How to Get Dressed
A Costume Designer's Secrets for Making Your Clothes Look, Fit, and Feel Amazing
$41.51
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
15 April 2015
Summary
An ingenious book of simple wardrobe solutions, clever tools, and straightforward advice from a Hollywood costume designer.
Costume designer Alison Freer’s styling kit is a magical bag of tricks, built to solve every single wardrobe malfunction on earth. TV and film productions wait for nothing, so her solutions have to work fast. In How to Get Dressed, Alison distills her secrets into a fun, comprehensive style guide focused on rethinking your wardrobe like a fashion expert and makin…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781607747062 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1607747065 |
| Author: | Alison Freer |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Ten Speed Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 15 April 2015 |
| Weight: | 482g |
| Dimensions: | 210mm x 141mm x 20mm |
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Critics Review
A New York Times Best Seller
“Professional costume designer Freer spills all her secrets for transforming your closet into a truly functional wardrobe. Her tips tackle clothing fitting issues, closet organization, undergarment truths, brilliant thrifting tips, and more. For someone looking to overhaul their closet, this is not a book to miss.”
–Bustle
“Freer has quite a few styling tricks up her sleeve, and now it’s easier for everyone to gain access to her straight-forward advice for cheap. Her new book How To Get Dressed gets to the nitty-gritty of revamping your wardrobe.”
–Huffington Post
”[Freer is] refreshingly down-to-earth in her first book, which is packed full of helpful tips for building and maintaining a stylish wardrobe … for those looking for a comprehensive and highly readable clothes-care book, this is the one.”
–Publishers Weekly
“Alison really nails the basics of good style while allowing room for readers to inject their own personality into a look. Most of all, her writing constantly reminds me of what fashion is really supposed to be: fun for everyone.”
–Jane Pratt, founder of xoJane.com
“Years in the trenches of Hollywood have made Alison Freer an authority on every single clothing problem that could befall a person. As a result, this book is crammed full of wardrobe tricks that really work and is a truly indispensable guide to getting dressed.”
–Nancy Jo Sales, Author of The Bling Ring and contributing editor at Vanity Fair
“Not everyone can have two maids at her beck and call. Alison is right about many things, but mainly this: ironing really is for mere mortal humans. Her purrrfect fashion advice will have you looking your very best (but not better than moi!). Two paws up, dahhhlings!”
–Ashley Tschudin, Official Voice of Choupette Lagerfeld, @ChoupettesDiary
About The Author
Alison Freer
Alison Freer is a costume designer from Texas living and working in Hollywood. With more than 150 TV shows, films, commercials, and music videos under her belt, she has reams of hard-won, practical wardrobe expertise at her fingertips. Alison is also the clothes editor at xoJane.com, where her unique take on how to solve common fashion and style conundrums has won her a dedicated following. Alison is also a contributing editor to Racked.com, in addition to hosting TLC’s A Makeover Story during its fifth season. She also appeared on Melissa River’s TV Candy on the TV Guide network as the show’s resident style expert.
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