Dress Your Best Life
How to Use Fashion Psychology to Take Your Look — and Your Life — to the Next Level
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You may get dressed every day without really thinking about what you're putting on, but did you know that what you wear has a powerful effect on how you feel? Or that your clothes influence the way others perceive you? By making a few adjustments to your wardrobe, and learning to style from the inside out, you'll not only elevate your look, but level up your entire life.
Dawnn Karen is a pioneer in the field of fashion psychology, and she has spent years studying the relationship between attire and attitude. In Dress Your Best Life she goes far beyond well-known makeover advice, pushing you to ask yourself: Are my clothing choices hurting me or helping me to achieve my life goals? Her book will help you discover your unique style story, become a smarter shopper, use color to your advantage, match moods to clothing choices, and embrace new or different standards of beauty. This knowledge is a power that you'll exercise every time you open your closet door or walk into an important meeting in just the right outfit.
Packed with practical tips and cutting-edge advice, Dress Your Best Life will teach you to harness the power of fashion for the life you want to live.
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Release date
April 14, 2020 -
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9781549121883
- File size: 305577 KB
- Duration: 10:36:37
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Languages
- English
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Reviews
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Starred review from February 15, 2020
This is a thoughtful and fashion-forward approach to figuring out what to wear?and understanding how clothes reflect lives well lived. Model turned fashion psychologist and Fashion Institute of Technology instructor Dawnn Karen has carved a new niche, away from the popular fad that began in the 1970s with John Molloy's Dress for Success (1975). Some statistics to prove the importance of dressing: 100 milliseconds is all it takes to judge an individual; only 20 percent of owned clothing is ever worn. Yet before undertaking a massive closet purge, review Karen's advice. It's piled high with a dozen-plus case histories (which mirror common experiences both male and female), quizzes that help readers assess the ineluctable style thing, and tips that will save money?and psyches. Among them: How to resist retail temptation; Identifying your signature style; Expert closet edits; Taking a style risk with small things or statement outerwear. Karen's very apt conclusion: Don't be eye candy. Be soul food. Engaging, well-written, and (gulp) rather piercing commentary on getting dressed.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2020, American Library Association.)
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