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Dress Your Best: The Complete Guide to Finding the Style That's Right for Your BodyDress Your Best: The Complete Guide to Finding the Style That's Right for Your Body by Clinton Kelly
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $4.00
Much better than Trinny and Susannah's books! Excellent fit suggestions.
Glamour's Big Book of Dos and Don'ts: Fashion Help for Every WomanGlamour's Big Book of Dos and Don'ts: Fashion Help for Every Woman by Cindi Leive
Buy new: $18.25 / Used from: $0.01
Glamour "don'ts" are always great fun.
The Pocket Stylist: Behind-the-Scenes Expertise from a Fashion Pro on Creating Your Own LookThe Pocket Stylist: Behind-the-Scenes Expertise from a Fashion Pro on Creating Your Own Look by Kendall Farr
Buy new: $13.00 / Used from: $5.73
Superb tailoring and fit suggestions
Forever Cool: How To Achieve Ageless, Youthful, and Modern Personal StyleForever Cool: How To Achieve Ageless, Youthful, and Modern Personal Style by Sherrie Mathieson
Buy used from: $1.99
Some of the color advice is a little iffy, but the pictures of the "fashion don'ts" are dead on.
The Lucky Shopping Manual: Building and Improving Your Wardrobe Piece by PieceThe Lucky Shopping Manual: Building and Improving Your Wardrobe Piece by Piece by Andrea Linett
Buy new: $19.80 / Used from: $2.25
Lots of pictures. A little on the youthful side, so if you are of a certain age, use discretion!
In Style: Instant Style (Your Season-By-Season Guide for Work and Weekend)In Style: Instant Style (Your Season-By-Season Guide for Work and Weekend) by Kathleen Fifield
Buy new: $19.77 / Used from: $1.10
Excellent suggestions for occasion dressing.
Trinny and Susannah Take on America: What Your Clothes Say About YouTrinny and Susannah Take on America: What Your Clothes Say About You by Trinny Woodall
Buy new: $15.56 / Used from: $0.01
Finally a book ALMOST worthy of Trinny and Susannah's considerable talent. Almost.
Chic Simple: What Should I Wear?: Dressing for OccasionsChic Simple: What Should I Wear?: Dressing for Occasions by Kim Johnson Gross
Buy used from: $0.46
Tons of pictures. Needs an update (hint, hint), but still excellent.
Frumpy to Foxy in 15 Minutes Flat: Style Advice for Every WomanFrumpy to Foxy in 15 Minutes Flat: Style Advice for Every Woman by Elycia Rubin
Buy new: $15.34 / Used from: $0.01
Easy going, West Coast casual style.
Makeup Makeovers: Expert Secrets for Stunning TransformationsMakeup Makeovers: Expert Secrets for Stunning Transformations by Robert Jones
Buy new: $14.93 / Used from: $11.90
The best makeup book out there. Simply superb.
The 5-Minute Face: The Quick & Easy Makeup Guide for Every WomanThe 5-Minute Face: The Quick & Easy Makeup Guide for Every Woman by Carmindy
Buy used from: $3.91
How cute is Carmindy? As the title implies, this book is very basic. However, Carmindy finally reveals the name brands of some of the products she uses.
Figure It Out! The Real Woman's Guide to Great StyleFigure It Out! The Real Woman's Guide to Great Style by Geri Brin
Buy used from: $0.01
Attractive, modern plus-size dressing
Nothing to Wear?: A Five-Step Cure for the Common ClosetNothing to Wear?: A Five-Step Cure for the Common Closet by Joe Lupo
Buy used from: $0.68
Find your style, fix your closet.
Tim Gunn: A Guide to Quality, Taste and Style (Tim Gunn's Guide to Style)Tim Gunn: A Guide to Quality, Taste and Style (Tim Gunn's Guide to Style) by Tim Gunn
Buy new: $12.89 / Used from: $4.26
Not so much of a "how-to" for your clothes,this is a philosophy of "quality, taste and style". Hmm...maybe my obsession with clothes isn't so shallow.
What You Wear Can Change Your LifeWhat You Wear Can Change Your Life by Trinny Woodall
Buy used from: $0.01
I love the BBC T. V. show, but the books Trinny and Susannah put out are disappointing. This one gets a mention because of the chapter on unique and sophiticated color combinations. Very fresh!
In the Dressing Room with Brenda: A Fun and Practical Guide to Buying Smart and Looking GreatIn the Dressing Room with Brenda: A Fun and Practical Guide to Buying Smart and Looking Great by Brenda Kinsel
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More Brenda Kinsel.
40 Over 40: 40 Things Every Women over 40 Needs to Know About Getting Dressed40 Over 40: 40 Things Every Women over 40 Needs to Know About Getting Dressed by Brenda Reiten Kinsel
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Every woman over 40 needs to read this book.
Jackie: The Clothes of CamelotJackie: The Clothes of Camelot by Jay Mulvaney
Buy used from: $4.01
How to be a fashion icon 101
Audrey StyleAudrey Style by Pamela Clarke Keogh
Buy new: $28.80 / Used from: $8.84
Nobody ever dressed better or was a lovlier lady.
The LITTLE BLACK DRESSThe LITTLE BLACK DRESS by Amy Holman Edelman
Buy used from: $4.01
A homage to the classic, basic, beautiful black dress.
D.V.D.V. by Diana Vreeland
Buy new: $12.24 / Used from: $8.17
Fabulous and fun biography.
Love, Loss, and What I WoreLove, Loss, and What I Wore by Ilene Beckerman
Buy used from: $0.46
A collection of odes to memorable outfits.
Obsessed by DressObsessed by Dress
Buy new: $17.50 / Used from: $0.33
Fashionistas (and others) wax poetic on the art of clothes
How to Have a Life-StyleHow to Have a Life-Style by Quentin Crisp
Buy used from: $5.07
The most important book ever written. Although written in the 1980's, the observations are ageless. Quentin Crisp was a genius.