Trinny and Susannah Take on America: What Your Clothes Say About You [Paperback]

Trinny Woodall (Author), Susannah Constantine (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 17, 2006

Trinny and Susannah Take on America is a journey of self-discovery in which clothes and presentation are the first steps in initiating change. With verve and humor, Trinny and Susannah target several types of women—from the harried housewife to the tomboy—and guide them to the fashion, hair, and makeup styles that suit their particular figures, ages, incomes, and outlooks on life. Featuring real American women, this book gives you the tools to feel confident, attractive and, most of all, proud to be yourself.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine's column, which ran in England's Daily Telegraph for seven years, revolutionized fashion writing and established them as Britain's leading style experts. They currently write for The Sun, which has a readership of four million. Their books, which include What Not to Wear, What Not to Wear for Every Occasion, and What You Wear Can Change Your Life have sold more than two million copies worldwide. They live in London with their families.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: It Books; 1 edition (October 17, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0061137448
• ISBN-13: 978-0061137440
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,011,739 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

48 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Fresh New Book, November 7, 2006

By 

H.A.A. "Heather" (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Trinny and Susannah Take on America: What Your Clothes Say About You (Paperback)

I procrastinated about buying this book as the other books didn't seem to fit in with an American look, rather a more English look that I couldn't picture wearing (pants dragging on the ground, long dresses over jeans). I am really glad that I bought this book as it really brought to light what realistic people commonly wear (me) and how this makes us look. It offered practical ideas for getting out of a style rut such as frumpy Earth Mom, frazzled housewife or all black and what changes to make to freshen up. The accessory ideas were terricic! I think this is their most practical & best book yet - one I won't be donating to the library!

33 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed, November 6, 2006

By 

Marlene at Thoth Books & Curiosities "Marlene... (Tropical South Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Trinny and Susannah Take on America: What Your Clothes Say About You (Paperback)

I had been eagerly awaiting this book's release based on my expectation of the quality of their prior book "What You Wear Can Change Your Life". This book is very nicely put together and slick, but for quality of content, it can't beat What You Wear Can Change Your Life. It gives alot of life advice, when what I really want is advice on clothes style, color, shape, etc, and this is the least of what you get. I hope their following books give more of what Trinny & Susannah are best known for, advice on dressing based on body style, age and coloring.

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not worth the money, March 12, 2007

By 

R. Camp (Vancouver, WA USA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Trinny and Susannah Take on America: What Your Clothes Say About You (Paperback)

Don't get me wrong I'm a huge fan of the authors. But this is just a fund raiser for them between jobs. It took about 15 minutes to look through, and I thought I must have missed something. So I really sat down to go through the book and it took me less than an hour. So dissapointed. At least in the TV series you got a look at several outfits that would suit the individual, but in this book you get a set-up bad shot and then "how wonderful" only one after shot. You get Trinny and Susannah hiding behind wigs and glasses. If this had been their first book, this would have also have been their last!!
If you like examples and photos for every body type check out Bradley Bayou "The Science of Sexy", what a resource of what to wear for casual, career and formal. It shows you how to be all covered up, but looking good.