Download or read book Flatter Your Figure written by Jan Larkey and published by Souvenir Press. This book was released on 1998-02-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Flatter Your Figure written by Jan Larkey and published by Touchstone. This book was released on 1992 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Determine your figure pluses and minuses in minutes-and use this portable fashion consultant to look great for a lifetime.
Download or read book Dressmaking to Flatter Your Shape written by Lorna Knight and published by A&C Black Visual Arts. This book was released on 2012 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Making well-fitting clothes is a challenge for many dressmakers, but especially so for those of us with a curvy shape or a plus-size. This book shows you how to take a standard commercial pattern in a larger size, make some smart adjustments, and end up with clothes that will give you a great, flattering fit. Dressmaking to Flatter Your Shape includes detailed information on selecting fabrics and choosing styles to fit your shape. It explains how to get a perfect fit out of any sewing pattern, with troubleshooting techniques to cover tricky points such as shoulders, necklines, sleeves, hips and waists. Using this book you will also pick up tips on how to personalise a pattern to your own style, by changing the collar or cuffs of a top, or even by drafting your very own skirt pattern from scratch!
Download or read book Your Body Your Style written by Rani St. Pucchi and published by . This book was released on 2016-10-15 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rani St. Pucchi teaches you simple tricks on how to dress your body in a way that will enhance your best assets and camouflage areas that you feel uncomfortable about or find lacking in any way. Elevate your self-confidence by defining your personal style and becoming clear on how you wish to be seen in the world. Learn a simple process to determine what colors flatter you most and which ones to part with, so that you may look more interesting, more assured and in control. Receive smart shopping tips, learn the importance of investing in the right lingerie, immerse yourself in simple style advice for your body type and more ... Embrace your own unique personality and shine with your body, and your own style.
Download or read book Closet Smarts Flatter Your Figure with the Clothes You Already Have written by Emily Neill and published by Fair Winds Press. This book was released on 2006-08-07 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Short-waisted? Wearing a low-slung belt the color of your pants or skirts lengthens your waist like magic. Chunky calves? Avoid capri pants and mid-calf skirts like the plague. Poochy belly? A V-neck top will bring the eye up in the most flattering way, as long as it doesn't cling. And hundreds more tips keyed to your figure and how to make it look its best! Finally, the real secret for looking thinner without dieting or exercise! It's all about what you wear. In this book, women will learn how to analyze their figure strengths and weaknesses and play up their good features while minimizing their weaknesses. They'll find out how to choose the colors that flatter them most and find the clothes that will look great on them as well as avoiding clothes that will look awful. Shopping for clothes will never be a dreaded chore again!
Download or read book Fantastic Fit For Everybody written by Gale G. Hazen and published by Rodale Books. This book was released on 1998-03-15 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fantastic Fit for Every Body Nationally known fit expert and educator Gale Griff Hazen shows you a no-fail way to evaluate your unique body shape, how to choose styles and fabrics that will look best on you, and how to alter patterns to fit your individual and three-dimensional body. Her students have found consistent success using her fit process, and now, in Fantastic Fit for Every Body, Gale shares that process with sewers everywhere. You will see real people with real fitting challenges. Gale Grigg Hazen helps each sewer analyze her body and manipulate her patterns to create garmetns that now only fit but also flatter her figure. Gale Grigg Hazen shows you how to create garmetns that not only fit but also complement your individual body--no matter what your shape. Fantastic Fit for Every Body is a celebration of women who create garments that they love to wear. Share that spirit and begin to create garments that you will wear and love! Team up with a friend to begin creating your perfect-fitting wardrobe.
Download or read book Trinny Susannah written by Trinny Woodall and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trinny & Susannah make over 12 women, representing the 12 classic body shapes, analysing in detail how to dress well and look fabulous all the time.They describe the most common dressing mistakes made by women of each shape and show their three best looks. They select the 10 key garments for each shape to make up a capsule wardrobe, and show how these basics can be built upon to vary the look.Whether you are an Apple, a Pear, a Cello or a Lollipop, Trinny & Susannah will tell you everything you need to know about your body shape.For the first time they cover age: things to think about when you are over 50, and for each shape they show celebrities (Women who inspire us) who dress well for their shape and age.And they show how to make the most of what you already have: what you can do with an ill-fitting or expensive mistake to bring it back to life.Trinny & Susannah have advised thousands of women on their TV shows and in newspaper columns. But they have made their share of sartorial blunders. They share some of those moments and show how they have learned.
