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The Body Shape Bible: Forget Your Size Discover Your Shape Transform Yourself [Paperback]

Trinny Woodall (Author), Susannah Constantine (Author)
3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (36 customer reviews)

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Book Description

Publication Date: 15 May 2008

WHICH BODY SHAPE ARE YOU?

Skittle, Goblet, Hourglass, Cornet, Cello, Apple, Column, Bell, Vase, Brick, Lollipop or Pear . . .

Forget your size. Discover your shape. Transform yourself.

The key to looking fabulous lies in your shape, not your size. Join style gurus Trinny & Susannah as they reveal their revolutionary new concept in dressing for your body shape. Discover the 12 definitive female forms and the principles of dressing for each one. So whether you're a pear, cello, vase or lollipop, Trinny & Susannah will help you understand your proportions and show you the key garments and best looks to fit and flatter your figure, leaving you feeling confident and looking amazing.

Discover the most common dressing mistakes and your three best looks. Trinny & Susannah select key garments to make up a capsule wardrobe, and show how these basics can be built upon to vary the look. And they show how to make the most of what you already have: what you can do with an ill-fitting or expensive mistake to bring it back to life.

Includes a fabulous 22 city directory of shops, outlets and services and other must-have addresses across the UK.

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  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Phoenix (15 May 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0753823330
  • ISBN-13: 978-0753823330
  • Product Dimensions: 16.5 x 21.1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 205,991 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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"The boob-grabbing style gurus are back with another essential guide on looking good" (OK! )

"Giving genuinely useful, non-nonsense advice, it's a brilliant starting point for anyone confused about how to best flatter their figure" (HEAT )

What's Hot: This latest guide is about dressing to suit your shape. (THE SUN ) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Book Description

Style experts Trinny Woodall & Susannah Constantine define the 12 classic women's body shapes and advise on the key garments and best (and worst) looks for each shape.
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42 of 42 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars The best body shape yet! 3 Dec 2007
By L. C. Espin
Format:Hardcover
I've bought a few books about dressing for your body shape but this one is definitely the best one. Their advice is spot on and definitely changed the way I view my body. Most body shape books break down body types to about 6 at best but this book goes further with not only a lot more body shapes and but also describes traits like leg proportion, neck length and bottom size.

It has changed the way I shop. I now walk straight passed all the gorgeous but wrong for me clothes - no matter how fab! I look for shape first, fabric and colour next. My "what was I thinking" shopping mistakes have disappeared and I'm now feeling a lot better about my body. Not bad for one book!
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70 of 71 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Very informative book and great fun! 21 Sep 2007
By Reader
Format:Hardcover
I have been a fan of T&S; for many years - I like their advice which I feel is down to earth and applicable to the majority of woman. This book takes their advice from previous books and distills it into 12 body types. Whilst it is true that once you find out your type you don't need the rest of the book, I still found it great fun and very informative. For example, the book has been passed round my friends and office colleagues and all of them have, fairly easily, identified their body type. It is also useful reading about the other types as there are different hints that are also applicable to your own. They finish each chapter with celebrity pictures of each type showing both a good outfit and a bad one - this I found instructive and interesting as they analyse exactly why it is good and bad for that type. The wardrobe suggestions for my type (hourglass)were also spot on - having read some of their advice in the past I have a much better idea of what suits me. The only trouble is that I now need to go out and buy a whole new wardrobe!
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39 of 41 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Mix and Match for Best Results 29 Nov 2007
By BunniesKill
Format:Hardcover
By expanding the four classic body shapes into 12, Trinny and Susannah have tried to make it easier for women to find their type. Ironically, this has made it more difficult, because their new shapes are so specific that most women won't fit one exactly. (Of my friends who have read this book, only one knew her type immediately, because she is a classic hourglass.) T&S; do acknowledge in their introduction that there may be crossover, but nowhere else in the book.

For example, I am most definitely a Pear, but my legs are one of my best features and my calves are not chunky. The book suggests all kinds of ways for pears to hide their legs, assuming they're a cosmetic detriment for all of us. Basically, Trinny has turned the Pear shape into Trinny shape, without acknowledging that she is an extreme example of that type, with a VERY long torso, VERY short legs, and a VERY flat chest. (Yet she is beautiful.)

