A Guide to Elegance: For Every Woman Who Wants to Be Well and Properly Dressed on All Occasions

A Guide to Elegance: For Every Woman Who Wants to Be Well and Properly Dressed on All Occasions
by Genevieve Antoine Dariaux

A Guide to Elegance: For Every Woman Who Wants to Be Well and Properly Dressed on All Occasions
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Author: Genevieve Antoine Dariaux
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2004-08-01
ISBN: 0060757345
Number of pages: 240
Publisher: William Morrow

Book Reviews of A Guide to Elegance: For Every Woman Who Wants to Be Well and Properly Dressed on All Occasions

Book Review: From another planet.....!
Summary: 1 Stars

Despite my gag reflex, I had to read this entire book in a kind of horrified fascination. Did our mothers generation and before actually live, or aspire to live, like this? The information is totally out-of-date and not reflective of todays woman:

How to wear veils - page 196

On being short: "realize that there are many men who simply adore doll-like women and you ought to accentuate your appealing air of 'a little bird fallen from its nest.' Be delicate, extremely meticulous in your grooming, scatter-brained, tender-hearted and helpless. Men will want to protect you thoughout your life..." page 75

It's apparently horribly crass to wear sandles in the city, drop earrings in daytime, wear diamonds before 30 and to wear shoes over 2-1/2" tall. Ever.

Written in 1964 and supposedly updated in 2004. I can't see where. This book tells how to pack for a "sea voyage" and to not "tug at your girdle".

OMG!!! I'm free, FREE, REALLY FREEEEEE! I'm so glad to live in modern times. But sorry I wasted money on this relic of history.

Summary of A Guide to Elegance: For Every Woman Who Wants to Be Well and Properly Dressed on All Occasions

The original What Not to Wear from one of fashion's most enduringly stylish women ...

Written by French style guru Madame Genevieve Antoine Dariaux, Elegance is a classic style bible for timeless chic, grace, and poise -- every tidbit of advice today's woman could possibly need, all at the tips of her (perfectly manicured) fingers. From Accessories to Zippers, Madame Dariaux imparts her pearls of wisdom on all things fashion-related -- and also offers advice on other crucial areas in life from shopping with girlfriends (don't) to marriage and sex.

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