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How to get dressed : a costume designer's secrets for making your clothes look, fit, and feel amazing
Title:
How to get dressed : a costume designer's secrets for making your clothes look, fit, and feel amazing
Author:
Freer, Alison.

Kuo, Julia.
ISBN:
9781607747062
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
Berkeley : Ten Speed Press, c2015.
Physical Description:
xiii, 241 p. : ill. ; 21 cm
General Note:
Includes index.
Abstract:
"An ingenious book of simple wardrobe solutions, clever tools, and straightforward advice from a Hollywood costume designer. A costume designer'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 a costume designer's solutions have to work--and work fast. How to Get Dressed is a fun, empowering style guide for women that focuses on making the most of your wardrobe. Costume designer and XOJane fashion columnist Alison Freer provides real-world, no-BS style advice covers everything a girl could need to know: from determining if your clothes are fitting properly to how to care for, maintain, and keep your garments organized--plus what to do when the inevitable fashion disaster strikes. Full of hundreds of insider tricks from Freer's endless arsenal of tools and expertise, How to Get Dressed teaches you to rethink your wardrobe like a fashion expert--and proves once and for all that you don't need to spend a ton of money to always look your best. You just need to use the tricks the pros do!"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject:
Clothing and dress -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Fashion -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Summary:
"An ingenious book of simple wardrobe solutions, clever tools, and straightforward advice from a Hollywood costume designer. A costume designer'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 a costume designer's solutions have to work--and work fast. How to Get Dressed is a fun, empowering style guide for women that focuses on making the most of your wardrobe. Costume designer and XOJane fashion columnist Alison Freer provides real-world, no-BS style advice covers everything a girl could need to know: from determining if your clothes are fitting properly to how to care for, maintain, and keep your garments organized--plus what to do when the inevitable fashion disaster strikes. Full of hundreds of insider tricks from Freer's endless arsenal of tools and expertise, How to Get Dressed teaches you to rethink your wardrobe like a fashion expert--and proves once and for all that you don't need to spend a ton of money to always look your best. You just need to use the tricks the pros do!"--