Fashion For Dummies

Fashion For Dummies

Jill Martin, Pierre A. Lehu

Language: English

Pages: 352

ISBN: 0470539267

Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub


Your full-color guide to building a fun, functional wardrobe

Fashion For Dummies takes the guess out of dress, giving you the confidence and know-how you need to dress for every occasion. This full-color guide is packed with tips on creating a confusion-free wardrobe that works with your body type and personal style, as well as navigating the worlds of color, pattern, and texture.

  • Reveals how to put together outfits that work without overextending your budget
  • Features a section dedicated to menswear
  • Packed with helpful illustrations presented in full color

The perfect guide for novice fashion-hunters, Fashion For Dummies is your key to always dressing your best!

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Fashion, Style, and You If you’re a pear, your fashion goal is to elongate your figure so that you look less bottom-heavy. The first line of attack to reaching this goal is to balance your hips and your shoulders while showing off your curves. The key here is to accentuate your top half. For example, if the eye is drawn to your cute top or the scarf around your neck, it takes the focus off your bottom half. Always wear something darker and slimming on the bottom, like dark jeans or slacks, or a

fabric. A woven fabric is made by interlacing threads of one or more types of material. Originally weaving was done by hand, but then the loom was invented and simplified the process. Today, computerized looms can produce amazing designs. Following are the most common weave designs, as shown in Figure 4-1: ✓ The plain weave: Early woven patterns were plain, with one set of threads going over and under the other set. The technical term for the yarn going over is the warp yarn; the term for the

Clothing that Compliments You............................................................................... 44 Getting key measurements.................................................................. 44 The fruit basket: Determining your shape......................................... 46 Where’s your waistline?....................................................................... 51 Tackling other problem areas............................................................. 55 Getting Your Size

elements..................................................................................... 154 Shapes.................................................................................................. 160 A word about sweaters...................................................................... 162 Skirts and Dresses........................................................................................ 162 Dress

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