Product Description

Famous for talking about things people think about but don’t always say aloud, Brenda Kinsel tackles underwear, the booty, and the nightmare of shopping with kids — all while helping women make sense of the fashion world. She helps every woman have a healthier relationship with herself by taking a lighter look at hang-ups and a deeper look at fashion traps. This book takes 40 over 40 one step further, with more product information, more how-to specifics, more tools and interviews, and more expert commentary.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #604506 in Books
• Published on: 2001-04
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 224 pages

Customer Reviews

One of my favorite tools!
I pour over this book and another Brenda Kinsale title, "40 Over 40", twice a year at seasonal wardrobe evaluation time. Her advice is so solid, and her tone so supportive. My look has imporved greatly since I started studying her advice. My favorite is "Don't save anything for "best". There is no "best". Now I go a head and wear my nice clothes any old time and feel much better for it.

Where's your sense of adventure?
Women looking for "straightforward" advice will be disappointed.

If you can approach this book with an open mind, you'll have a lot of fun.

I really like the illustrations here and there, and especially the font Brenda used. It's easy on the eyes.

As far as the content, I'm fond of the "Fashion Calendar for Smarties" - a month by month look at what to expect in the stores each month. This is INDISPENSABLE.
I also love the "Fashion Feng Shui".

I haven't finished reading this book yet, but it's already given me a different approach to shopping for my wardrobe. It's about loving myself, not punishing myself with dreary clothes, or camouflaging myself! It's about a sense of adventure, and creativity.

Most of all, I adore her writing style. It's extremely upbeat and energetic, and very warm. There was no picture of Brenda Kinsel anywhere in the book, so I searched under her name in Yahoo pictures. I pictured her as a happy, smiling, uplifting woman. I found only one picture of her, but she was exactly as I had imagined her!

Anyway - Would I recommend this book? As I said above, if you can open your mind, YES!
IF you want to look at the world with new eyes - YES.
If you're tired of "practical", cold, uninspirational books about fashion that make you even more afraid of shopping, get this book.

...And please don't skip the introduction!

Waste of time and money
A book like this should be something you would keep and refer back to - this went right in my recycle bin. Extremely disappointing. The only thing that was new or helpful in the least was the suggestion to look for clothing in colors that were reflected in your eyes, hair etc. Other then that I cannot think of anything. Pretty much a waste of time and money. I felt the same way about her 'Over 40' book that I also foolishly bought.