Customer Reviews

In Style: Instant Style (Your Season-By-Season Guide for Work and Weekend)

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I brought this book after months of having the Lucky shopping manuel and I have to say, that if I could put that book and this book together I would have the perfect style guide. Where the Lucky shopping manuel is weak, this is strong and vice versa. Some of the best parts of this book are giving advice on how to dress for diff. age groups, how to fix up your closet, different looks for work, weekend,and evening based on the seasons. Whether it's spring/summer or fall/winter. This book also has a section of jewerly, and is more detailed than Lucky on how to dress for diff. types of vacations. The weaknesses of this book are body types( not every full figured women looks like Queen Latifah), the personal style profiles, and shoe sections. Yet, this book also contain a check list of clothes needed for every season and a booklet to help you edit and buy more clothes. I would recommend this book, but would also recommend buying the Lucky shopping manuel and the Teen people Celebrity Style Guide to have a more well rounded and complete style guide.

This book shows you how to take one piece and use it four ways, whether skirt, jacket or pants, and then how to accessorize. There is a section on undergarments, too. In front of the book, you'll find a bookmark with a list of essentials to buy, so take this with you when you shop. In the back of the book is a workbook for lists of things your friends like, how to choose what to keep in your closet and other helpful hints.

The fashions are for the 20-35 set, over 35, you'll find this is less useful as a fashion guide unless you ignore the photos. But the photos are the nicest thing about the book; white background, unfussy shots of clothes make it easy to visualize how the style works. Recommended with the reservations mentioned.



jld

This book is fun, easy to understand and helpful. It's got great advice on how to put together outfits for everything from parties to what to wear to the office to what to wear to the beach--and there are neat photos so you can see the outfits put together, including purses and shoes, and what's best for your "shape." There's something in here for every type of woman, no matter what her age and personal style. It really helped me figure out some of my fashion problems--I no longer stand stupefied in front of my closet, feeling as if I have nothing to wear! And on top of the great advice, there are lots of pictures of stars. I like it so much, I'm going to give it as a Christmas gift to friends.

I was disappointed with this book. I have the first In Style book and I really liked it so was looking forward to this. There was very little variety between the different styles shown and all the clothes were very formal, especially the winter weekend outfits were often more formal than I would wear even to the office. There is only one style of clothes showed and this book did not inspire me.

I love this book. Like the magazine, it features plenty of glamorous outfits, but at heart it's a practical guide to looking good for women of just about any age or shape. It's well organized and easy to follow, with sections on topics like seasonal dress, accessories, the use of color, and even budgeting for your clothing purchases.

It is a terrific shopping guide, but what I like best are the suggestions for mixing and matching pieces to get more looks out of your wardrobe. They help you make much better use of the clothes that you already own. I recommend this book highly.

I've looked at a bunch of similar books, but this one seems the most helpful. I like to shop for clothes, but sometimes I can't figure out how to put all the pieces together or what outfits are right for different occasions. This makes getting dressed seem less intimidating, and I realized better ways to combine pieces that I already have. User-friendly, fun to look at.

I checked this book out at the local store first before buying it as a gift for a friend.

The book is great except for the first chapter that features celebrity photos which I thought was a waste of trees. In subsequent chapters, the reader is treated to a lot of useful advice regarding budgeting, closet organization, and essential items to have. The way the editors put the outfits together is very creative, approacheable, and not too trendy.

However, if you have been a subscriber for the last two years, you will find that this essentially is a scrapbook of useful articles and styles from those issues. I scan pages of past issues of InStyle into my computer for future reference and those scans comprise 80% of this book.

If you are subscriber, save your money. If not, this book is a good reference worth the money.

This may be a very good book--but not what I was looking for. That was my mistake. I was looking for a style book geared more to the "baby boomer"age women. This as are most style books,for younger women.

I agree with the reviewer that the book is a compliation of the best of "InStyle" magazine. However, I do not scan the photos from the magazine in my computer, so it was nice for me to have them in all one place. Great reference piece for your style library to stretch your fashion creativity to think beyond the obvious. Also the book does a good job of summerizing the basic essentials by seasons. Nice pictures.

Things I liked: The way this book showed more than one way to wear a piece. I also liked how it identified items that you should splurge on. Of course both of these things can be found in any magazine or online at little to no cost.

Things I didn't like: The book doesn't really address different body types, which plays a large role in what styles you buy. It also doesn't say how many of any certain item you should have. Should I have 1 suit or 20??

Overall, if you want a book on style I would buy the Luck Shopping Manuel. That book is worth the money!!