- Paperback: 304 pages
- Publisher: Gotham (Jan 1 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1592403360
- ISBN-13: 978-1592403363
- Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 18.5 x 1.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 703 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #87,431 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A celebrity fashion designer gives every woman the red-carpet treatment in this foolproof guide to choosing clothes that make you look fabulous?with tailor-made tips for forty-eight body types.
From Oprah to Eva Longoria, top L.A. designer Bradley Bayou has dressed women of all shapes and sizes and knows that every woman has her own natural combination of silhouette shape, height, and weight. Style is not about fitting into the size you think is sexy, it is about picking clothes that fit your body correctly and that create balance.
In The Science of Sexy, Bayou helps readers identify their silhouette shape (triangle, inverted triangle, rectangle, or hourglass) and combines that information with a height/weight chart to determine which of the forty-eight ?fitting rooms? to go to in the book. Each fitting room has Bradley?s specific advice on the clothes and accessories to wear and avoid, and how to create balance using color, scale, proportions, and fabric.
From Oprah to Eva Longoria, top L.A. designer Bradley Bayou has dressed women of all shapes and sizes and knows that every woman has her own natural combination of silhouette shape, height, and weight. Style is not about fitting into the size you think is sexy, it is about picking clothes that fit your body correctly and that create balance.
In The Science of Sexy, Bayou helps readers identify their silhouette shape (triangle, inverted triangle, rectangle, or hourglass) and combines that information with a height/weight chart to determine which of the forty-eight ?fitting rooms? to go to in the book. Each fitting room has Bradley?s specific advice on the clothes and accessories to wear and avoid, and how to create balance using color, scale, proportions, and fabric.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Great advice at a great price,
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This review is from: The Science of Sexy: Dress to Fit Your Unique Figure with the Style System That Works for Every Shapeand Size (Paperback)
I just received my copy of the book today and I spent the entire evening looking through it. With 48 body types (divided by height, weight, and body shape) there truly is advice for every woman's body. Yes, there are only 4 pages for each of the 48 body types, but, if you get creative, you can find more looks that work by reading the advice for all the triangle body types, for example. You'll find that a lot of the advice is the same for each, but certain things are brought out at different heights and weights. If for no other reason, I'm glad I finally know what my body shape is. I always thought I was an hourglass because I'm mostly proportional with a defined waist, but I found out I'm a triangle. Go figure! (no pun intended).In short, buy this book. The price is well worth it for what you'll learn about your own body. The price will be even better if you share it with a few of your friends.
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4.4 out of 5 stars (34 customer reviews) 50 of 54 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Expected more for the money,
By Niquey - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Science of Sexy: Dress to Fit Your Unique Figure with the Style System That Works for Every Shapeand Size (Paperback)
Being a plus-size, I have read several books on how to dress my figure. This is the first book I've seen that addresses height, weight, and body shape all at the same time. Which is GREAT! And the book has given me ideas on new things to try that I wouldn't have otherwise considered... However, I was looking for a little more substance to the rest of the book. Do's and Don'ts lists of accessorizing, shoes, quality vs. quantity, etc. just didn't quite cut it for me. Eighteen dollars for a book where only 30 pages of it applies to me (including the four about dressing for my body type) doesn't provide me with the bang I was expecting for my buck. You'd be better off borrowing the book at the library and photocopying the pages applying to you.
20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Every women's MUST HAVE !,
By Lucy Chen - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Science of Sexy: Dress to Fit Your Unique Figure with the Style System That Works for Every Shapeand Size (Paperback)
This book is definitely a must-have for every woman.From here, you will be able to correctly define your body shape and size: 1) measure your shoulder, bust, waist, hip (it teaches you to do so correctly) to calculate your proportions and define your SHAPE. You will find out whether you are a Triangle, Inverted Triangle, Rectangle or Hourglass; 2) use the relationship between your height and weight to define whether you are slender, average, plus or double plus; 3) then your height alone to define if you are petite, tall or something in between. Once you know all of the above, then you will be invited into your particular dressing room (there're 48 of them in the book) and find out exactly what types of tops, skirts, pants, dreses, jackets, coats, shoes and accessories are most flattering on you, as well as what you shoud avoid. It also identifies a celebrity for each fitting room for your reference. There are only 4 pages devoted to each fitting room (body shape), but there is so much useful information and it is almost all you need to build your entire wardrobe! These 4 pages of information is invaluable! You can always use the information in the other fitting rooms to help the ones you care, like your best friends, your mother, your sisters, your daughers etc... The book aslo gives other advice on: 1) the fundamental pieces in your wardrobe; 2) answer a few questions in order to define your style of sexy; 3) the Dress Sexy Ten Commandments: the rules that apply to every women, all shapes and sizes (here you will also find out about how to tell if a piece is well made and good quality). This is the best book on the subject! I definitely recommend it. Lucy Chen 12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
"Get Thee to Dressing Sexy!",
By S. Briggs - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Science of Sexy: Dress to Fit Your Unique Figure with the Style System That Works for Every Shapeand Size (Paperback)
I know many viewers have marked this title down for having only a few pages relating to their body type. I did get this title from the library (which I had to wait to get because the library system doesn't have a lot of copies and it's a popular title). I thought this book was very valuable, especially since I'm a petite,full figured woman. There are so few books that address the many body types of full figure women. After reading this book I found out why some of my clothes made me look thinner and others made me look dumpy.Still, I think this is a fashion book that will hold up to time. The book can be passed around among friends, sisters, moms and daughters; then it will get it's mileage. I may still buy it or ask for it for a gift. As I'm losing weight, I'll most likely need to refer to it again (since some things clothing advice changes for weight rather than body shape). |
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