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| The Pocket Stylist: Behind-the-Scenes Expertise from a Fashion Pro on Creating Your Own Look | 
 enlarge | Author: Kendall Farr
Publisher: Gotham
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  98 reviews
Sales Rank: 4425
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 197
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 5.4 x 0.7
ISBN: 1592400418
Dewey Decimal Number: 646.34
EAN: 9781592400416
ASIN: 1592400418
Publication Date: January 26, 2004
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Product Description
A celebrity fashion stylist reveals the tricks of her trade and shows women of all sizes how to pull together their own polished, individual look. Whether shes petite, average, or plus size, every woman has experienced the frustration of searching for flattering clothes. In The Pocket Stylist every reader can have a consultation with her own personal stylist and use the authors behind-the-scenes wardrobe wisdom:
- Taking her true measurementsfrom eight different body zonesto ensure an attractive fit based on the readers unique silhouette and the proportions that will flatter it best
- Why ready-to-wear isnt, and how and when to use a tailor for a custom fit
- The best fabrics for your unique silhouette
- How to balance trends with the classic, indispensable pieces that are the backbone of any well-conceived wardrobe
- What closet archaeology can unearth and reveal about your wardrobe needs
- Why the right lingerie makes a critical difference in the fit of your clothes
- Tips from other experts on the beauty principles that ground your everyday look Bobbi Brown and Sonja Kashuk for makeup and Kevin Mancuso for hairoffer backstage access
- Accessories that give an outfit an individual look and that no versatile wardrobe should be without
Best of all, The Pocket Stylist features specifically edited shopping lists for various body types. Four styled looks for each silhouettefrom jeans-casual to cocktailsillustrate ideal proportion and fit. The reader becomes Kendall Farrs client and will learn to shop and dress herself like a pro. The Pocket Stylist delivers the behind the camera expertise of a veteran stylist in one purse-size indispensable guide.
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 A single source on how to look your best September 30, 2004
379 out of 392 found this review helpful
I am a French woman living in the US and have been looking for a book to teach my teenage daughter all the things that French women know about dressing well. This is THE book. It has everything. It covers subjects that may be covered elsewhere such as body type and flattering style, fit, how to build a wardrobe, what to invest in and what to have fun with. What I found most valuable, though, was how the author dispels the myths that fashion magazines promote. For example, she tells you how she prepares for a photoshoot and erases the myth of effortless good looks. She advocates that looking good is not about wearing the latest fashion, but knowing what makes you look good and wearing it. She outlines a basic wardrobe of timeless high quality basics that flatter and supplement with trendier and cheaper items that are fun but will not last as long in your wardrobe. This is how I dress and I can testify that it works.
I will be for ever grateful to my grandmother for teaching me to recognize when a garment fits and when it does not. Therefore, my highest mark in this book goes to the two pages explaining how to tell if a jacket fits. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
If you want just one book to teach you how to be stylish, this is the one. If you want to further explore how French women dress, look at "Chic and Slim" by Ann Baronne.
A book every woman who wants to look her best should own February 16, 2004
184 out of 186 found this review helpful
In the sea of so called 'fashion experts', Farr is a real standout. Her approach to style differs greatly in that it instructs women how to honestly assess their wardrobes and logically pinpoint their individual body type. She clarifies how to flatter any figure (including plus sizes), incorporate trends and individual style, mix and match pieces, shop on a budget and avoid falling victim to common fashion mishaps. The book isn't limited to just clothing - bras, stockings accessories and tips from beauty experts are also thoroughly covered. Best of all there are pages and pages of tips, places to shop and stylist secret weapons that even the most fashion savvy girl probably doesn't know. My favorite section of the book is 'Your Tailor is Your Best Friend' which details everything from having a garment fit to having a piece custom made. Unlike other guides I have read, this book is written without condescension and truly aims to make all women feel beautiful and stylish. This book is not only an incredibly useful tool but is also a great read. Farr writes with humor and gives the reader a number of hilarious personal, real women and celebrity anecdotes.
