Overview
Is your closet jam-packed and yet you have absolutely nothing to wear? Can you describe your personal style in one sentence? If someone grabbed a random piece from your closet right now, how likely is it that it would be something you love and wear regularly?
With so many style and shopping options, it can be difficult to create a streamlined closet of pieces that can be worn easily and confidently. In The Curated Closet, style writer Anuschka Rees presents a fascinatingly strategic approach to identifying, refining, and expressing personal style and building the ideal wardrobe to match it, with style and shopping strategies that women can use every day. Using The Curated Closet method, you'll learn to: - Shop smarter and more selectively
- Make the most of your budget
- Master outfit formulas and color palettes
- Tweak your wardrobe for work
- Assess garment fit and quality like a pro
- Curate a closet of fewer, better pieces Including useful infographics, charts, and activities, as well as beautiful fashion photography, The Curated Closet is the ultimate practical guide to authentic and unique style.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9781607749486
- ISBN-10: 1607749483
- Publisher: Ten Speed Press
- Publish Date: September 2016
- Dimensions: 9.9 x 7.1 x 0.7 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
- Page Count: 272
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Raise your hand if you’ve got overflowing drawers but nothing to wear. Or if magazine fodder about style drives you crazy. Bohemian? Preppy? Romantic? I never see myself reflected in any of these looks, and I know I’m not alone. That’s why The Curated Closet is genius: Anuschka Rees, of the style blog Into Mind, takes a different approach to helping women discover their personal style. Though hers is minimalist (not in aesthetics, but in terms of being selective), her goal is “not to build a wardrobe that is small as possible but one that is functional and personalized as possible.” Not a huge clothes hound myself, I’ve never felt so enthused to tackle a closet overhaul as I am after perusing Rees’ sections on how to discover personal style, build a dream wardrobe and learn the art of shopping. A fascinating “Closet Diagnostics” flowchart starts things off, and a latter section teaches garment assessment, led by Rees’ argument that “you don’t need a fat wallet to put together a high-quality wardrobe.” Sold.
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This article was originally published in the October 2016 issue of BookPage. Download the entire issue for the Kindle or Nook.
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Raise your hand if you’ve got overflowing drawers but nothing to wear. Or if magazine fodder about style drives you crazy. Bohemian? Preppy? Romantic? I never see myself reflected in any of these looks, and I know I’m not alone. That’s why The Curated Closet is genius: Anuschka Rees, of the style blog Into Mind, takes a different approach to helping women discover their personal style. Though hers is minimalist (not in aesthetics, but in terms of being selective), her goal is “not to build a wardrobe that is small as possible but one that is functional and personalized as possible.” Not a huge clothes hound myself, I’ve never felt so enthused to tackle a closet overhaul as I am after perusing Rees’ sections on how to discover personal style, build a dream wardrobe and learn the art of shopping. A fascinating “Closet Diagnostics” flowchart starts things off, and a latter section teaches garment assessment, led by Rees’ argument that “you don’t need a fat wallet to put together a high-quality wardrobe.” Sold.
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