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Figuring Out Fashion: Balance Your Wardrobe and Your Budget
Reworking existing clothing adds up, reducing the cost for both the wearer and the planet. Many wardrobes are full of unworn impulse purchases and expensive clothes that dont fit well or with details that dont flatter. For those concerned about
the cost of fashion shoppingnot just personal debt, but the ethical issues of cheap labour and the ecological impact of over-consumption of fashion clothingFiguring Out Fashion provides answers. Fashion stylist Jay Hunt links fashion theory to financial planning to show how a healthy bank balance and a stylish wardrobe can co-exist. Theory sections explain the basic calculations you need to how to assess and review your current wardrobe, working out what suits you; how to plan a capsule wardrobe for the seasons and your budget; how to understand concepts like cost per wear, and judging when quality counts. Theory is supplemented with practical instruction from ethical craft guru Barley Massey in reworking, reviving, and refreshing existing items, introduced in 20 exercises that provide step-by-step examples of simple, inexpensive re-dos you wont need a loan for.
the cost of fashion shoppingnot just personal debt, but the ethical issues of cheap labour and the ecological impact of over-consumption of fashion clothingFiguring Out Fashion provides answers. Fashion stylist Jay Hunt links fashion theory to financial planning to show how a healthy bank balance and a stylish wardrobe can co-exist. Theory sections explain the basic calculations you need to how to assess and review your current wardrobe, working out what suits you; how to plan a capsule wardrobe for the seasons and your budget; how to understand concepts like cost per wear, and judging when quality counts. Theory is supplemented with practical instruction from ethical craft guru Barley Massey in reworking, reviving, and refreshing existing items, introduced in 20 exercises that provide step-by-step examples of simple, inexpensive re-dos you wont need a loan for.
160 pages, Paperback
Published June 20, 2016
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August 5, 2017
This is a book perfect for up-cyclers.
If you have a wardrobe full of clothes and nothing to wear then book will give you a whole new look to your everyday attire.
Alterations, decluttering and a body image test all help in giving you the ideal fashion statement. Even your underwear gets an overhaul.
Figuring Out Fashion has a ‘Your Shopping Year’ section that delves into what you need for each month and what it aims to do is stop you overspending. Something which I am guilty of and I am sure most women are.
The author Jay Hunt has worked for the most prestigious of clients and by following her expert advice our closets will be revamped and what we have left will be the perfect capsule wardrobe for our everyday needs.
While this book won’t suit everyone. I think it will be an ideal gift for those of us who have no clue where to start with our style and how we want to look. Jay gives ideas how to embellish and change items we already have and from jeans to glasses she covers absolutely everything and gives some good advice.
If you have a wardrobe full of clothes and nothing to wear then book will give you a whole new look to your everyday attire.
Alterations, decluttering and a body image test all help in giving you the ideal fashion statement. Even your underwear gets an overhaul.
Figuring Out Fashion has a ‘Your Shopping Year’ section that delves into what you need for each month and what it aims to do is stop you overspending. Something which I am guilty of and I am sure most women are.
The author Jay Hunt has worked for the most prestigious of clients and by following her expert advice our closets will be revamped and what we have left will be the perfect capsule wardrobe for our everyday needs.
While this book won’t suit everyone. I think it will be an ideal gift for those of us who have no clue where to start with our style and how we want to look. Jay gives ideas how to embellish and change items we already have and from jeans to glasses she covers absolutely everything and gives some good advice.
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