I Love Your Style: How to Define and Refine Your Personal Style

I have lots of style books - both Lucky manuals, the InStyle guide, Rachel Zoe's book, etc. - and Brooks's book is a good addition to the genre. She's doing something slightly different here: though she's divided the book into the standard styles (classic, bohemian, minimal, high fashion, street, and eclectic), she has lots of new things to say, and the text is more substantive than I expected. Brooks has an engaging and personal writing style; she talks about her life and includes lots of pictures of herself in different style phases. Though the book is clearly aimed at average women, Brooks is writing from the perspective of someone who works at Vogue (or is at least friends with lots of people who work at Vogue). She doesn't bother with the standard list of basics everyone should own (trench, white button-down, blah blah blah) and thankfully does not include a section on flattering different figures. She does include specific outfit ideas and advice about how to wear the items associated with particular styles. The best part of the book, though, is definitely the pictures. There are lots of fantastic photos of stylish women from the last hundred years that I had never seen before. As Brooks points out, they all still look great today. All in all, this one is worth buying, even if you have several style books already. The photos and advice are inspirational and Brooks has a likable voice.

Très bon livre , petite bible du style, bien écrit et qui peut se lire d une traite ou bien piocher dans les chapitres individuellement

Loved every single page of it!

この手の本にしては珍しく、読み応え満点でした！ ハウツーものではありますが、肉付けに使われている情報や写真が著者の個人的な懐から出てきたものなので、自伝的な面もある作品です。 それがいちいち自慢に聞こえて鼻につかなくもないのですが、アメリカの平均的な上流階級（？）の世界を垣間みる機会だと思えば気になりません。 少し大きめのソフトカバーで、一見文学作品のような表紙のデザインもはしゃいだところがなく、内容によくマッチしていると思います。

I loved this book. Its not the typical "guide book" to style but more of a personal account of finding one's style, which i really appreciate because i didnt want a book to tell me how to dress and how to match pieces, but to inspire me to find my own ways of doing so. I like how this book brought different eras together to create the "big picture" of all the possibilities out there in creating your own style. I read it every night before bed and had images of most interesting creative outfits floating in my head afterwards. It also opened my mind to new ways of styling my outfits: vintage, clothes i thought i didnt like and wanted to give away, my grandma's closet, ebay, etc.