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A Woman's Guide to Success: Perfecting Your Professional Image

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I am a fan of Doris Pooser and her "Always in Style" concepts of color and body line. I already own a copy of Always in Style and Secrets of Style. So I was very excited to see she had a new book out. I expected it to build upon her previously written books. I got it the other day and immediately began to read it and I was disappointed.

For someone who has no familiarity with Pooser's concepts this book might prove challenging. It seemed to be the Cliff Notes version of her previous books. The one thing that struck me is that she consistently refers to black, navy and gray and business fashion essentials. She also recommends purchasing a business suit in one of these colors and buying a second in a complentary color or pattern - such as tweed, plaid, etc. But this offers no help to any woman who has been analysed as "Warm" or "Light". I think it would have been more helpful to offer alternative colors for a basic suit. Something simple such as "for Warms brown (olive, tan, etc.) can serve as a basic suit color" would have been useful.

She also doesn't really go into much detail about the color groups and offers only minimal color chips with which to work. So if the reader is unfamiliar with Pooser's breakdown of color groupings (which is a variation or enhancement of Carole Jackson's classic seasonal color theory) she might not fully grasp how this concept works.

Pooser also doesn't seem to integrate the concepts of professional wardrobe building, body line and color category. Each area is treated independently and there doesn't seem to be a point when all three are blended to help the reader create a wardrobe that is professional, suits her body type and color category.

To be fair, this book does provide what its title offers - guidelines to help a woman create a professional image. But I feel it shortchanges readers, like me, who were hoping that Pooser would do this while incorporating her concepts of bodyline and color category. Without incorporating bodyline and color concepts into the professional image information, this book is just another "dress for success" book.

This book gives you a decent overview, but it does not lead you to make the correct choices with logical understanding - merely emulation from random fashion photos. When I got to the part about face shape, I had a hard time deciding what I was and her outlines were not helpful.

Much of this was self-explanatory for the basic fashion maven.

I just got a copy of this book yesterday. Doris Pooser's book takes you through everything from wardrobe, which addresses problems and issues specific to body type, to colors and etiquette. A must-read for anyone out in the business world -- or in life!

People form an initial impression of you within the first thirty seconds with half based on how your look, and only 38% on voice and body language: that's why A Woman's Guide To Success Perfecting Your Professional Image is so important to an achiever's plans. Doris Pooser is an expert in fashion and beauty and has written several other books on personal style for men and women, reaching millions through TV broadcasts as well as her writings. A Woman's Guide To Success tells how to blend clothing, style and body language to achieve business objectives. An excellent strategy guide.