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A review by brinnet
Tim Gunn's Fashion Bible: The Fascinating History of Everything in Your Closet by Tim Gunn
3.0
I love the voice of Tim Gunn and it comes through loud and clear in this book. It's encouraging, it's challenging (I mean, check out the man's vocabulary!), and it's real.
This is mostly a "how to clean out your closet and find your sense of style". It's a super quick run through Style 101, with a few peeks into more "advanced" style lessons.
As someone who's read a number of other fashion books (and watched all seasons of What Not To Wear), I did find some of this information repetitive; however, it's a great start for someone who's new to fashion and has some great reminders/ideas for those of us who are still find their style a work in progress (isn't it always?)
One thing that I like about this book (although I've seen it in another Tim Gunn book) is a list of movies for inspiration. Fire up the Netflix queue and prepare to be inspired. The book also contains some style icons to refer to and a glossary with a list of fashion terms you may never have heard of before.
All in all, worth a read for those new to fashion and a glance
Also, the repeated mentions of ungulates made me smile. Probably should have bumped it up another star for that, but it didn't seem entirely kosher.
This is mostly a "how to clean out your closet and find your sense of style". It's a super quick run through Style 101, with a few peeks into more "advanced" style lessons.
As someone who's read a number of other fashion books (and watched all seasons of What Not To Wear), I did find some of this information repetitive; however, it's a great start for someone who's new to fashion and has some great reminders/ideas for those of us who are still find their style a work in progress (isn't it always?)
One thing that I like about this book (although I've seen it in another Tim Gunn book) is a list of movies for inspiration. Fire up the Netflix queue and prepare to be inspired. The book also contains some style icons to refer to and a glossary with a list of fashion terms you may never have heard of before.
All in all, worth a read for those new to fashion and a glance
Also, the repeated mentions of ungulates made me smile. Probably should have bumped it up another star for that, but it didn't seem entirely kosher.