Glamour's Big Book of Dos and Don'ts: Fashion Help for Every Woman [Paperback]

Cindi Leive (Author), The Editors of Glamour (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 7, 2006

It’s a Style Guide and a Guilty Pleasure!

More Than 750 on-the-Street and Celebrity Dos & Don’ts

94 Illustrations Showing You How to Dress for Your Body Type

12 Amazing Makeovers to Learn from

Foolproof Advice on What to Wear—and What not to

Great Style is Within Your Reach!

Have you ever

Worn pantyhose with open-toed shoes?

Unintentionally flashed your boss with a too-low-cut dress?

Realized, when exiting the pool, that your brand new swimsuit is totally see-through when wet?

Otherwise committed a fashion slipup (or twenty)?

Then you need this book!

Finally! A what-to-wear guide for every situation, every budget, every body.

Learn from 750 on-the-street photos, expert makeovers and advice from top fashion designers.

There’s not a woman alive who hasn’t left the house wearing something regrettable, but Glamour is here to help. For 67 years, the magazine’s beloved Dos & Don’ts column has made for hilarious rubbernecking, teaching readers invaluable lessons in style along the way. Now you can find all that fashion wisdom in one place. Read on—you’ll never have a Don’t day again!

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

From its first issue in 1939, Glamour's Dos and Don'ts has been one of the magazine's most popular features (and its guiltiest of pleasures). Now the editors of Glamour have collected some of their favorite Dos and Don'ts, along with dozens of helpful sections on how to be a stylish Do, and avoid being a Don't, in The Glamour Big Book of Dos and Don'ts. Hundreds of examples from women on the street and celebrities on the red carpet provide the joys of rubbernecking alongside the practical value of level-headed fashion advice. It's irresistable.

From The Glamour Big Book of Dos and Don'ts

From the Back Cover

"Reading Dos & Don’ts is like talking to a best friend in the fashion industry who tells you the truth about how you look and what’s in style, but always with a great sense of humor. The combination of learning and laughing makes Glamour’s Dos & Don’ts a true one of a kind."
—Designer Michael Kors

ABOUT GLAMOUR Since 1939, Glamour has been the thinking woman’s lifestyle bible and the go-to publication for solid fashion advice. It has earned widespread trust and loyalty among women by continuing to translate the latest styles into real-life options for real people. The magazine’s most loved feature, Dos & Don’ts, debuted in its first issue and has since spawned several special issues of the magazine, TV shows and countless imitations.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Gotham (September 7, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 159240233X
• ISBN-13: 978-1592402335
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 7.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #441,856 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Compilation of Glamour Do's and Don'ts, October 11, 2006

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Jay K. "just a thought..." - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Glamour's Big Book of Dos and Don'ts: Fashion Help for Every Woman (Paperback)

This book is filled with current information about dressing and style. It's useful because it shows the reader, using many photos, the do's and don'ts of dressing well--and not so well. It's hard to believe some of those don'ts!

The book also lists things like "Must Have Sweaters--or dresses --or coats, etc" and marks the most important ones with a tag that says "If you can only have one thing, get this." That makes it easier for those of us who don't want to spend a fortune to look good. And, the author writes about the pictures and describes why it's a do or don't so you don't end up guessing why this outfit was chosen as such.

I gave this four stars because it is current and makes good use of photos, but it does not help as much in the age appropriate areas. For instance, when the author encourages certain styles, I still wondered "but does that work for everyone or just 20 year olds?"

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars I Didn't Like It, January 11, 2007

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J. Ruff (American Fork, UT) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Glamour's Big Book of Dos and Don'ts: Fashion Help for Every Woman (Paperback)

As a teenager I subscribed to Glamour magazine, and loved the fashion Do's and Don't's section. I was disappointed when I got this book and saw that the authors had included a great many photos of bare breasts and behinds. I felt that the women photographed for many of the "don't" pictures hadn't made mistakes in fashion -- they just had no sense of propriety. This book was embarrassing and I sure didn't want it laying around for my family to look at, so I returned it. I would suggest passing over this book and getting one that really will help you develop good fashion sense.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars I am keeping it for myself!!!!, October 10, 2006

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Bon "$$" (Pa.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Glamour's Big Book of Dos and Don'ts: Fashion Help for Every Woman (Paperback)

My girlfriend loves fashion magazines and clothing. For her birthday I decided to get her this book. I got it in the mail today and cannot put the book down. The book is basically the title. Every girl should have this as their fashion bible.. It shows you what is in style, and how to wear clothing to flatter your specific body type.. I am ordering one for myself. It is a wonderful gift for any girl that loves clothes!!