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(More customer reviews)My new years resolution is get a fashion education and do a better job on spending money on clothes that really flatter me and fill the gaps in my wardrobe. I think buying this book was an excellent step. He does an amazing "1 2 3 let me show you how its done" job.
He covers body types all the way from 4' 9" and 90 pounds to over 6' and 250 and pounds - so pretty much the full gamet. (I think if you are smaller or bigger than that, could just use the smallest or biggest type and work with that). What I LOVE is that he talks about how beautiful each body type is and how great they can look by playing up their assets - so I think he does such a great job affirming women of all types. It reminds me a little bit of the book Metamorphosis by Richard Kibbe (a fabulous out of print book) in that it points out all the differnt types of beauty a woman can be.
I think it is really difficult to be objective about your own body and very easy for focus on the negatives. For example, I've always viewed myself as not all that womanly and feminine becuase I am very short and fairly slim. The tape measure doesn't lie and in this book, I learned that I pretty much have an hourglass figure (I thought only pin up girls had hour glass figures) and my celebrity body double is Salma Hayek - and she is pretty darn womanly!! What was I thinking!? And then he gives very specific suggestions on how to play up my waist, etc.
Yes, it is only 4 pages per body type, but it is very, very detailed and specific. He crams a lot of info into four pages and still makes it very visual. You'd pay a lot of money to get an expert to give you these specific guidelines. For each profile you get:
* details on what your blessings are - assets to play up
* your curses - i.e., I'm short and have to tailor just about everything which is a bit of a drag
* very, very detailed specifics on what to wear and not to wear for dresses, tops, pants, jewley, jackets and shoes (lots of info here - they used a very small font)
* a celebrity body double - from people like Alysso Milano on the petite side to Carolyn Manheim on the more plus side
* illustrations that show what not to wear and then what to wear for casual, work and formal.
The recommendations are conistent with what I know works for me (i.e., I've always known wrap dresses work for me), and I'm looking forward to trying some of the other suggestions. I think it is also interesting to see the body types that are close to mine. This would be a great book to share with some girlfriends and let them find their profile.
There is also a few chapters on general dressing guidelines, a nice list of items every woman should own (which is great if you are trying to really build a wardrobe like I am) and a very nice glossary of different types of clothes so if he says "avoid a a high stance jacket" or a "surplice top" and you don't know what is, you can see a picture and know exactly what he is talking about.
In short, if you are really looking for specific guidance - espeically if you are a "hard to dress" type - this is a gem.
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A celebrity fashion designer gives every woman the red-carpet treatment in this foolproof guide to choosing clothes that make you look fabulous—with tailor-made tips for forty-eight body types. The average American woman is 5"4' tall, weighs 160 pounds, wears a size 14, and bears no resemblance to the typical runway model. Yet the runway model sets the standard for "ideal" wardrobes. Top L.A. designer Bradley Bayou has dressed women of all shapes and sizes and knows that every woman has her own natural combination of silhouette shape, height, and weight. Style is not about fitting into the size you think is sexy, it is about picking clothes that fit your body correctly and that create balance. Perfect balance is perfect style. In The Science of Sexy, Bayou helps readers identify their silhouette shape (triangle, inverted triangle, rectangle, or hourglass) and combines that information with a height/weight chart to determine which of forty-eight "fitting rooms" to go to in the book. Each fitting room has Bradley's specific advice for that woman on the clothes and accessories to wear and avoid, and how to create balance using color, scale, proportions, and fabric. With a fabulous design and instructive and fun four-color illustrations throughout, The Science of Sexy takes the fear out of shopping and gives all women the gift of confidence that they deserve.
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