Dress Your Best: The Complete Guide to Finding the Style That's Right for Your Body
by Clinton Kelly, Stacy London
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Author: Clinton Kelly, Stacy LondonEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2005-09-13
ISBN: 0307236714
Number of pages: 256
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
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- ISBN13: 9780307236715
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Book Reviews of Dress Your Best: The Complete Guide to Finding the Style That's Right for Your Body
Book Review: I prefer Trinny and Susannah
Summary: 3 Stars
I think this book is helpful, but I found Trinny and Susannah's What Not to Wear far more so and much more interesting. Maybe it depends on your figure problems. I couldn't really find myself in Dress Your Best. The one I'd be closest to was somewhat helpful, but many of their recommendations would have exaggerated other figure flaws. There are way too many 4-inch heels in here to be practical - great for photos, not for walking more than a block or two. I only found 3 pairs of womens shoes in this book that looked like they could be considered "flat" (two were kitten heels).
They don't address things like flabby arms, short legs, or thick ankles. They just put you in a structured jacket, pointy shoes, an A-line skirt or straight-legged (usually) pants and call it good. Or a sleeveless dress, because that always looks good from the front. I have watched their show for many seasons, and have often thought that they try to find women (in this book and on the show) who either have a proportionally narrow waistline or proportionally narrow ankles and then emphasize it. Stacey and Clinton may recognize figure flaws, but they have no idea what it's like to actually have one or two.
This is one reason why I like Trinny and Susannah - they talk the talk AND walk the walk; half the fun is seeing what they are wearing and whether it works. All you can learn from looking at Stacey is that if something looks bad on her (extremely rare), it won't look good on anyone. Trinny and Susannah started What Not to Wear in Britain and it was a great show for a few years until they changed their format and seemed to start taking themselves too seriously. During it's best years, I found it superior to the American What Not to Wear, because they came up with much more interesting and feminine clothing - more boots, beautiful skirts and sweaters, and less of a uniform. And they were funny and down-to-earth. Their show was half an hour with only relevant information (I fast-forward through their new hour-long shows and the hour-long American version with Clinton and Stacey.)
What I do like about this book is its simplicity. They keep things straight-forward and short. They show the different women in casual clothing and work clothing, not just designer dresses. I don't think it's a problem that they didn't discuss hair or makeup - there is a similarly simple book by Carmindy on makeup and I believe Nick has a book out on hair. This book is called "Dress Your Best" implying the topic is how to dress.
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Summary of Dress Your Best: The Complete Guide to Finding the Style That's Right for Your Body
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.
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