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Secrets of a Fashion Therapist: What You Can Learn Behind the Dressing Room Door [Hardcover]

Betty Halbreich (Author), Sally Wadyka (Author), Jeffrey Fulvimari (Illustrator)
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September 1997
Getting dressed every morning probably causes more trauma than anything else we do on a daily basis. No one understands this better than Betty Halbreich. She's seen firsthand that putting on clothes is as much -- if not more -- about the mind as it is about the body. Each day, her dressing room at Bergdorf Goodman is filled with women searching for something. They may think they're merely shopping for a new dress, but as Betty knows, sometimes they're really shopping for a whole new life. Whatever these women are seeking, Betty is sure to help them find it.

With simple instructions and witty asides, Betty takes her experience out of the dressing room and puts it into readers' hands. Follow her through the years and through the stores as she sheds light on such fashion conundrums as how to break up with the color black, what to wear on "Casual Friday," what "black-tie" really means and how to wear just about any accessory.

Betty elevates shopping and dressing to an art form, yet she makes you realize how simple it really is to look fabulous. She is truly a fashion therapist, dispensing wisdom, wit and advice on how to enhance your natural beauty, build a more confident self-image, and, most of all, have a little fun while doing it.


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"Behind every successful man is a woman and behind every successful woman is Betty Halbreich." -- --Isaac Mizrahi

"Betty can help a woman see herself differently from what she has always perceived herself to be." -- --Michael Kors

"Betty knows exactly what a client's wardrobe needs before the client even knows she needs it." -- --Susan Lucci

"Walking across the threshold into Betty's office, I get a warm, comfortable feeling--ready to play dress-up!" -- --Bobbi Brown

About the Author

Betty Halbreich was born and raised in Chicago, where she started playing dress-up as soon as she was able to rummage through her mother's closet--and she hasn't stopped experimenting with clothes ever since. In her twenty-plus years as director of Solutions at New York City's Bervgdorf Goodman specialty store, Betty has helped make the world a better-dressed place by working with countless designers and showing generations of women how to create their own style.

Sally Wadyka made her first fashion statement at age six, stubbornly refusing ever to wear a red Lacoste dress. Over the years, her taste has expanded. She has written about fashion and beauty for such magazines as Mademoiselle, Elle, and Self.


Product Details

  • Hardcover: 204 pages
  • Publisher: Harpercollins; 1st edition (September 1997)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0062701878
  • ISBN-13: 978-0062701879
  • Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.1 x 1.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,989,201 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A great read, September 28, 2000
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I loved this book. It reminded me of shopping as a young girl when there were women in all the grand old department stores who knew about clothes and would pass their knowledge on. So much of this has been lost in our self-service world. With this book, Betty Halbreich offers her expertise not only to the well-heeled patrons of Bergdorf-Goodman, but to the rest of us. And her take on the whole "fashion thing" is so light-hearted. After reading Secrets of a Fashion Therapist, I am savvier at shopping -- and I have more fun doing it.
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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars It's like advice from a friend!, July 10, 2000
I love this book so much the Public Library told me to purchase my own copy - I check it out at least once a month! I am from NYC and this book is soooooo NYC. I feel like I know Betty and Bergorf Goodman dept store. Great, excellent, terrific advice on closets, storage and clothing care. Also how to mix all your black clothes with other items instead of wearing fashion-editor uniform. I am going to buy 3 copies today!!!
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Pleasant reading. Nothing not in many other books., April 19, 2005
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I have read several books on fashion recently. This one is enjoyable reading and contains good advice. It does not include information designed on how to make the most of your particular body shape, which is information available in several other books. If you haven't already read several similar books, this is one of the better ones. I don't think I read much that I didn't already know. One thing about the book was very odd. There were little blurbs praising the author on almost every page. I don't doubt that the author is extremely good at what she does and if nothing else, the book made me want to go to her for fashion advice. So, as an advertisement for her services, it works very well. But, for those of us that don't live in Manhattan, it is all fairly irrelevant and ..... odd.
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