In The Dressing Room with Brenda: A Fun and Practical Guide to Buying Smart and Looking Great

Especially at the beginning there is a lot of excess annoying chattiness in this book that I could have done without, but then there are a few good parts. For example, more useful is the chapter with the shopping calendar. I have been ripping the book apart to focus on the better parts. Gone is the chapter on tattoos. Keeping the chapter on clothing capsules.

This book is okay - a little cute, but some interesting ideas. However, I read Kinsel's Brenda's Wardrobe Companion first, and found that one much better.

I pour over this book and another Brenda Kinsale title, "40 Over 40", twice a year at seasonal wardrobe evaluation time. Her advice is so solid, and her tone so supportive. My look has imporved greatly since I started studying her advice. My favorite is "Don't save anything for "best". There is no "best". Now I go a head and wear my nice clothes any old time and feel much better for it.

This is a must read for anyone who wants to improve their style. This book was recommended to me by a wardrobe consultant as her favorite book!

Women looking for "straightforward" advice will be disappointed.If you can approach this book with an open mind, you'll have a lot of fun.I really like the illustrations here and there, and especially the font Brenda used. It's easy on the eyes.As far as the content, I'm fond of the "Fashion Calendar for Smarties" - a month by month look at what to expect in the stores each month. This is INDISPENSABLE.I also love the "Fashion Feng Shui".I haven't finished reading this book yet, but it's already given me a different approach to shopping for my wardrobe. It's about loving myself, not punishing myself with dreary clothes, or camouflaging myself! It's about a sense of adventure, and creativity.Most of all, I adore her writing style. It's extremely upbeat and energetic, and very warm. There was no picture of Brenda Kinsel anywhere in the book, so I searched under her name in Yahoo pictures. I pictured her as a happy, smiling, uplifting woman. I found only one picture of her, but she was exactly as I had imagined her!Anyway - Would I recommend this book? As I said above, if you can open your mind, YES!IF you want to look at the world with new eyes - YES.If you're tired of "practical", cold, uninspirational books about fashion that make you even more afraid of shopping, get this book....And please don't skip the introduction!

The writing style was so extraordinarily annoying that I found it virtually impossible to read. The few nuggets of good advice must be culled out of hackneyed, trite, tired attempts at wit. I found myself skimming the entire book searching for something worthwhile and find it was not worth the effort. If you were able to edit out the exasperating filler you might have the makings of a worthwhile magazine article.

The authors give out basic information about taking care of, building, and maintaining a wardrobe. Cost factors to consider, quality clothing cues, building a wardrobe, basic yes, yeses, and no, nos.I looked up where they are located and plan on using their professional services as well.

A book like this should be something you would keep and refer back to - this went right in my recycle bin. Extremely disappointing. The only thing that was new or helpful in the least was the suggestion to look for clothing in colors that were reflected in your eyes, hair etc. Other then that I cannot think of anything. Pretty much a waste of time and money. I felt the same way about her 'Over 40' book that I also foolishly bought.

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