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Closet Smarts: Flatter Your Figure with the Clothes You Already Have
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Chunky calves? Avoid capri pants and mid-calf skirts like the plague.
Poochy belly? A V-neck top will bring the eye up in the most flattering way, as long as it doesn't cling.
And hundreds more tips keyed to your figure and how to make it look its best!
Finally, the real secret for looking thinner without dieting or exercise! It's all about what you wear. In this book, women will learn how to analyze their figure strengths and weaknesses and play up their good features while minimizing their weaknesses. They'll find out how to choose the colors that flatter them most and find the clothes that will look great on them as well as avoiding clothes that will look awful. Shopping for clothes will never be a dreaded chore again!
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #184033 in Books
- Published on: 2006-08-07
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 192 pages
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Ok, but...
On one hand, this book was a complete breath of fresh air--10 real women, some plus-size, some too skinny, some boyish, some too bosomy, were the models throughout the book. Hooray! Real women in a fashion book. I loved it already. But then as I continued through, I realized that the author's attitude was turning me off completely. "I know your plight" she says, "you don't have a full length mirror anywhere in your house and that's the reason you don't care what your shoes look like with your outfit." ??? We have 2 full length mirrors. I don't know any girl who doesn't. "I know you hate your body parts....but I will show you how to create a silhouette that plays up what you want to show off." I do not 'hate' any of my body parts--I have big boobs, most shirts are not cut for that, but I do not hate them. I wanted a fresh perspective on pulling outfits together for someone with my particular body type, I don't normally wear tents or anything, which seems to be the author's perspective. Another thing was the small comments here and there, such as, after the complete omission of shorts, she says in the concluding chapter "I pray shorts are not in your closet at all." What about the summer months when it's 90 degrees and you're outside all day and skirts are not really going to work because you're chasing children around and would not want to give all the neighbors a show? Practicality has to come in somewhere. Also, some (several) of the "after" pictures that she showed still did not look very put-together to me. All in all, while her aim was admirable, her attempt to speak to "the average person" came off as somewhat condescending, and her fashion "help" was not very helpful. I much preferred "The Lucky Shopping Manual."
Great voice!
Reading through Emily Neill's book was an extremely inspirational experience. I wanted to go through my closet immediately and start reorganizing and I am pleased to say that I got rid of the one cashmere sweater set that I kept around out of guilt and no longer clung to those black turtle necks that swallowed me up. No use keeping things out of guilt! Out with the shapeless. Emily Neill offered some great advice for all shapes and sizes of women and provided a clear and empowering voice for women to enhance the best and detract attention from the troubled spots. Loved her voice-- straightforward, honest and smart. Thank you!!!! My only request next time is to include the flat chested post two baby body!!!!
Realistic and helpful clothing advice!
Here's what I really like about this book:
- Actual real people of all sorts (the *REAL* sizes they wear are listed, which is very nice, in all those magazines the stars weights and sizes are totally fabricated, it seems) are used as examples.
- The real people look fantastic and how they got that way is totally reasonable and not due to them changing their bodies, just what they put on them!
- You can totally tell that the clothes they use in the book are like normal "I can buy it at the mall or in a catalog" type of clothes. In so many of the other books I've seen like this, or even in magazines or on those shows, they dress people in crazy expensive stuff so OF COURSE they look good! I'd look good in a Chanel suit too! sheesh! In this book, I actually recognized stuff I'd seen in stores which made it all feel so much more 'do-able'. Very down to earth in that way.
Over all I would highly recommend this book, 5 stars for sure!
