Style Yourself

'Style Yourself' is just like advice from a personal stylist - whispered right into your ear. With mix-and-match tips, trend reports, DIY tricks and creative styling guidance from the world's hottest fashion bloggers, this volume will equip you to look your own personal best all the time.

The purpose of this book is to make it easy for every woman to understand the art of being well-dressed and to have a practical application on how to emphasize her good features and hide or minimize the less attractive ones. Gaining knowledge on the correct way to dress will make so much more sense when buying clothes and styling yourself every day. Well-dressed women stand out from the crowd and attract good attention. They have loads of confidence and the term confident in her own skin comes to mind. Good style does not come naturally to most of us. We are not born with good style genes. There are a lot of factors involved in our dress style, and one of them is education. Once you have the understanding of how clothing styles and color work, youll be enlightened for the rest of your life. Youll even be a role model for your children and grandchildren. The good news is, you do not have to buy your clothes only at high-end boutiques to make an impression. Everyday styles will work well if you know the tricks of how to bring out the best of your own body shape and features. Since a woman can have two to three different body shapes during her lifetime, this book will be a lifetime investment. We are never too young or too old to learn about style secrets and how to dress stylishly. The information in this book is suitable for women of all ages. Mothers, even your teenage daughters will benefit from reading this book. The sooner they gain confidence in style, the sooner theyll be set on the road of being stylish and successful.

Do you want to write more effectively, correctly and in a manner which is appropriate for this brave new world of text speak and blogging? Whether you are a professional writer, or writing for your profession, a journalist, non-fiction writer, or simply a would-be blogger, you will find essential guidance and the latest style rules in this book. It contains firstly a detailed breakdown of both the rules of grammar, punctuation and spelling and, secondly, a guide to making your work readable, structured and well-paced. Unlike any other style guide, it also sets out the new and evolving rules for 21st century writing such as blogging, chatrooms, and even PowerPoint presentations.

Adults often begin writing and realized that they don't remember all the rules they learned in Mrs. Peacock's 8th grade English class. Most adults in the workplace today have purchased -- on at least one occasion -- a writing guide. Grammar, style, punctuation, sentence structure and irregular verbs are all elements of grammar and style that we often just don't know anymore. And for anyone who has to communicate professionally -- whether a formal business presentation or a general improvement in their everyday conversational ability -- has gone to the bookstore to look for a grammar and style guide.Teach Yourself Grammar and Style in 24 Hours is a straightforward guide to everything from basic nouns and verbs to expressing clear thought in writing. Based on the proven Teach Yourself formula, the authors will construct 24 1-hour lessons on grammar and style that build sequentially. Since grammar and style work together, readers can see how one chapter affects the next as they progress. Best of all -- at $17.99, readers can purchase one all inclusive grammar and style book for more coverage and a better price.

Style is not just the clothes on our backs—it is self-expression, representation, and transformation. As a fashion-obsessed Ojibwe teen, Christian Allaire rarely saw anyone that looked like him in the magazines or movies he sought out for inspiration. Now the Fashion and Style Writer for Vogue, he is working to change that—because clothes are never just clothes. Men’s heels are a statement of pride in the face of LGTBQ+ discrimination, while ribbon shirts honor Indigenous ancestors and keep culture alive. Allaire takes the reader through boldly designed chapters to discuss additional topics like cosplay, make up, hijabs, and hair, probing the connections between fashion and history, culture, politics, and social justice. *A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection

Jewelry and other accessories transform a woman's style, imparting personality and sophistication to any outfit. The problem is knowing how to achieve the desired effect. Now Swarovski, the world leader in cut crystal, has created a fabulous guide on how to wear jewelry--daytime, nighttime, anytime Swarovski creative director Nathalie Colin offers pitch-perfect advice on how to wear jewelry no matter where you are and where you plan to go next. Whether for work, dinner dates, cocktail parties, nightclubs, vacations, or even your own wedding, here are simple strategies for making the most of the jewelry you already own as well as smart ways to grow your accessories wardrobe. Striking images of Swarovski creations and photographs of international fashion icons show how jewelry offers endless possibilities for personal expression. This stunning book will inspire women to sparkle every day of the year.

Explains how to use simple supplies and creative ideas to emulate designer fashions, outlining thirty step-by-step projects inspired by celebrities, designer runways, and classic fashion articles.

If you’ve ever watched Project Runway and wished you were a contestant, or you’re simply ready to take your sewing to a new level, Design-It-Yourself Clothes teaches you the fundamentals of modern patternmaking so that you, too, can create your own inspired clothing. Until now, the aspiring DIY fashionista has been hard-pressed to find self-teaching tools other than dry textbooks or books with outdated looks. Finally, in Design-It-Yourself Clothes, former Urban Outfitters designer Cal Patch brings her youthful aesthetic to a how-to book. If you want to wear something you can’t find on store racks and make clothes that express your individual style, or if you’ve reached a sewing plateau and want to add pattern drafting to your repertoire, Design-It-Yourself Clothes is the book you have been waiting for. In five key projects (each with four variations)–a perfect-fitting dress, T-shirt, button-down shirt, A-line skirt, and pants–Patch shares the art of patternmaking. At its core, it’s much simpler than you think. Patch covers everything an intermediate sewer needs to know in order to become a fabulous fashion designer, from designing the patterns, taking your own measurements, and choosing fabrics to actually sewing the clothing. You will also learn how to stylize patterns by using darts, waistbands, patch pockets, and ruffles. Patch offers tips, explanations, options, and exercises throughout that will make the design process that much easier. But besides showing you how to create clothing from scratch, she also teaches you how to rub off patterns from existing clothing–so if you have a pair of pants that you love but are worn out, or you have your eye on a piece in the store with a prohibitive price tag, you can figure out how to get the looks you want by using your own two hands.