The Bombshell Manual Of Style: Amazon.ca: Laren Stover: Books

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"By Laren Stover, it offers advice to all women, brunettes and redheads included, on how to detonate the inner bombshell." -- New York Times

"Stover, Forrest and their colleagues are . . . shrewd and insightfully observant field anthropologists . . ." -- Tom Robbins

"With prose and perception of rare and natural grace . . . deserves a place beside Neumann's The Great Mother . . ." -- Nick Tosches

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In this glittering beauty and lifestyle guide packed with pearls of wisdom, Laren Stover has compiled everything a woman needs to know to live the Bombshell life: from how to dress and make an entrance to what to eat and where to shop. It tells readers what makes a Bombshell tick; road-tested outfits for 25 occasions; must-have Bombshell sleepwear, handbags, and fragrances; whats in the Bombshell library; and what she looks for in a man. With scads of little-known facts about real-life bombshells like Liz, Mae, and Lana this fun and ever-so-practical little book is certain to bring out the inner Bombshell in every woman.

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A Bombshell is full of contradictions. Read the first page

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3.0 out of 5 stars Silly pink fluffy stuff, Dec 16 2003

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This review is from: The Bombshell Manual Of Style (Hardcover)

The writers got stuck in a decade they probably didn't even live through -- the 1950s -- and so little of it translates to the 21st Century. They refer to the same few actresses over and over. Apparently the bombshell standard was set by women on screen and the setting for a so-called bombshell's life is a movie set. Then, the only contemporary actresses they feature are Marisa Tomei, Patricia Arquette and Kim Basinger, and I wouldn't place them all in the bombshell category. Sheesh. It took *how* many people to write this little bunch of fluff?

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2.0 out of 5 stars Good idea, but..., July 14 2004

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Quirky "Red Head" (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Bombshell Manual Of Style (Hardcover)

It could have been a lot better. If you buy a book like "The Bombshell Manual", you're expecting some light and fluffy reading. Well, good because that's what you're getting. There were some parts that I found interesting, but more parts that I found too long and tedious like the bombshell horoscopes. Yuck. And who says that redheads don't make good bombshells?

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5.0 out of 5 stars Juicy, funny, and inspiring, July 12 2004

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Aisling D'Art "artist and author" (Portsmouth, NH USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Bombshell Manual Of Style (Hardcover)

I was expecting a parody, and this book can be read that way... except by the humorless, of course, who will take it far too seriously.

Instead, while much of the book was written tongue-in-cheek, it's also juicy reading, laugh-out-loud funny, and surprisingly inspiring.

It helped me connect with when I was a little girl and idolized Bridget Bardot in old movies on TV. It reminded me of Jayne Mansfield's giggly va-VOOM sense of style. And, this made me go to my closet and look at all the sensible white blouses and Terribly Professional tailored clothing, and sigh deeply.

I went out and bought pink. Pink blouses, pink undies, pink shoes. Not what-a-cute-baby pink, but Bombshell Goddess PINK.

Life hasn't been the same since. And I'm delighted!

If you're looking for a carefully analyzed, dress-for-success, statistically footnoted guide to fashion, this isn't it. Likewise, if you read it with red pen in hand, noting where the pace is too slow and where the logic falters, you probably won't like this book. It's unapologetically frivolous and fun.

BUT... If you want a good, light poolside read with plenty of smiles, this is a great choice. You may also reconnect with childhood fantasies, in the very best ways.

This book is still on my nightstand for when the day has worn me down a bit. After reading just a few pages of it, I slip off to dreamland with visions of pink bubblebaths, fluffy maribou high-heeled slippers, and boxes of soft-centered chocolates.

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1.0 out of 5 stars please
I was expecting a lot from this book, a celebration of strong, beautiful and elegant women. Instead there is this thrash that instead of empowering women's feminity, just descrive... Read more

Published on July 15 2004 by A. Michaelson

4.0 out of 5 stars this book will give you grace
While reading this book, I felt like I was floating through the world and my interactions with people. I felt graceful, peaceful & calm. Read more

Published on Jun 8 2004 by Sara Richardson