- Paperback: 192 pages
- Publisher: Capital Books; 1 edition (Jan 1 2000)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1892123053
- ISBN-13: 978-1892123053
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 18.5 x 1.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 522 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,285,714 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Former Color Me Beautiful consultant Darlene Mathis gives an old idea a new twist: Women of color receive fashion advice just for them." -- Chicago Sun-Times
"Someone has finally written the book on beauty and ethnic skin." -- Self
Women of Color picks up where most other beauty books leave off. For one thing, it's about us, what works with our own unique skin colorings and hair, and what helps us look our most radiant. You'll never grab another dress off the rack without first thinking about the lessons in this book. It'll change your approach to fashion forever--and improve the way you look. Absolutely. This book is an investment." -- Janice M. Armstrong, Philadelphia Daily News
"Someone has finally written the book on beauty and ethnic skin." -- Self
Women of Color picks up where most other beauty books leave off. For one thing, it's about us, what works with our own unique skin colorings and hair, and what helps us look our most radiant. You'll never grab another dress off the rack without first thinking about the lessons in this book. It'll change your approach to fashion forever--and improve the way you look. Absolutely. This book is an investment." -- Janice M. Armstrong, Philadelphia Daily News
Book Description
The world's women are a universe of colors with a gorgeous spectrum of eye, hair, and skin tones. Now acclaimed personal image consultant Darlene Mathis offers her easy-to-follow
system for identifying the palette of colors that will enhance natural beauty and develop "fashion fitness" so women of all colors will look great and feel terrific no matter what their ethnic roots:
African-American, Hispanic, Asian, Native-American and more.
From hairstyle and wardrobe building to makeup and accessories, this complete fashion guide is a must for all women of color - Winters, Summers, Autumns and Springs!
system for identifying the palette of colors that will enhance natural beauty and develop "fashion fitness" so women of all colors will look great and feel terrific no matter what their ethnic roots:
African-American, Hispanic, Asian, Native-American and more.
From hairstyle and wardrobe building to makeup and accessories, this complete fashion guide is a must for all women of color - Winters, Summers, Autumns and Springs!
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Must-buy for Image Consultants - current and future!,
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This review is from: Women of Color: The Multicultural Guide to Fashion and Beauty (Paperback)
This book takes the theory of Seasonal Color to a new level. As a woman of color and a Certified Image Consultant trained in Seasonal Color draping, I very much appreciated the detail and thought given to seasonal color as applied to women of color.Too often, women of color were tagged with one particular season, with no allowance for the rainbow of skin tones and coloring combinations that we are born with. This book explains not only the different possibilities for coloring, but teaches through gorgeous photography and color charts that women of color can fit into any of the traditional seasons. Wonderful information is also contained within this book on dressing figure challenges, accessories, and drawing the eye to where you want it. For anyone in the Image Consulting industry who works with women, this book is a great reference. Our world is becoming more multi-cultural every day, and this book will help Consultants work effectively within that world.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Should Be More About Color!,
By QueenBean84 (LaFayette, NY United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Women of Color: The Multicultural Guide to Fashion and Beauty (Paperback)
I found this book a great add-on to Carole Jackson's Color Me Beautiful. The photographs are beautiful and the techniques are presented logically. However, I didn't like that she seems to advertise certain clothing designers like Donna Karran/DKNY and Liz Claiborne. Also, she seems to push the idea that in order to be beautiful you need to spend a lot of money on things like manicures & pedicures every 7 days seeing a skin care specialist often. HELLO! Not everyone has a budget for these sort of things! I also didn't like the fact that she seems to think that your season dictates your personality and what fragrance you choose.
1.0 out of 5 stars
One extremely disappointed woman of color,
By Solita "harivelo" (USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Women of Color: The Multicultural Guide to Fashion and Beauty (Paperback)
I have read many books on style but this one must be the most disappointing. There is some good information on choosing the right colors and building a wardrobe but nothing that you could not find in a good women's magazine. Most of the book consists in anecdotes illustrating Ms. Mathis's skills as a fashion counselor-at times it sounds like an advertisement or a biography. My main complaint is that the author assumes that a woman's personality is predetermined by her coloring; for instance, all summer women are catalogued as soft and romantic. As a woman of color, I expected to learn how to bring out my true personality with the help of the right clothes, accessories and makeup. I did not want any fashion guru to dictate what I should be like and how I should behave. Mary Spillane wrote a far better book based on the Color me Beautiful system. She even included references to women of color without making a big fuss about it.
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