What Not to Wear is based on Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine's BBC television programme of the same name. The show has given a...... more
What Not
to Wear is based on Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine's BBC television programme of the same name. The show has given a whole new meaning
to the phrase "fashion victim": each week a member of the public (kindly nominated by their "friends") is done up (or, perhaps more accurately, done over) by Trinny and Susannah--a couple of Sloane-style gurus who are spikier than a pair of Manolo Blahnik stilettos. The pair mercilessly ridicule each poor specimen's dress sense until, browbeaten into submission, the unfortunate victim is forced
to see the error of their sartorial ways. Ready
to accept the experts' advice, the subject is then given £2000 for a wardrobe refurbishment. Infuriatingly, the diabolical duo is usually right and an astonishing number of ugly ducklings are duly transformed into swans. Nowhere near as much fun as watching the girls at work but infinitely preferable
to acquiring their advice first hand, this book provides an invaluable guide
to avoiding fashion faux pas. Separated into chapters themed by body shape--"big tits", "flabby tummy", "short legs" and so on--it provides step by step instructions on how
to choose flattering, fashionable cuts and colours. "Looking stylish", they unsurprisingly declare, "is as much about knowing
what not
to wear as it is about knowing
what suits you." With lists of golden rules and an index of boutiques, this volume, surely one of this season's essential purchases, will have you hot
to trot in no time at all. --Travis Elborough
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