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A smart and stylish fashion and beauty guide from the creators of the popular website WhoWhatWear.com. Now, the creators share their tricks of the trade, translating high fashion in a low-fuss, accessible way. Hillary Kerr and Katherine Power, two former Elle magazine editors, are the fashionable duo behind the booming website. In Who What Wear they’ve compiled the best of their tips and advice into one stylish compendium.Trends come and go at a dizzying pace and it can be cha… Buy Who What Wear: Celebrity and Runway Style for Real Life at Amazon
Over the past few months I have been into buying fashion books including Influence by Mary Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen, Fashion Inside Out: Daniel V’s Guide to How Style Happens from Inspiration to Runway and Beyond, and most recently The Sartorialist by Scott Schuman. What I appreciated from these books were the different styles portrayed and how it inspired me to try different things and not focus on being so “matchy-matchy.”
Since this book was promoted by Nicole Richie, I thought she had great style, so why not check it out? When the book arrived, I was disappointed on how little content there was, how few pictures it had and overall the advice it gave about fashion. I appreciated the “From Runway” to “Real life” section, but it’s not anything new. Maybe my expectations were higher or different. I was looking for photos of celebrities and different styles they had, which I could incorporate in my own wardrobe, but I didn’t get that from this book.
Bottom line is that if you want to be influenced by fashion check out other books or read their site. If you don’t buy it, you won’t be missing much.
Also, what’s the purpose of the red ribbon glued in the book? At first I thought it was a bookmark but after ripping it out, it tore up the book, so I stopped.
I am an avid reader of the WWW site, but was extremely disappointed with this book. As a mature woman, it was geared to twenty-somethings. The part on interpreting runway views to the real world was OK, but only three examples were given. In reviewing the “looks” for different occasions, they were for a very young crowd and very casual, bordering on messy in some cases. The model’s hair and makeup were not done and she is standing knock-kneed and looks way too thin for interpretation in the real world. In addition, most of the looks would work on the east or west coast, but would not play in the midwest unless you were working in fashion. Some of the looks, like the “on the plane” look were outright wrong. Never be sloppy when you are flying unless you are on a private plane -you never know who you may run into that can help your career. I doubt if a powerful person who could be a potential employer or mentor would take you seriously in ripped jeans and Chuck Taylor’s. This book does a disservice to any young woman (and does not even apply to anyone over 30) who not only wants to look contemporary and fashion savvy, but wants to move forward in her career. If you want just a casual trendy look – head for the magazine rack or better yet – to the internet, at least it is free. I read every book, magazine and website there is devoted to fashion and style and this was a big waste of money and time.