Political Style of a Different Kind - NYTimes.com

Political Style of a Different Kind - NYTimes.com: "Political Style of a Different Kind - http://nyti.ms/hFXOYT"

Good Girl Gone Shopping...

Gives the new Nina Garcia fashion tome a big thumbs up....

Good Girl Gone Shopping: "What To Wear for Every Occasion" by Nina Garcia

Humm...Might be worth checking out!

At long last....

The Thoughtful Dresser's book is coming to the US:

US edition of The Thoughtful Dresser




I've found Ms. Linda to be a blogger well worth reading so I'm very much looking forward to reading her book.

New Books!

From two of my favorite style authors....




Style Evolution: How to Create Ageless Personal Style in Your 40s and Beyond



Kendall Farr is the author of the classic The Pocket Stylist: Behind-the-Scenes Expertise from a Fashion Pro on Creating Your Own Look (Which if you don't own a copy, you're nuts!). I'm looking forward to more knowledgeable info from her focusing on the plus 40 woman - I'm sure I will not be disappointed!


And the bounty continues! From the wonderful Sherrie Mathieson:




Steal This Style: Moms and Daughters Swap Wardrobe Secrets



As much as I love Sherrie's previous book, Forever Cool: How to Achieve Ageless, Youthful, and Modern Personal Style
, I have to admit, when I first saw the sub-title of this one (Moms and Daughters Swap Wardrobe Secrets), it gave me pause.

But the more I thought about it, the more I felt that this is just the kind of book we 50+ gals can benefit from - whether we have younger women (daughters, step-daughters, daughters-in-law, nieces, god-daughters)in our lives or not! So often we either: 1. Over do the "I can dress young too!" thing or 2. We totally disregard the clothes our younger compatriots wear, thinking "I'm too old for that" and start looking for "old lady" clothes!

I'm looking forward to reading both these offerings! (And yes, once I do, I will be posting reviews!)

It's been a while....

Since I made any book recommendations.

However as Christmas is just around the corner and you might just be looking for a gift for a fashion interested friend I thought I'd mention a couple I think any fashion fan might like...




This delightful book gives info on a series of classic clothing types. Information includes a description of the style, when it became popular, what famous femme worn it and how it might best be worn today. This would actually be a great for the sewing buff in your life as well!







In some ways, both the above books are very similar - outlining classic fashion styles of dress - for example, Bohemian, Bombshell, Classic. They include slightly different takes on these well know styles (The Lucky book sites American Classic, the Bazaar book refers to what I would say is the same style as The Classicists), so you do get some overlapping.

The Bazzar book has a more grow-up point of view, including a greater range of observations on how to dress your shape (And yes, that includes the Full Figured and the Petite!), their wonderful Fabulous at Every Age feature and talking general wardrobe building block basics.

The Lucky book, while frankly aimed at a younger crowd, is great for the detailed way they cover the iconic fashion styles. And young or old, as you read through you'll start thinking about your closet, which of these styles you'll find in there and what that means going forward as you think about adding to your wardrobe.


I own all three, enjoy them thoroughly and think that any one interested in fashion would enjoy them too!

Fashion reading....

Has been my anchor and release as I sat in so many hospital waiting rooms this summer.

So imagine my delight when I came across the following post on Styledash:

Late summer reading is fashionable

I've already finished the Tim Gunn book and plan to do a review of it here on the blog, but long story, short, I highly recommend it.

Ironically, I just received my copy of 9 Heads. I plan to post a review of it as well, but suffice it to say that it raised a delighted buzz among the staff of the bookstore - they thought it was a fabulous book, forget about the fashion!

I'm loving the list (through, of course, I don't agree with the lister's review of Tim's book, but to each their own) and I'm particularly intrigued by the following titles:

The End of Fashion: How Marketing Changed the Clothing Business Forever

I'm very interested in how the fashion business in general makes the decisions they make regarding the production and marketing of what we wear - so I'm very much looking forward to reading this one!

101 Things to Buy Before You Die

Now this one just looks like it would be plain fun - a grown-up "Wish List" book (for those of you who remember the Sears Christmas Book, you know what I mean!).