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I Love Your Style: How to Define and Refine Your Personal Style |
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Amazon Sales Rank: 2933
Publication Date: 2009-09-01
Release Date: 2009-09-15
Publisher: It Books
ISBN: 0061833126
Type: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 288
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Classic, Bohemian, Minimalist, Street, High Fashion, Eclectic . . . What's your style? Finding your personal style is about discovering yourself—about embracing your creativity and the freedom to choose elements from throughout the fashion universe. In I Love Your Style, fashion muse Amanda Brooks uses hundreds of candid images to introduce readers to a dazzling array of style options—from the classic to the eclectic, from the icons of yesterday to the innovators of today and tomorrow. Diana Ross's jumpsuit
Kristen Dunst's plaid shirt
Stella Tennant's Chanel dress
Sofia Coppola's minimal tuxedo
Lauren Hutton's goddess gown
Bianca Jagger's platform shoes
Janis Joplin's Bohemian bangles
Ali MacGraw's peasant blouse
Mary-Kate Olsen's sequins
Jackie O's cashmere sweater Plus . . . How to shop with confidence: from designer trunk shows to out-of-the-way flea markets or even in your own closet
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Review: 2009-11-14
Only if you are 5'9 and 110 lbs
Disappointingly this book only addresses style for women with "mannequin" style bodies. I had heard Ms. Brooks interviewed recently about which decades suit your particular body type. Unfortunatley, none of that info made it into this book. All, and I do mean all, of the photos used are of famously tall, rail-thin women. Lots of Twiggy and Audrey Hepburn style hints. Surprise! So if you have normal womanly curves (the author admits to being a AAA cup)there is naught in here for you. It is also disheartening to see her advocate stornlgy for wearing natural fur. There is one particular photo of the author wearing a heart-breakingly pretty ocelot fur jacket. How lovely that must have looked on the ocelot. One has to have a heart of stone to cause the death of a wild animal just to hoard yet another jacket in the closet.
Review: 2009-10-29
Better than the others but...
This book has many pros, great photos, easy "girlfriend" text and although I prefer this book to other style manuals, such as Lucky's or Nina Garcia's, as she gives you room to make your own decisions instead of being told what to like i.e. the all mighty white button down ... there is one thing I didn't like, rather strongly too, is the fact that she advocates real fur so strongly (almost every page). Instead of giving you the option of real or faux fur, she tells you flat out, no faux fur, "I'm not into faux fur. Yuck. It looks (and feels!) dreadful. Don't go there." (pg. 42) I am by no means a faux fur expert, but I can tell you there are some lovely faux's out there (try vintage Glenoit). Being someone who has just recently said, "no" to real fur, (gave all my furs to the Humane Society for animal rehabilitation) I'm not sure if Ms. Brooks is just ignorant of the fur trade (as most people are, I was) or is just cold hearted, by deciding that the skinning of an animal alive and its suffering* for her vanity adds to her "allure"?
*animals are left to die and their meat isn't used for food, unlike cows (leather/ beef).
Review: 2009-10-28
The Missing Link
As a colour and image consultant (I'm also a decorator) I own a lot of books on style, fashion, body shapes etc. I totally agree with A.K. that so much is repeated in most books, that it is rare to find anything of value in them. Most writers start out with the goal of inspiring women - but merely descend into lists of wear this/don't wear that. BUT this book is a CORKER! It fills in the gaps, joins the dots, makes that gigantic leap from theory to very do-able practical in a way I have never seen before. And it is INSPIRING!! I felt so excited when I started this book - it is unique and will speak to you no matter where you are in your style journey. It also covers unique styles of dress. As the book quotes, style doesn't just happen - you need to study it. This book is the perfect text - and a highly readable and up-to-the-minute one at that.
Review: 2009-09-24
Just what I was looking for- A style encyclopedia!
I'm shocked at how good this book is. There are so many personal style/ inspiration books out there, that repeat the same information over and over again ("basics", "LBDs", etc.), and I have been disappointed in most of them ("Who What Wear", "Style Clinic", etc.) However, this book has great photographs from various decades (rare in most style books), does not assume you have no idea how fashionably dress, and is organized in a simple, easy to follow format. Don't let the simple cover, and terrible "inside view" on Amazon fool you- there's a wealth of info inside this book.
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