Dress Your Best: The Complete Guide to Finding the Style That's Right for Your Body

Hey this was a great help. I still have some questions, but this helped me get through some of the issues I had and didn't have answers to regarding clothes. I don't know if you need to purchase, but check it out of the library by all means.

It was a real hit! The advice is short and sweet, and there is a lot of variety in the book. Any body shaped can find some advice.

I love TLC's What Not To Wear TV program with hosts Clinton Kelly and Stacy London, but was somewhat disappointed in the book. While the book was well done with great photography and tips from the two, I found it a bit general for my purposes. I was looking for something a bit more specific to more than one perceived body flaw. And while it was interesting seeing all the models in their bathing suits, it may have been more appropriate to see them in Work / Weekend / Evening clothes of their own choosing before Clinton and Stacy got a hold of them.

DRESS YOUR BEST includes a list of wardrobe necessities for women and men, and sections on body types for each (for women, there is a petite, average height, and tall subdivision for: "Bigger on Top", "Bigger on the Bottom", "A Little Extra in the Middle", "Curvy", "Not Curvy", and "Extra Curvy". For the guys, there are eight sections: "Short", "Average", "Tall", "Athletic", "Small-Framed", "Barrel-Chested", "Tummy", and "Hips" [no subdivisions for height].) There's also a "Top Ten Questions We're Asked on an Almost-Daily Basis", an intro, an afterward, and all that fun stuff.

Each section for the women includes general "do"s and "don't"s, and each subdivision has three pictures and advice for work (assuming your job requires a suit. If you have a uniform of some sort, this bit won't be very helpful), weekend, and evening clothes. For the men, each section has the same deal with three pictures and three pages of advice for work, weekend, and evening.

I enjoyed this book because while knowing what looks good on me is obviously useful, I think that what looks good on other people and why is just as interesting. If you're with me on that, or want to share this book with a group of friends with different body types, then this is a good pick. Please keep in mind that the advice is basic, and is focused on clothes - while they have a few tips about heel hight and what color pale-skinned brunettes should wear, I'm almost positive there's nothing about hair or makeup; there's certainly nothing remotely extensive. There also isn't much about serious signature style - the point is to look chic in figure-flattering clothes.

Yes, you can buy a magazine and look at all the "dress your body" features, but this book obviously has a lot more room to deal with it. At the same time, I wouldn't recommend actually buying it (or stealing it, for that matter); I got it from the library, and while I liked it, I don't love it enough to go buy it.

I love the show and I love the book ... read the advice for what works and doesn't work for all the body types to create your own personalized list of rules. They pack a lot of good info in to each section. My style slipped in the past decade or so as I went for comfort and convenience. I still have comfort and convenience but I don't look like quite a "Fashion Don't" anymore.