Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 646.34 EAN: 9780061234903 ISBN: 0061234907 Label: Collins Living Manufacturer: Collins Living Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 160 Publication Date: September 01, 2007 Publisher: Collins Living Release Date: September 04, 2007 Sales Rank: 7111 Studio: Collins Living
Every time you dress, you assert your identity. With style, you tell the world your story. In that way, style affords you opportunities to think about your appearance as a quality of your creative character. The Little Black Book of Style helps you to explore your own fashion voice—the piece of you that joyously revels in the glamorous experience of creating your best self. From cultivating good taste to guarding against definite fashion faux pas, Nina Garcia offers readers the ultimate guide to follow when it comes to dressing their best. Including tips on how and when to wear an outfit, occasion-appropriate wear, advice on how to combine colors and textures, and inspiration on how to achieve your own signature look, you learn how to experiment, storyboard, archive, and play. Timeless and universal, this book seeks to remind women that eternal style is internal style, and that everyone has what it takes to discover themselves through the colorful palette that is fashion.
What Others Say
Nice, Informative Style Book
I was very excited to read The Little Black Book of Style by Nina Garcia, former editor-at-large at Elle Magazine and judge on Bravo's popular tv show "Project Runway." Nina provides her own point of view on style and fashion as well as provides useful tips from many of her famous designer friends. I really liked her account of her upbringing in Columbia and how her mother and father, as well as the other residents in her town, shaped her sense of style.
While The Little Black Book of Style does not offer mind-blowing advice, it was a nice read and may reinforce what you already know. Since I'm a big fan of Project Runway, I could almost hear Nina talking to me while reading her book. She is very knowledgable in her field, so I will pretty much listen ... Read More
Just good.
I bought this along with Nina's other book, the one hundred, and while this one is good, I would recommend the one hundred way over this one. It's a nice read, and again filled with gorgeous illustrations, but I find that the other book is more useful for advice and a solid fashion foundation. The other one is also much longer.
unhelpful but enjoyable
The Little Black Book of Style is by no means greatly useful or innovative. It's really just long on charm, and short on substance. It's a tiny book that tells you there are staples and classics in (western) fashion - gosh, did you know that a trench coat is apparently timeless? There's also a lot of quotes from designers and well-dressed folk of ages past, but these seem like obvious ploys to fill in the pages. That said, there is a lot of pure joy expressed for clothes here, and I did like the tongue-in-cheek overview of some awesome clothes in cinema. One thing that The Little Black Book of Style does do is not take it all too seriously.
The book, to be fair, is hardly distasteful - it's just not very useful if you are looking to revamp your look, or to get an idea of ... Read More
Doesnt help you learn about how to style
There is nothing in The Little Black Book of Style that will help you dress or style better. I dont understand why is so difficult to write tips that can help women learn and understand how to dress according to their body type.
I mean, the reason why Im buying The Little Black Book of Style is to learn how to style. Instead, she talks about designer picks, like how this designer says you should like cashmere, or the top 5 celebrities she think are stylish.. etc. Nothing really helpful.
Everything here you could've read it in any Cosmo magazine.
If you're looking for some "inspiration"
The Little Black Book of Style does NOT give advice on:
1) what to wear for your particular body shape (e.g. double or single breasted coat; above, at or below knee length hem; straight leg or flared pants); or
2) how to work the reveal and conceal tricks (e.g. emphasis your small waist; make your legs appear longer, your breasts smaller or bigger etc...); or
3) what colour suits you best, i.e. cool or warm tone; or
4) what are the fundamental pieces in every woman's wardrobe.
The book does give some ideas on:
1) how to dress for different occasions (e.g. weddings, cocktail party, interviews etc...), only very briefly;
2) where to look for style inspirations. It gives you lists of movies to watch (e.g. Pulp Fiction for ... Read More
