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What Not To Wear: The Rules Paperback – 1 Jun. 2004

by Susannah Constantine (Author), Trinny Woodall (Author)

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'Trinny and Susannah can be breathtakingly irritating but also happen to have extremely good taste.' - Elizabeth Hurley

'I'd rather eat my own hair than shop with these two again.'

- Jeremy Clarkson

Susannah and Trinny's straight-talking fashion advice has made them Britain's best-known style duo. Now in their third BBC television series, they continue to make-over more unsuspecting style casualties. Offering advice on how to develop personal style, whilst making the most of your body shape, hiding your defects and flaunting those assets!

Susannah and Trinny are not about fashion; they are about personal style - dressing for your body shape and personality - and this book shows you how.

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1 Jun. 2004
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17.5 x 1.5 x 9.3 cm
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Straight-talking BBC Television style experts Susannah Constantine & Trinny Woodall reveal the secrets of looking good and offer advice on making the most of your body in this super-stylish diary format edition.

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Straight-talking BBC Television style experts Susannah Constantine & Trinny Woodall reveal the secrets of looking good and offer advice on making the most of your body in this super-stylish diary format edition. \nSusannah and Trinny's straight-talking fashion advice has made them Britain's best-known style duo. Now in their third BBC television series, they continue to make-over more unsuspecting style casualties. Offering advice on how to develop personal style, whilst making the most of your body shape, hiding your defects and flaunting those assets! Susannah and Trinny are not about fashion

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Phoenix; 1st edition (1 Jun. 2004)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 176 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1841882496
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1841882499
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 17.5 x 1.5 x 9.3 cm

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Ibrahim Khalifa

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 June 2023

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Bought this book as a joke and had a really good laugh reading it. No other use of this book though.

A bit light on detail

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 October 2002

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I love Trinny and Susannah's TV show and watch it religiously each week, so when I saw they had brought out a book, I dashed out and bought it straight away. I was rather disappointed with it, though. Trinny and Susannah take turns to model clothes which highlight or improve some figure faults - in one chapter Trinny tries to make everyone believe she has a big bum and in another Susannah is supposed to have thick calves and ankles. It would have been a lot more helpful if they had gone to the trouble to find people who really do have these features, rather than try to emulate them themselves.
They could also have done with using addressing a few other figure-faults as well. What are you supposed to do if you have a long waist, wide shoulders or long legs. A lot of people might think long legs are great, but when you're on a long-haul economy class flight, or trying to buy trousers they're a real liability.
There is a list of places to buy clothes at the end of each chapter. However, they could have been a little more specific about the retailers they list. It says to buy a jacket at Topshop, but which jacket? Are they referring to one of the ones they have illustrated in the book? And if so, which one? I thought this section was a waste of space.
...It took me about half an hour to get through the whole book, and I doubt I'll ever use it again. But if you really have trouble finding the right clothes for you and fit the figure-types listed in the book, you might find it a good place to get started.

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Literate Hamster

For those of us with 'figure faults' ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 May 2016

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Sound and sensible advice about how to look good if you're not 100% happy with your body shape. Something to think about while you're on the killer diet which will have you in supermodel shape ... eventually. This is a book for the real world with excellent illustrations which drive the points home.

virginiawoolf theorist

A miniturised version of What not to wear Vol I

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 January 2007

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All this is is a shrunk down version of the big hefty volume which as a T&S; devotee and disciple I have.

I wish this was a free book attached to previous Volumes.I wish this was a Standard doled out to Women needing sartorial salvation.At it is it is another reason to make money at the Viewers expense.

I have great respect for Trinny and Suzzana and watch their programmes religiously, I have all their books. I love the way they take so called ordinary faulty flawed but beautiful 'real' women and bring out their sartorial potentiality. As a result I could preach the Gospel of T&S; with confidence. But this is just a money spinner instead of a way to put T&S; advice into much needed compact form.