I think it might have been better to have fewer shapes with broader descriptions, and then give specific advice based on certain features possible within the type. ("If you are an Hourglass with a large frame....etc.") Measurements and tips for finding your type would have been helpful too for readers who can't tell if their waist is long or short, for example, in proportion with the rest of them.

You may find that you have been unconsciously choosing some of their looks for your body type without realizing why you like them. I never understood why I preferred chunky heels over stilettos on myself, but it's because the thicker heels help balance my hips. Susannah and Trinny explain these things in their characteristic, abrasive tone and do not hold back. In each chapter they tell you authoritatively what is wrong with your body and then lay down the law. Read more ›
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37 of 39 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars I Love It 25 Sep 2007
By K.
Format:Hardcover
I love it, but then I love everything Trinny and Susannah write. Just received it yesterday and I'm trying to decide if I'm an hourglass, cello, or skittle. There are tons of little pieces of advice that speak to me (such as the fact that hourglasses generally don't look so hot in casual clothing and should dress up, and that cellos look great with big hoop earrings that make their heads look bigger so as to balance out their lower parts). I also love the part on how to revamp old items from the closet that don't work - I found that inspirational. My only criticism is that I'm a tiny bit confused by the celebrity examples. Is it possible that Halle Berry is a skittle? She seems so well-balanced and hourglassy to me. And is Shakira really a pear? Oh well, I trust Trinny and Susannah. My husband says that since I started reading their books I've been dressing better. Please keep churning out the books, T&S;, and I'll keep flashing the credit card.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars sensible & spot on 10 Dec 2007
By grumpyyoungwoman
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
While T&S; can be abrasive & dogmatic when it comes to their programmes & advice giving, it can be sensible and spot on. For the record I think I'm a cross between a goblet & hourglass and their recommendations for both shapes are making a difference in my wardrobe. Credit should also be given to their "Recycle your Wardrobe" section.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Helpful in parts 2 Mar 2008
By buttons3563
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
As a fan of T and S i bought this hoping it would advise me of the right styles for my shape which i must say that it did however the book is heavily padded out with other info which is not at all helpful if your not that shape. the part relevent to your own shape is only about 5 pages long and then the majority of the rest of the book is about all the other shapes. I'd recommend either borrowing this from the library and scanning the pages relevant to your shape for future ref or buying it from amazon then selling it on. it won't be a classic
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars body shape
A great read if you are really anxious and depressed about your body shape, It will make you change the way you think about your body
Published 6 months ago by Miss J P Porter
5.0 out of 5 stars Learning a lot...
Learning a lot from the book about my bodyshape and what to wear. A lot of bodytypes - different from what u knew before.
Published 8 months ago by monica nizich
2.0 out of 5 stars Wouldn't buy it again
I think it's only useful if one has a serious deficiency for choosing clothes because of the extremely few options the authors give for each shape. Read more
Published 9 months ago by GiselaLH
3.0 out of 5 stars could be better
I was looking forward to receiving this, although it does help with body shape. it doesn't give many options or examples of clothing to wear.
Published 11 months ago by snglmum
5.0 out of 5 stars Trinny and Susannah, my favourit stylists
I was following the TV program and liked to know something more about style and clothing. I can recommend this book to everyone who is interested in fashion and style.
Published 11 months ago by Elke Stahmer
4.0 out of 5 stars so much fun to read
very much fun to read how you can do the best to your shape.
don't like the way you're sometimes addressed as being "obsessively" hiding my ugly shapes, but apart from... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Neeltje Schrofer
4.0 out of 5 stars Very happy
Really happy with the book. Like their approach and guidance. Has now helped to avoid those impulse buys that never come out of the wardrobe or end up being returned.
Published on 13 Mar 2011 by Caroline
1.0 out of 5 stars not worth buying
this book does not have examples of women body shapes that are a combination of the basic shapes that are categorized , so not helpful at all. Read more
Published on 28 Feb 2011 by yummymummy
2.0 out of 5 stars Not my bible
If you're a winter and not from England - don't waste your money on this book. Trinny & Susannah are not in favour of winter colours. They hate constrasts. Read more
Published on 26 Sep 2010 by Eliza Doolittle
5.0 out of 5 stars Trinny and Susannah from Bibles to comedy
I adored this book.

As a size 14 yo-yo eater, I have chewed through most diet books, until I found out about Trinny and Susannah, and their ethos of dressing to suit... Read more
Published on 6 July 2010 by culturalviews
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