"Part memoir and part career guide, geared toward young women breaking into the workforce."
"Some necessary tough-love truths."
"She’s also publishing a memoir/guide, turning her take-no-prisoners approach to the fashion business into a message of girl power...entertaining for all."
"Though on her TV show Cutrone’s outer bitch is ascendant, in her book, we’re 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."
"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."
"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. "
"A must-read for career-minded gals entering the workforce – or those who just want to reinvent themselves."
"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."
"Cutrone’s new book If you have to Cry, Go Outside: And Other Things Your Mother Never Told You is a raw, no bullshit, drama and drug–filled autobiographical joy ride that preaches spiritual self-empowerment over self-sabotage.."
"The book outlines [Cutrone’s] tumultuous rise from homelessness to the fashion elite and serves as a guide for navigating an alternative career path."
"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."
"[A] memoir-ish book of offbeat advice for budding ‘power girls’..."
"Part memoir, part self-improvement sermon (and conspicuously published by HarperOne, the spirituality imprint behind some of Marianne Williamson’s and Deepak Chopra’s books), it recounts Cutrone’s own fitful journey."
"[The] powerhouse fashion PR maven we-love-to-hate-but-really-love..."
"Cutrone gives blunt, how-to advice on how to be a "power bitch"... It’s 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."
"What everyone loves about Kelly Cutrone, owner of fashion PR firm People’s Revolution and The City’s official BS barometer, is that she isn’t afraid to tell it how it is."
"Choice career and style advice from New York’s most outspoken PR woman."
"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."
"Kelly’s book is full of anecdotes from her personal and professional life as well as motivational tips."
“[The] powerhouse fashion PR maven we-love-to-hate-but-really-love...” - Dallas Morning News
“Yes she’s slightly terrifying as head of her fashion-public-relations firm, People’s Revolution, but Kelly Cutrone has some badass work game that we’re dying to bottle. These no-BS tips – all culled from her best-selling book If You Have to Cry, Go Outside—will score you major points with your boss lady…or man.” - Cosmopolitan Magazine
“Though on her TV show Cutrone’s outer bitch is ascendant, in her book, we’re 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
“She’s 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
“If you don’t know who Kelly Cutrone is, then you haven’t been paying attention....Cutrone’s book functions as a memoir and practical advice to entry level employees. Having much experience with a bevy of interns and young women just starting their careers, Cutrone’s advice is less about how much a starting salary matters and more about how well one does their job.” - Forbes.com
“Cutrone was first introduced to TV audiences as Lauren Conrad’s boss on MTV’s “The Hills” and now is the star of her own show, Bravo’s Kell on Earth. Though she’s carefully honed the image of a hard-nosed, no-nonsense boss, Cutrone has become a mentor and inspiration to many young women...” - Atlanta Journal-Constitution
“Part memoir and part career guide, geared toward young women breaking into the workforce.” - The Village Voice
“If anything, the word that should be used to describe Cutrone is ‘feminist’ - it’s just that her version of female empowerment involves acknowledging that ‘you’re no different from anyone else and deserve no special treatment’. Unless, of course, you’ve earned it.” - The Sunday Times
“Some necessary tough-love truths.” - Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
“A must-read for career-minded gals entering the workforce – or those who just want to reinvent themselves.” - Star Magazine
“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
“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
“The book outlines [Cutrone’s] tumultuous rise from homelessness to the fashion elite and serves as a guide for navigating an alternative career path.” - The Harvard Crimson
“Cutrone’s new book If you have to Cry, Go Outside: And Other Things Your Mother Never Told You is a raw, no bullshit, drama and drug–filled autobiographical joy ride that preaches spiritual self-empowerment over self-sabotage..” - Out Magazine
“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
“She’s also publishing a memoir/guide, turning her take-no-prisoners approach to the fashion business into a message of girl power...Cutrone is also a deeply spiritual person who believes in the power of the Goddess, and a mother hen not only to Whitney Port, but also to dozens of other aspiring fashion types. Typically dressed in black (usually Martin Margiela or Yohji Yamamoto) with jet black hair and no makeup, season after season she is consistently more interesting than anything on the runway...entertaining for all.” - Los Angeles Times
“Part memoir, part self-improvement sermon (and conspicuously published by HarperOne, the spirituality imprint behind some of Marianne Williamson’s and Deepak Chopra’s books), it recounts Cutrone’s own fitful journey.” - New York Magazine
“Cutrone gives blunt, how-to advice on how to be a “power bitch”... It’s 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
“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
“[A] memoir-ish book of offbeat advice for budding ‘power girls’...” - The Daily Beast
“Thank God for Kelly Cutrone. [She] is like a breath of fresh air in a world of stale arguments over rumored sex tapes. ” - Daily News
“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
“Punctuated with aphoristic chapters such as “It’s Not a Break Down, It’s a Breakthrough” and “A Bitch Is Not a Bad Word,” “If You Have to Cry...” is also full of Cutrone’s urgings to up-and-comers to “awaken to your inner voice,” ...Not that there aren’t revealing moments in the book, not to mention some good dirt.” - WWD
“Kelly’s book is full of anecdotes from her personal and professional life as well as motivational tips.” - People.com
“What everyone loves about Kelly Cutrone, owner of fashion PR firm People’s Revolution and The City’s official BS barometer, is that she isn’t afraid to tell it how it is.” - Elle Magazine
“Choice career and style advice from New York’s most outspoken PR woman.” - WSJ.com
