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How to get dressed : a costume designer's secrets for making your clothes look, fit, and feel amazing / Alison Freer ; illustrations by Julia Kuo.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Berkeley : Ten Speed Press, [2015]Description: xiii, 241 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781607747062
  • 1607747065
Subject(s):
Contents:
Introduction: Good clothes open all doors -- Movie magic; or, Why movie stars look like movie stars -- Fit: the true enemy of great style -- Alter your clothes, alter your life -- Be your own costume designer -- Dumb fashion rules that were made for breaking -- Wardrobe tools to keep your look together -- Dressing for success is dead -- Closet hacks: store your clothes like wardrobe girls do -- Underthings: you really only need a few -- Laundry: you're doing it wrong -- Shoe care for all your footwear -- Old stuff: a guide to shopping vintage and thrift -- Dudes, this one's for you -- Go ahead, sit on the grass: stain glossary -- Take care of what you've got: fabric care glossary.
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!"-- Provided by publisher.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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 making what's in your closet work for you. She provides real-world advice about everything style-related, including-

.Making every garment you own fit better
.Mastering closet organization
.The undergarments you actually need
.The scoop on tailors and which alterations are worth it
.Shopping thrift and vintage like a rockstar

Instead of repeating boring style "rules," Alison breaks the rules and gets real about everything from bras to how to deal with inevitable fashion disasters. Including helpful information such as how to skip ironing and the dry cleaners, remove every stain under the sun, and help clueless men get their sartorial acts together, How to Get Dressed has hundreds of insider tips from Alison's arsenal of tools and expertise.

Includes index.

"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.

Introduction: Good clothes open all doors -- Movie magic; or, Why movie stars look like movie stars -- Fit: the true enemy of great style -- Alter your clothes, alter your life -- Be your own costume designer -- Dumb fashion rules that were made for breaking -- Wardrobe tools to keep your look together -- Dressing for success is dead -- Closet hacks: store your clothes like wardrobe girls do -- Underthings: you really only need a few -- Laundry: you're doing it wrong -- Shoe care for all your footwear -- Old stuff: a guide to shopping vintage and thrift -- Dudes, this one's for you -- Go ahead, sit on the grass: stain glossary -- Take care of what you've got: fabric care glossary.

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