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Summary: A breezy and funny book
Review: It's lots of fun to read and I read parts every night, staying up waaaay past my bedtime. It's inspiring me to toss out most of the clothes in my closet and start over. I loved the wide range of quotes running through it too. It's informative but also funny and it keeps you going, getting info on how to finally make sense of your wardrobe (and your shape). Makes a great gift with that shiny, graphic book jacket--and it's hard to imagine anyone not getting a big kick out of it.
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Summary: Great advice and fun too!
Review: Leah Feldon not only gives the best fashion advice on the planet, she does so in a way that makes her books the best fashion pick around. I have to admit I read this book without stopping. The combination of know how, style and put a smile on your face writing is just the best I've read in any fashion book and believe me I've read all of them. The numerous quotes by the rich and famous of fashion are worth the price all by themselves. Absolutely first rate.
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Summary: Excellent advice, but title is off putting
Review: Leah Feldon's latest book offers excellent advice on dressing slim, including colors & silhouettes. I hate the title, however, as it focuses on women's angst about their body image. A better title might simply be "Dressing Slim."
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Summary: Great book
Review: Leah Feldon's rules for slimming attire are wonderful. I have already made several changes in my wardrobe after reading this book and have noticed the difference in my appearance. Now if I could only lose those pesky 10 pounds...
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Summary: Does this make me look fat
Review: Leah hit a fashion homerun with her latest publication. She gives practical, down to earth and simplistic guidelines for dressing. I appreciated her (sometimes blunt) honesty about what styles are truly appropriate for what shapes and ages. My only concerns would be addressing issues for those who may not shop at top end stores and what options would be out there for them. Nevertheless, I was inspired and "weeded" out my closet that next weekend! Great sketches and tips that will stand the test of time!
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Summary: Best Fashion Advice
Review: Nobody is better than Leah Feldon in giving practical, workable and reality-based advice. I have read several of her books and each one takes a different point of view but always with the same theme: how to make clothes work for you. This book has simplified my life even more and has helped me to further organize my clothes around the way I live my life. A good value for the money.
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Summary: Good book, bad support
Review: The book gives very practical tips for looking slimmer. There's supposedly a website where you can post questions. However, after 5 months, they still haven't responded to the question.
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Summary: GOT TO HAVEIT, GOT TO HAVE IT!
Review: Thirty years ago, I would never have given much thought to a book of this nature. Just about anything and everything looked good as long as I took my height and body shape into consideration. Well, unless we want to look like Bo-Peep, there comes a time, particularly as we age, when we can often use a little help in "the looking good department". How many times have you absolutely adored the sleek, stunning ensemble in your favourite boutique only to discover that once you tried it on and looked in the mirror, what appeared was one of the Seven Dwarfs in disguise, a miniature Humpty Dumpty or a beanpole with knees?I read this book when it first appeared in print and now I know, even before I try an it on, whether an outfit will look good or not. The book advises what clothing designs, fabrics, colours and styles to stay away from and which ones will enhance appearance and mask imperfections. This book is absolutely fabulous and one any woman who wants to appear as a "well-dressed, pulled-together, style-conscious person" would not want to be without.
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Summary: Does this book make women look stupid?
Review: This author needs her consciousness raised, with a fork lift if necessary. Women whose feelings of self-worth depend on a hop on the scales or a glare in the mirror do not need clothes to help them feel better; they need a new attitude.It is foolish at best and ultimately self-destructive at worst to worship thinness and fear fatness. Human beings come in all sizes, all colors, all sorts of lumpy shapes, and thank goodness we don't all look like Barbie, no matter how we dress.Yes, larger women suffer from the fat bigotry of others, but that is the fault of the bigots, not the fatness. You can love your thighs exactly the way they are, and you can wear whatever colors you want to, only this author won't make any money off of your strength, character, and comfort with your body. She will make money off of mental deficits who are unwilling or unable to think critically. Note that this author argues that trying to get over fat phobia is "fruitless", so readers might as well fret about fat and skinny fabrics, or whether or not their pants have pleats. This is like a bartender arguing that an alcohalic might as well keep on drinking, because they're going to anyway. Ka Ching, Ka Ching. What we all need to do is love ourselves and others exactly as we are, without regard to anything as superficial as packaging.Do you remember that expression from the 70's? "If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem." Be a part of the solution: boycot this book.
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Summary: Valuable Advice
Review: This book is a collection of reasonable and sound fashion advice for dressing the body one has (not the one that is wished for, used to exist, etc.). By honestly answering questions about one's figure, face shape, physical shortcomings and assets the reader can then apply the fashion truisms presented and, indeed, dress "thinner". The author admits that the advice creates illusion but the reality is that simple changes can alter one's appearance for the better, regardless of body type. I especially appreciate that the author's approach is about making a wardrobe work better for the wearer-dressing well should not be a struggle.
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