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Closet Smarts: Flatter Your Figure with the Clothes You Already Have
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Manufacturer: Fair Winds Press
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 646.34
EAN: 9781592331895
ISBN: 1592331890
Label: Fair Winds Press
Manufacturer: Fair Winds Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 192
Publication Date: 2006-08-07
Publisher: Fair Winds Press
Studio: Fair Winds Press
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Editorial Reviews:
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Short-waisted? Wearing a low-slung belt the color of your pants or skirts lengthens your waist like magic. Chunky calves? Avoid capri pants and mid-calf skirts like the plague. Poochy belly? A V-neck top will bring the eye up in the most flattering way, as long as it doesn't cling. And hundreds more tips keyed to your figure and how to make it look its best! Finally, the real secret for looking thinner without dieting or exercise! It's all about what you wear. In this book, women will learn how to analyze their figure strengths and weaknesses and play up their good features while minimizing their weaknesses. They'll find out how to choose the colors that flatter them most and find the clothes that will look great on them as well as avoiding clothes that will look awful. Shopping for clothes will never be a dreaded chore again!
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Customer Rating: 
Summary: A good start...
Comment: Overall, this book was a good start to develop a foundation on the basics of appropriate shapes for different body types. I really liked that she used real people but at the same time, I didn't agree with some of her choices for these models. The book didn't address wearing proper foundations which is critical for everyday wear, and the color schemes were a bit drab in some cases. Stacey and Clinton talk about this ad naseum on their copycat show "What Not To Wear", it's not only about shaping as well as it is color too. I would recommend this but there are better books that go into greater detail about the shape of clothes, complementary color choices, and the importance of wearing proper fitting undergarments.
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Summary: "with real women of SOME sizes..."
Comment: ...is what the cover caption should read. The author introduces her book's great approach: discuss top and bottom body shapes separately, but fails to deliver because she's missing shapes (including mine: flat chest, flat bottom, 5'0").
As a no-nonsense just-get-to-the-tips kind of self-help reader, I weeded through wordy "fluff" and repetition to capture the points. I agree with other reviewers: her writing's a turn-off, reduce turtleneck chapter to 2 pages, and edit & proofread please (another confusing point: details on the same sweater modeled by two different women on different pages--one caption states it deemphasizes a large chest, but the other caption says it shows off curves).
Useful tips I learned: v neckline tops flatter; crewnecks & turtlenecks generally don't. Book may be helpful for curvy (bust/hips) 5'5" women.
Recommendation: borrow from the library or preview at a bookstore before you buy.
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Summary: Closet smarts = more like average intelligence
Comment: I agree with the other reviewers who mention that this book would have benefitted from better editing -- there are a lot of inconsistencies in this book. What caused me to be lukewarm about the value of this book, though, is that I didn't find my body shape in this at all. If you are about 5'5", a size 10, and 36B bra size, you will probably love this book.
The author spent far too much time making her point about turtleneck sweaters. She could have devoted 2 pages to the topic and the reader would still have gotten it. I did appreciate the examples she gave of nicely put-together outfits that included turtlenecks. It can be done, but again, readers don't need a whole chapter to understand.
She completely leaves out the flat-chested (me) and the large breasted (okay, there's one very cute plus-size model). Her models tend to be Ms. Average America -- 5'5", 150 or so pounds (I would guess), 36B cup. Her 2 petite models tend to be skinny and she has just one tall model. Also the book doesn't seem to acknowledge that women over 5'2" tall might be smaller than a size 8.
As another reviewer mentioned, some of the suggested outfits aren't much of an improvement over the originals. Also, I think she misses the mark on some of the models. The model who is held up as the "hourglass" example, for instance, looked more like a rectangle to me.
So again, this book might appeal to some people, but don't count necessarily on finding your body type in it.
Customer Rating:
Summary: closet smarts
Comment: i learned so much, i went shopping, right after reading, i was able to do so much better with my wardrobe purchases.
i love it.
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Summary: Major faux pas
Comment: Overall this is a pretty good book dealing with silhouettes and proportions. I would give this a higher rating if it were not for a major error. A model who is initially described as being short-waisted and who seems to be from the photograph, is described in later chapters as long-waisted. This to me is a major "faux pas" and a very glaring one at that since I was somewhat confused by the recommendations for her body type.
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