Download or read book Romantic Hand Knits written by Annie Modesitt and published by Three Rivers Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looking for something sweet and sexy? Knitwear designer Annie Modesitt presents 26 new designs for clothing and accessories inspired by the silhouette of the past, but with a delicious modern twist.
Download or read book Flatter Your Figure written by Jan Larkey and published by . This book was released on 1987-10 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Science of Sexy written by Bradley Bayou and published by Gotham. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A top LA celebrity fashion designer gives every woman the red-carpet treatment in this fool-proof guide to choosing clothes that make them look fabulous - with tailor-made tips for 48 body types. Bayou helps readers identify their silhouette shape (triangle, inverted triangle, rectangle or hourglass) and combines that information with a height/weight chart to determine which of the 48 |fitting rooms| to go to in the book. |A helpful new book...a formula any woman can follow. It's almost as good as having your own personal Bradley.| - InStyle Magazine
Download or read book How to Dress for Your Shape Fuller Body Type written by Isabella James and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-12-01 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever struggled to find the right look for your fuller body type? Are you confused by conflicting and complicated advice? If so in this book Isabella James provides clear advice with over 110 illustrations on what to wear, how to add accessories and what to avoid all based on your fuller (plus size) body type.
Download or read book Fast Fit written by Sandra Betzina and published by Taunton. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every sewer has to make pattern alterations at one time or another and this book provides a fresh approach to this normally complex subject.
Download or read book Good Girls Don t Have to Dress Bad written by Shari Braendel and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2010 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the most sought-after and successful Christian speaker on fashion and beauty, Shari Braendel uses her twenty plus years of experience in the fashion field to inspire and motivate women of all ages and sizes to 1) learn to appreciate themselves regardless of what they look like or how much they weigh, and 2) understand exactly how they can look their best.
Download or read book Tim Gunn written by Tim Gunn and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2011-03-01 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “There seems to be no one more qualified or equipped to ponder or even, dare I say, dictate ‘quality, taste, and style’ than Tim.” —Sarah Jessica Parker, actor/producer As Bravo’s style mentor on Project Runway and Chair of the Fashion Design Department at Parsons The New School for Design, Tim Gunn became a household name. He delivered advice in a frank, witty, and authoritative manner that delighted audiences. Now readers can benefit from Tim’s considerable fashion wisdom in Tim Gunn: A Guide to Quality, Taste & Style. He discusses every aspect of creating and maintaining your personal style: how to dress for various occasions, how to shop (from designer to chain to vintage stores), how to pick a fashion mentor, how to improve your posture, find the perfect fit, and more. He’ll challenge every reader—whether a seasoned fashionista or a style neophyte-to “make it work!” “Tim Gunn’s book is as fun and informative as his knowledge of fashion!!!” —Diane von Furstenberg, designer “Tim’s book is perfect for helping you find your own personal style and accentuate it. His witty and encouraging voice is evident throughout, focusing on everything from organizing your closet and maintaining your wardrobe to caring for your skin and perfecting your posture. Whether you’re a fashion expert or a style novice, Tim’s book is full of practical yet chic tidbits everyone can enjoy.” —Nina Garcia, editor-in-chief of Elle magazine “Whether revealing the secrets of ‘The Under Arsenal’ or ruminating on the ‘tone’ and ‘diction’ of a handbag, Gunn’s text is clever, a touch waggish, and highly practical for both ensemble mavens and fashion criminals.” —Publishers Weekly
Download or read book Style Rx written by Bridgette Raes and published by Perigee Books. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For any woman who has a big butt, flat chest, large waist, thick ankles, unwieldy thighs, short legs or a round belly - Style Rx is the prescription she needs. With more than 250 photographs and 15 illustrative personal case studies, image and style consultant Raes helps women understand the unique proportions of their bodies, part by part. She prescribes cuts, colours and fabrics that make the most (or least!) of what readers have for their best possible look. A practical guide to beating body issues and finding clothes that look great.
Download or read book Sewing for Plus Sizes written by Barbara Deckert and published by Taunton Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers advice on selecting designs, fabrics, and colors, as well as making pattern adjustments and design modifications for sewing for plus and super-size figures.
Download or read book How to Make Clothes That Fit and Flatter written by Adele P. Margolis and published by Echo Point Books & Media. This book was released on 2019-02-25 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the world of fashion, finding the perfect fit is an art. In this timeless guide, acclaimed sewer Adele P. Margolis offers simple instructions for the amateur designer, including how to choose the right size; use color theory and lines to create flattering illusions; alter patterns and fabric to fit your figure; and more.
