Dress Your Best: The Complete Guide to Finding the Style That's Right for Your Body
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By: Clinton Kelly and Stacy London
Format: Paperback
From: Three Rivers Press
Pub. Date: August 2005
From: Three Rivers Press
Pub. Date: August 2005
Product Details:
Catalog: Book
Release Date: 2005-09-13
Media: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 256
Ean: 9780307236715
Isbn: 0307236714
Catalog: Book
Release Date: 2005-09-13
Media: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 256
Ean: 9780307236715
Isbn: 0307236714
ABOUT THE BOOK
EDITORIAL REVIEW
The 8 million fans of TLC’s hottest show, What Not to Wear, know it as the place to go for real-life fashion advice. Now the show’s hosts, Clinton Kelly and Stacy London, offer spot-on fashion wisdom—with an attitude—in this fully illustrated, authoritative, and irreverent fashion guide to dressing your best for every occasion. Clinton and Stacy’s surefire method for boosting appearance rests on their belief that we can all win admiring glances by selecting clothes that play up our positives and create a balanced body shape. In Dress Your Best, Clinton and Stacy match a wide range of female and male body types with the perfect work, casual, and evening attire, showing you exactly how to make your best parts “work” for you.
Dressing tips for 26 body types!
Features 18 women and 8 men: bigger on top, bigger on bottom, a little extra in the middle, not curvy, extra curvy, small-framed, athletic, and more!
Whether you’re searching for a way to accentuate your assets, puzzling over the right print pattern for your frame, or just looking for a solution to the dilemma “What do I need to wear to look fabulous?” you’ll find here the universal tips, dos and don’ts, seasonal alternatives, and must-haves that will deliver the answers. Dress Your Best is certain to become the standard by which all other fashion guides are measured.
Dressing tips for 26 body types!
Features 18 women and 8 men: bigger on top, bigger on bottom, a little extra in the middle, not curvy, extra curvy, small-framed, athletic, and more!
Whether you’re searching for a way to accentuate your assets, puzzling over the right print pattern for your frame, or just looking for a solution to the dilemma “What do I need to wear to look fabulous?” you’ll find here the universal tips, dos and don’ts, seasonal alternatives, and must-haves that will deliver the answers. Dress Your Best is certain to become the standard by which all other fashion guides are measured.
USER REVIEWS
"This has been the best book on clothing I've seen. They are NOT here to tell you your style like "classic," "bohemian," "Victorian"... What they do is tell you how to deal with your body shape. They steer you toward the best style clothing for your body shape.
There are women and men of every shape in three heights: petite, average and tall and everyone is dressed in a black swimsuit (for women) and boxers (for men).
You determine where you fit in the shape category and height and then read the advise to look your best.
It is very straight forward and concise which is a huge help for just getting the facts.
You can glean from the other body shapes as well but clothing for your shape is right there in a nutshell."
~ Written on 2008-09-08
There are women and men of every shape in three heights: petite, average and tall and everyone is dressed in a black swimsuit (for women) and boxers (for men).
You determine where you fit in the shape category and height and then read the advise to look your best.
It is very straight forward and concise which is a huge help for just getting the facts.
You can glean from the other body shapes as well but clothing for your shape is right there in a nutshell."
~ Written on 2008-09-08
"I liked this book the first time I read it, and liked it more when I reread the sections that most applied to me. It's packed with concise observations and recommendations, delivered in a friendly, humorous, vibrant style. I haven't seen any other books for men that address the obvious differences in men's bodies and what works best on those who are short, tall, barrel-chested, big-waisted, etc. etc. At most there is a paragraph or two; most of the advice only applies to average height slim men. I found that several of the types applied to me most directly; but "universal tips" are found throughout the section for men, so all of it is worth reading. Some of the tips in the section for women also apply to men. I would actually like Clinton and Stacy to write another book organized differently, in which they could systematically take up questions like "what colors go together?" (for the clueless newbies among us) and color theory more generally, color considerations and skin tone, different kinds of fabrics, and just clothing issues thematically.
One thing I've noticed in the several books I have read on style is how often an author contradicts himself or lays down rules that other authors contradict, or just generally states rules without much rationale that seem really idiosyncratic to me. I didn't see a single statment in Clinton and Stacy's book that fell down in this regard, and that's high praise. "
~ Written on 2008-08-24
One thing I've noticed in the several books I have read on style is how often an author contradicts himself or lays down rules that other authors contradict, or just generally states rules without much rationale that seem really idiosyncratic to me. I didn't see a single statment in Clinton and Stacy's book that fell down in this regard, and that's high praise. "
~ Written on 2008-08-24
"Great book! Not only do you get information on how to dress your own particular body shape, but the book is filled with "universal tips" in every section. Also included is a list of items for properly stocking your closet... for both women and men. For those who need just a little help and for those who don't have a clue, this is a great buy!"
~ Written on 2008-08-15
~ Written on 2008-08-15
"I am an avid watcher of the weekly television show What Not To Wear, so when I saw this book, I added it to my Amazon wishlist. I finally got around to buying it last week, and I am about to leave my desk right now to ship it back.
Although the advice is sound, the entire book only had 3 pages relevant to me. I'm sorry, but I'm not paying $16 for a book that I can only read/use 3 pages of.
I was able to find my body type, which is not curvy, average height, and it included some good tips about fit for my body type...but the rest of the book was useless to me.
I thought the book was going to be about putting together a look, and how to shop for specific items, but it wasn't.
My recommendation to anyone who is looking for a book about style and how to put together looks is this...don't buy this book, buy The Lucky Shopping Manual: Building and Improving Your Wardrobe Piece by Piece, which actually has tons and tons of great advice for how to develop your style and what items you need, etc. They also have another great book coming out in Oct. called The Lucky Guide to Mastering Any Style: Creating Iconic Looks and Making Them Your Own, which has information about how to put together the 10 most popular fashion styles (rock and roll, bohemian, etc)...now THAT book I can't wait to buy, and I know it will be worth every penny."
~ Written on 2008-08-11
Although the advice is sound, the entire book only had 3 pages relevant to me. I'm sorry, but I'm not paying $16 for a book that I can only read/use 3 pages of.
I was able to find my body type, which is not curvy, average height, and it included some good tips about fit for my body type...but the rest of the book was useless to me.
I thought the book was going to be about putting together a look, and how to shop for specific items, but it wasn't.
My recommendation to anyone who is looking for a book about style and how to put together looks is this...don't buy this book, buy The Lucky Shopping Manual: Building and Improving Your Wardrobe Piece by Piece, which actually has tons and tons of great advice for how to develop your style and what items you need, etc. They also have another great book coming out in Oct. called The Lucky Guide to Mastering Any Style: Creating Iconic Looks and Making Them Your Own, which has information about how to put together the 10 most popular fashion styles (rock and roll, bohemian, etc)...now THAT book I can't wait to buy, and I know it will be worth every penny."
~ Written on 2008-08-11
"I purchased this book because my 13 year old daughter LOVES watching "What Not to Wear". It has helped her to learn more about how to look the way she wants to look and not to look "made up". It is a great how-to for anyone of any age."
~ Written on 2008-08-11
~ Written on 2008-08-11