Jill Martin (2)Críticas

With colorful illustrations and easy to follow text, Fashion for Dummies is the perfect book for fashion novices or experts who need a refresher course. It covers everything from fashion/clothing terms to tricks on how to extend your wardrobe. Definitely one of the most accessible style manuals around.

It's not rocket science: it's true that if you've read a lot of women's magazines, you are probably familiar with most of these concepts. However, I don't know about you but I don't keep old magazines lying around for when I need a refresher (that reminds me of a hoarder). It was nice to have all that advice assembled in one book; having it all together was not all convenient but far more motivating to have the entire process laid out, as opposed to a series of articles.

The concept of making your entire closet make you feel like a ten is a good one. While my clothes don't make me feel like that, I did weed down to pretty well just my favourites. Actually, I took the book too literally: I got rid of almost everything that did not make me feel good to wear it. Now I am left with a problem of practicality: what do I clean the house in, my Ralph Lauren? I've been doing it in my camisole or my workout clothes (sorry Jill and Dana: my workout clothes do not make me feel sexy or cute, they just wick the sweat off my body), so I wish I had not followed their advice to the letter and saved a few shirts for cleaning and painting.

This book is not some amazing life-changer or a model of good writing, but it does get you to rethink what pieces of clothing you are using precious real estate to keep. I did not like their ideas on organization but some people might and just weeding like they said was enough to get my wardrobe under control. This is not I book worth keeping; once you change your pattern, I don't think you need it to follow this model the rest of your life. It is not worth shelling out a lot of cash. However, if you can get it for cheap (like I did) or split it with a few friends, it is an easy read, motivating and worth passing on to another. Borrow it or share it with a group of friends (it recommends a group process anyway). My copy is making the rounds...

It's not rocket science: it's true that if you've read a lot of women's magazines, you are probably familiar with most of these concepts. However, I don't know about you but I don't keep old magazines lying around for when I need a refresher (that reminds me of a hoarder). It was nice to have all that advice assembled in one book; having it all together was not all convenient but far more motivating to have the entire process laid out, as opposed to a series of articles.

The concept of making your entire closet make you feel like a ten is a good one. While my clothes don't make me feel like that, I did weed down to pretty well just my favourites. Actually, I took the book too literally: I got rid of almost everything that did not make me feel good to wear it. Now I am left with a problem of practicality: what do I clean the house in, my Ralph Lauren? I've been doing it in my camisole or my workout clothes (sorry Jill and Dana: my workout clothes do not make me feel sexy or cute, they just wick the sweat off my body), so I wish I had not followed their advice to the letter and saved a few shirts for cleaning and painting.

This book is not some amazing life-changer or a model of good writing, but it does get you to rethink what pieces of clothing you are using precious real estate to keep. I did not like their ideas on organization but some people might and just weeding like they said was enough to get my wardrobe under control. This is not I book worth keeping; once you change your pattern, I don't think you need it to follow this model the rest of your life. It is not worth shelling out a lot of cash. However, if you can get it for cheap (like I did) or split it with a few friends, it is an easy read, motivating and worth passing on to another. Borrow it or share it with a group of friends (it recommends a group process anyway). My copy is making the rounds...

I'm glad I borrowed this book. It could be boiled down to a good 2-page magazine article.