The Pocket Stylist: Behind-The-Scenes Expertise from a Fashion Pro on Creating Your Own Unique Look (by Kendall Farr)
This slim red volume wouldn’t quite fit into your pocket, but it is a wardrobe staple. It provides advice that doesn’t date: how to choose the classic building blocks for an amazing wardrobe. Once you have the skeleton, then you can just add one trend based item to a look to keep current.
Farr says, and I agree, that finding a good tailor is essential. She goes so far as to say that “great tailoring… is the single most critical factor in raising your style profile”.
A recurring theme is choosing fashion to fit your body type. Farr is adamant that any women can look good if she dresses to what she looks like now, not waiting until she’s the size she wants to be. Theoretically I agree with this, but for those on a limited budget this just isn’t practical. Why spend a lot of money on clothes you’ll only wear for a few months?
One tip from this book that I intend to try as soon as I can is the use of a clothing steamer to remove creases. So many fabrics just don’t cope with an iron but still need creases removed. And I have to admit I just like the idea of waving a magic wand in my closet and the clothes appearing perfectly pressed.
The Pocket Stylist is not so much of a fun read as, say, "Fashion Babylon", but it’s recommended to those who are really starting from scratch in improving their wardrobe. For the more fashion savvy, the advice is probably mostly what you’ve already worked out for yourselves.
Farr says, and I agree, that finding a good tailor is essential. She goes so far as to say that “great tailoring… is the single most critical factor in raising your style profile”.
A recurring theme is choosing fashion to fit your body type. Farr is adamant that any women can look good if she dresses to what she looks like now, not waiting until she’s the size she wants to be. Theoretically I agree with this, but for those on a limited budget this just isn’t practical. Why spend a lot of money on clothes you’ll only wear for a few months?
One tip from this book that I intend to try as soon as I can is the use of a clothing steamer to remove creases. So many fabrics just don’t cope with an iron but still need creases removed. And I have to admit I just like the idea of waving a magic wand in my closet and the clothes appearing perfectly pressed.
The Pocket Stylist is not so much of a fun read as, say, "Fashion Babylon", but it’s recommended to those who are really starting from scratch in improving their wardrobe. For the more fashion savvy, the advice is probably mostly what you’ve already worked out for yourselves.
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