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Ready To Wear: An Expert's Guide to Choosing and Using Your Wardrobe (Paperback)
by Mary Lou Andre
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Woman’s wardrobe, Business etiquette, Social protocol, Interpersonal effectiveness |
| Market price: ¥ 158.00
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¥ 148.00
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MSL Pointer Review:
Full of advice is sensible and doable, this book shows how to organize your closet and build a good basic professional wardrobe.
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Author: Mary Lou Andre
Publisher: Perigee Trade
Pub. in: March, 2004
ISBN: 0399529535
Pages: 304
Measurements: 9.2 x 7.3 x 0.8 inches
Origin of product: USA
Order code: BA01397
Other information: ISBN-13: 978-0399529535
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Mary Lou's book is full of wonderful tips and is very user friendly. I suggest reading it and then setting aside a week-end to play tough-love with your current wardrobe. Start by shopping in your closet first(You will be surprised to find some exciting clothes that you forgot you had!) This book will guide you through an exciting process of finding your own style. By using Mary Lou's guidelines, you will always have a wardrobe that is organized, polished and "Ready to Wear".
(Quoted from Karen, USA)
Target readers:
Woman professional
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Mary Lou Andre is a nationally recognized wardrobe consultant, and the founder and president of Organization By Design, Inc., a wardrobe management and fashion consulting firm. A frequent speaker at women's conferences, she has appeared on "ABC World News Tonight," "CBS This Morning," and CNN. She has written for or been profiled in Woman's Day, Marie Claire, Chicago Tribune, Parenting, and Esquire.
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From Publisher
Most women feel like they can barely find their shoes in the morning-let alone pull together a stylish, snappy ensemble for the day. Mary Lou Andre is here to help. An expert in wardrobe management and fashion consulting, she shows her clients how to find their own style-and make the most of what's already in their closets. And in this illustrated guide, she explains her effective wardrobe organization system and simple style strategies to help every woman get out the door faster-looking better than ever.
Each reader will learn how to:
€ Assess her lifestyle to ensure that her wardrobe accurately reflects how she lives
€ Organize a closet so that dressing becomes easy and effortless
€ Choose styles that will flatter her figure
€ Develop an organized, efficient shopping strategy that won't drain her budget
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Booklist (MSL quote), USA
<2008-06-13 00:00>
Dressing well is more of a science than one might suspect, asserts wardrobe consultant Andre. Five strategies are at the heart of her philosophy, beginning with an assessment of lifestyle and proceeding to the development of a shopping focus. The emphasis is on clothes investment strategy: the building of a base wardrobe, assessing your clothes, understanding your own style, and then and only then, venturing out into the stores. Lest the subject seem too frivolous, she inserts personal anecdotes and "insider tips" that do help streamline wardrobe management. Some examples: if purse switching happens frequently, consider storing cosmetics, glasses, and other handbag paraphernalia in small, zippered pouches. The minimum number of shoes for work? Three - dress pumps, loafers, and ankle boots. This handy book functions as a refresher course for those who continually moan about having nothing to wear as well as a basic reference for new-to-business women workers. Barbara Jacobs
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Deb (MSL quote), USA
<2008-06-13 00:00>
This is a terrific pracitcal guide to organizing your wardrobe and style to make life easier, and project a confident image. Mary Lou provides useful advice on how to understand your lifestyle and body, and organize your wardrobe accordingly. And her stories are fun! Since reading her book, I've redone my closet so I can walk out of the door feeling completely put-together (no shoes with messy heels, clothes with missing buttons, or mismatched accessories.) I also consigned 20 pieces, invested in a few outfits that make me feel terrific, and people keep asking me if I lost weight!
I highly recommend this book regardless of your budget, age, style or body type! And I hear Mary Lou Andre might have a new book in the works - can't wait!
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2008-06-13 00:00>
I read this book with a cup of hot tea on a dreary Saturday afternoon. Talk about a terrific pick-me-up and motivator! Less than halfway through the book I grabbed a highlighter and some post-it's!! Now, I can't wait to re-read the book while dissecting my closet and wardrobe! Thanks for a great book filled with terrific, easy-to-understand, thus easy to follow-through tips!
I've decided to purchase the book for my sisters, mom, and girlfriends. What a fun thing to share...organizing your closet, organizing your life!
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