Synopses & Reviews
Your Personal Style is an image management guide that will help readers match their personalities to their outward expression of clothing. Unlike other image management books that begin by dictating general rules about body type and coloring, this book will use personality and lifestyle assessment as a point of departure for guiding readers towards establishing a style that is truly their own. The author uses an active learning approach that allows readers to learn first-hand what a fashion consultant does as well as gain an intimate knowledge of how the design and fashion merchandising industry best suits its client. Students in wardrobe planning courses will be able to obtain a basic understanding of their own fashion sense by following the guidelines outlined in this book. Fashion entrepreneurs can immediately apply this book's exercises to their own business. Image professionals constantly seeking to expand their knowledge in wardrobe planning can utilize their talents in conjunction any or all of the material found within these pages. Your Personal Style is packed with fashion tips and will serve as a handy reference guide for the student and professional alike.
Synopsis
Unlike other image management books that begin by dictating general rules about body type and coloring, this book uses personality and lifestyle assessment as a point of departure for guiding readers towards establishing a style that is truly their own.
Synopsis
Packed with fashion tips that serve as a handy guide for students and professionals alike, Your Personal Style uses an active learning approach to teach what a fashion consultant does. Author Nancy Plummer shares an intimate knowledge of how the design and fashion merchandising industry best suits the client. The book is divided into five parts, all of which build upon each other. Unlike other image management texts, which simply dictate general rules about body type and coloring, this book uses personality and lifestyle assessment as a method for guiding readers in establishing a style that is truly their own.
About the Author
Nancy Plummer is Program Chair of the Fashion Design Department at the International Academy of Design & Technology, Chicago.
Table of Contents
Contents:
-- Getting Started, Who Are You?
-- Fashion Personality Types
-- Personal Style Evaluation
-- Closet Evaluation
-- Wardrobe Evaluation, What Should You Wear?
-- Body Type Evaluation
-- Wardrobe Selection Factors
-- Cluster Concept
-- Taking Action, Why You Should Add the Extras?
-- Foundation Basics
-- Accessories! Accessories! Accessories!
-- Focus on the Future! Where Do You Go?
-- Shopping Basics
-- A Global Perspective, Shopping
-- Internationally
-- Going Green with Your Personal Style
-- Tying It