Book: Harper's Bazaar Great Style: Best Ways to Update Your Look
Author: Jenny Levin
A recent trip to the library yielded some really exciting fashion book finds that I will be reviewing and posting on in order as I read them. The first of the books I read through, and in a flash mind you, is Harper's Bazaar Great Style: Best Ways to Update Your Look. Although published 3 years ago, the book gives some great ideas for women of all ages on ways to liven and refresh their existing wardrobe. The book gives helpful hints on must have wardrobe staples, basics and accessories while providing photographs of celebrities demonstrating the style under discussion. Some of the fashions found in the book were not oh-so current, but it wasn't glaringly out of date, and the book has plenty of classic ideas and fashions that will never go out of style. The book begins with a chapter on building upon and adding to your basics and provides a ever so helpful reminder of the "Closet Essentials: The five pieces every woman should own" reference list. With tips on what to buy when calendar and tips on how to shop like an expert it gives women a real place to start processing their existing closets and assessing what needs to be added or subtracted. A chapter discussing the different forms of fashion and style aesthetics offers pictorial ideas for women to discover (if not already sure) what their style or fashion sense is so that they can better express it. For those who are a little unsure of how to dress appropriately for their age, Chapter 3 "Fashion at Every Age: Dress your best at all stages of life" is a really great tool for dressing your best for your age. The next chapter is all about how to dress to flatter your shape, no matter your size or height. This section of the book is particularly encouraging for those of us who feel like finding something to flatter or not so thin bodies is nothing but a battle, because it shows that you really can find clothes that flatter YOUR shape if you look carefully for clothes that flatter, accentuate your best assets and "allow clothing to be your ally". The rest of the book covers dressing for the office (which was extremely helpful for me, since I start my new job next week and office attire is required), dressing for evening, Casual chic and every-day wear fashion, a chapter devoted to accessories, and even a helpful tutorial on lingerie essentials. Over all, I thought the book was fun, helpful, the photos are always my favorite things to look at and reference and there were plenty of those! Not a bad little book to have lying around I think.
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