Full Frontal Fashion: The Insiders Guide to High Style in Every Situation [Paperback]

Melissa Sones (Author), Rebecca Budig (Introduction)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 5, 2005

From the creators of the top-rated Women’s Entertainment’s hit show comes the definitive style guide

From the team behind the immensely popular weekly cable TV show Full Frontal Fashion comes this indispensable guide to putting together the perfect outfit for any occasion. What woman hasn’t scoured her closet, anguishing over what to wear to a job interview, to meet her future in-laws, or on the dreaded “casual Friday”?

Filled with rich color photos, Full Frontal Fashion’s ten chapters—from “Cubicle Couture” and “Gorgeous Get-aways” to “Editing Your Closet” and Become Your Own Stylist”—are packed full with expert opinions and insider secrets from a who’s who of the fashion world, and from such magazines and stores as InStyle, Marie Claire, Barney’s, Neiman Marcus and much, much more. Addressing the major dressing challenges today’s women face, the Full Frontal Fashion Team solves these emergencies and more with humor and substance, offering practical, easy to implement advice, and of course, plenty of style. This entertaining, authoritative guide provides the same fabulous advice that has made Full Frontal Fashion’s Top Ten one of the must-sees of the fashion world.

For business and for pleasure, for a trip to the grocery store and a trip to Tibet, for the health club and the hot new club, Full Frontal Fashion is a welcome guide to mastering every dressing dilemma in high style.

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About the Author

Rebecca Budig is host of Full Frontal Fasion’s Top Ten.
Melissa Sones is a fashion/beauty writer who has worked as the fashion critic for The New York Post, beauty editor at Self, fashion news editor of Mirabella and fashion editor of United Press International. She has written for many publications, including Glamour, Redbook, Harper’s Bazaar, The New York Times, and Newsday. She is a strategic consultant to style-related companies and the author of Getting into Fashion.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Plume (July 5, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0452286662
• ISBN-13: 978-0452286665
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,216,501 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Dripping with drivel, September 28, 2005

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She's Just That Good (St. Louis, MO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Full Frontal Fashion: The Insiders Guide to High Style in Every Situation (Paperback)

I bought this book thinking it would offer some smart guidelines for building a stylish wardrobe that also reflects one's personality, and that it might dish its advice in a tone that is fun to read. Wrong on both counts. It was more along the lines of "You should so totally buy a beautiful, wonderful dress, maybe even a COLUMN dress, for that wedding you have to attend. But don't ruin it with icky shoes!" As far as the "fashion personalities" they listed, I didn't find myself in any category. Rather, I know what category I'm in, and they didn't think to list it. The only thing I liked about the book were the letters written by people with fashion crises--first date ever, etc, included at the beginnings of the chapters. Otherwise, the annoyingly chirpy generalizations that filled this book were nothing I couldn't get in any fashion mag for much less money.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not Again!, August 28, 2005

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Inger Gire "lille41" (Champaign, Illinois) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Full Frontal Fashion: The Insiders Guide to High Style in Every Situation (Paperback)

I suppose it was unrealistic of me to expect any new insights or AHA! moments while reading this book...but the disappointment was especially bitter when I realized that 99 percent of everything I read I had read before. Learning to define my fashion style as "classic" or "preppy" really didn't do it for me, and my closets are already weeded, thank you very much. A waste...(waist?) of money.

1.0 out of 5 stars Annoying and confusing, May 7, 2011

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J. Chendea (Virginia, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Full Frontal Fashion: The Insider¿s Guide to High Style in Every Situation (Paperback)

This is just another in a long line of "fashion" books I've checked out from the library that disappoint. The advice is, from my experience, only good for skinny folks. I think this book would appeal to anyone who's very thin, very rich (I winced every time they recommended "Hermes" or "Chanel." And every time they recommended tossing those pointy-toed shoes if round-toes are in "this year" and never to be caught dead with "last year's bag." Seriously?), and pretty much already knows how to put together an outfit. But then again, does that person really need a book on fashion?