This is without a doubt the fashion guide to buy. I have given a few copies as gifts and my friends loved it too.
do your clothes REALLY fit you? March 16, 2006
50 out of 51 found this review helpful
Hold on, I'm serious. There are plenty of picture heavy books which demonstraight to you how to and not to dress and IF you happen to look like the models in the photographs you are in luck. If you don't...well...
This book is much more wordy then your typical style guide, with general illustrations that cover the basic body types as well as the plus side equivalents. It begins with the very basic basics, which include weeding out the undersireables in your wardrobe and creating the "almighty unbroken line".
Simply put: Do your clothes really fit and flatter? They should. But how do you know for sure you're getting a good fit? Considering the number of women who wear the wrong sized bra everyday, a lot of us are a little clueless or afraid to find out what are actual measurements are, but whatever numbers are, there are good and bad looks and good and bad fits. This book can help you find yours.
Several excellent tips are presented, including a complete disreguard for what the number on the tag says, since manufacturers are at best guessing what those numbers mean anyway. Tips on finding a professional tailor are included and what he/she can do for you as well as how affordable tailoring service can be.
Start with clothes that fit you REALLY fit you, in styles that flatter what you like and conceal what you don't. The most wonderful message in this book: When clothes don't fit women tend to think there is something wrong with their bodies, they never think there is something wrong with the clothes. That advice alone has made my occasional shopping trips more enjoyable.
It's simple, but it works..if you are fashionably challenged or a diva extradonaire, this is a great resource on creating your own look.
Bravo! February 11, 2005
37 out of 38 found this review helpful
While I lived in France I loved shopping clothes and learned quite lots of things, especially the importance of the "fit". I was impressed by how much French women pay attention to details in fitting and lenghts. Once I was shopping with two French friends. One tried on a jacket, which looked to me fitting well. But after carefully examining the jacket in the mirror she said something like "It's very pretty but the shoulder is a bit ... " and the other friend nodded in agreement and we just left the shop. On another occasion, I tried a summer shirt. The shirt looked perfectly fine to me, but the shop clerk asked me if I was going to wear it over my trousers or tack it inside. I answered both, then she indicated without hesitation how much I should shorten it. I did and I could see it got much much better.
So I knew that fit was one of the big secrets of French girls' look and I became quite consious to buy thing that fit me, but until I read this book, I did not know where to look for exact exact fit and how to do alternations if required. Now this book answered all my questions. I have to admit that I needed to take time and concentration to understand and internalise what is written this book, but it is worth it! In addition, the book really convinced me to get rid of many things I kept for years without wearing because they do not fit me! Bravo! I strongly recommend this book to everyone, but especially to those who love and know fashion and clothes but feel they lack small something to achieve real sophistication.
Very useful, very informative August 17, 2005
37 out of 37 found this review helpful
Perhaps the single most vital thing I learned from this book is the all important shoulder to hip ratio and definition of waist that determines what shape you are. I myself, and countless other women tend to be so obsessed with perceived huge hips that we all dress like pears and wonder why we look lopsided. As someone with shoulders in proportion to my hips and a very defined waist, I should have been dressing very differently.
What this book will tell you:
1. This book will tell you how to dress for your specific body type, including fabrics and lengths that will look best on you.
2. It will give you ideas on indispensibles, including where to buy them, where to splurge and where to skimp. It will also tell you how to go bargain hunting without looking like you did.
3. It will tell you how best to work with your tailor, what is possible, what is not.
4. I am not a plus sized woman, but if I was,this book would be a godsend in many ways. Since Farr was stylist for plus sized women as well, she does not focus on a `dress in all black ensembles to look your slimmest' as though every curvy woman is ashamed of her shape. She helps women make style choices that flatter her existing shape.
What this book won't tell you:
1. What accesories work best with what outfit- apart from the obvious that a low vamp, with a high heel and pants pegged to the heel will make your legs look longer and platforms look cheesy. It does not cover much ground with accesories except for vague generalities.
2. Most of the online resources it provides are no longer there (luxlook, americanfit etc)
3. It does not give you any detailed color advice for women. The colorsyou wear are an important part of your style quotient, and some women look sickly in black, not stylish.
Some people may find her insistence on tailoring a trifle difficult to execute, but the best dressed women are always those whose clothes fit perfectly, not the ones wearing the most expensive and luxe clothes.
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