality and, of course, all dressed up in Balenciaga.” New York Post
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“One of the few movers-and shakers who seems to have an enlightened grip on both the dark and light side of the business she navigates with such self-possession.… Clear, concise, to the point, and abrasively, wonderfully honest.” The L
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“The book outlines [Cutrones] tumultuous rise from homelessness to the fashion elite and serves as a guide for navigating an alternative career path.” The Harvard Crimson
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“Cutrone, 44, is infamous to the MTV generation for her untimely eruptions and cutting commentaries. Her hellish take on the fashion world is her ticket to stardom....If You Have to Cry, Go Outside (HarperOne), reads as a gritty guide for young women entering the fashion world.” USA Today
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“[A] memoir-ish book of offbeat advice for budding ‘power girls...” The Daily Beast
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“If anything, the word that should be used to describe Cutrone is ‘feminist - its just that her version of female empowerment involves acknowledging that ‘youre no different from anyone else and deserve no special treatment. Unless, of course, youve earned it.” The Sunday Times
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“A must-read for career-minded gals entering the workforce or those who just want to reinvent themselves.” Star Magazine
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“Intelligent and witty works of wonder...literary bitch-slaps of unfettered straightfoward speech....an honest, instructional pseudo-memoir targeting a new generation of “young girls and gay boys” who want to break into the fashion industry but are unsure they have the chops for it. ” Bay Area Reporter
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“In her new book, If You Have to Cry, Go Outside: And Other Things Your Mother Never Told You, Cutrone shares personal stories and offers practical advice to encourage readers to figure out what they really want to do and to go out there and do it.” Aol Career Blog
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Cutrone, mentor on MTV's hit series "The Hills" and "The City," and star of Bravo's "Kell on Earth," offers her unique brand of life lessons for today's young woman on the rise in this "New York Times" bestseller.
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In this
New York Times bestseller, Kelly Cutrone, the brash, brutally honest boss and mentor to Whitney and Lauren on the hit MTV series “The Hills” and “The City,” and star of Bravo's "Kell on Earth," combines personal and professional stories to share her secrets for success without selling out.
"Cutrone works in an industry that is superficial and fickle, but shes the real deal. Her advice rings true no matter what field youre in...."— The Associated Press
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In the New York Times bestseller If You Have to Cry, Go Outside, media maven Kelly Cutrone spills her secrets for success without selling out. She combines personal and professional stories from her high-profile gigs as Whitney Port and Lauren Conrads boss on The Hills, star of Bravo's Kell on Earth, judge on Americas Next Top Model, and CEO/founder of the fashion PR firm Peoples Revolution to offer young professional women no-nonsense, brutally honest career advice—and other things their mothers never told them.
About the Author
Kelly Cutrone is the founder of fashion public relations, branding, and marketing firm People's Revolution, which has represented clients such as Longchamp, Vivienne Westwood, Valentino, Jeremy Scott, Paco Rabanne, Thierry Mugler, Bulgari, Christie's, and more. She starred in Bravo's Kell on Earth and has appeared on MTV's The Hills and The City. Prior to founding People's Revolution, Cutrone cofounded Cutrone & Weinberg and was the director of PR for Spin magazine. Cutrone lives in Manhattan with her daughter, Ava.