9 people found this helpful

Bought this at the same time as "What you wear ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 June 2015

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Bought this at the same time as "What you wear can change your life". The little lady has had her nose buried in the book so I am now awaiting the changes!!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 August 2012

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I have avoided giving this book a review for 3 months now since it is such utter rubbish! First of all it is highly offensive with the most appalling language. Do these women usually work on the factory floor or what? They sound like drunk hooligans. What woman with self respect wants her breasts called tits, her bottom to be called ass and so on?

Secondly, they don't seem to understand that most of us have several "problem" areas, not just ONE. In that respect, the book is not helpful what so ever. To give an example. I can't boast anything but a cup size 70A/32A. They say that I therefor must only wear shirts and tops without sleeves. This is in chapter two. Then in chapter three, talking about not too skinny arms, I am absolutely supposed to have sleeves on all my outfits!

Then if you have a timeglass figure, like I do, they tell you to never end anything above your behind (but they use the foul word of course). Well, Clinton and Stacey in the US TV-program "What not to wear" say the total opposite. Show off your timeglass figure, make sure you end things above your bottom so that attention is paid to your waist instead!

It gets worse, these to women say that a short person like myself must wear long coats, dresses, and flared legs to look taller while Stacy and Clinton say that a short person must not wear things below the knee, to show that one does have legs! Even if they are short! On the pictures in this book, the short women look like Christmas trees without legs!

After 8 pregnancies, my tummy is not as flat as it used to be, and now they suddenly tell me that I must wear short jackets and things that end at the waist, because of it. When my bottom required long things to hide IT!

I must say that this book made me feel like an alien, a monster, that there is something wrong with my body. I might add that I am a petite, 5'3", woman that wears British size 8 or xs on top and size small on the lower regions. In other words, we are not talking big here, BUT this book made me feel like a big, fat, elephant that ought to go and hide in a closet somewhere since there is nothing suitable for my obviously weird looking body! I am throwing my book away and am glad I bought it used for only a penny! It's not even worth that penny though or the shipping that after all was four pounds!

4 people found this helpful

A bit dictatorial

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 July 2019

This is quite a fun book to flip through, but two television personalities with all the benefits of lighting, professional make up etc can make you buy into anything.My reaction to some of the outfit right and wrongs were rather like those before and after makeovers, where the before picture seems to me more relaxed, and therefore relaxed, than the after.
Susannah has a belief in the miracle of the wrap dress that is almost evangelical.This is the most time complicated item to wear! The drape needs constant twitching and redjustment pulling and hitching in.
The notes on the neck were interesting.But why stop there? What if you have big toes or fingers like chipolata pork sausages??
The directory of brands under columns centred on price-little guilt etc, were a bit of a downer.(and often strangely off in today's prices-whistles, for example is quite an expensive brand..
In my day we called it investment dressing..

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 June 2016

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Love all of these books by these two ladies.

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RP

I can trust these ladies to give an open, honest & accurate opinion of what NOT to wear!

Reviewed in Canada on 27 September 2020

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According to wife: I can trust these ladies to give an open, honest & accurate opinion of what NOT to wear! I use to own this book years ago when it was fresh, and am pleased to have this book again after having to give the previous book away. I find these women portray well in visual detail why NOT to wear and why TO wear certain clothing and accessory items over other items. As much as losing weight could be great, its easier said than done, so knowing what to wear for any body size and shape is very helpful... Optical illusions have an affect on size and shape!

paoladv

una specie di bibbia

Reviewed in Italy on 9 April 2015

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un libro che ho scoperto in casa altrui, oltreoceano e che mi sono poi fatta arrivare e che ho regalato, anche se usati, a sorelle e amiche. troppo simpatico e giusto, per chi, come noi donne "normali" ama essere in ordine ma non gira con il personal trainer/fashion

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wild child's mom

For me the most helpful book to date

Reviewed in the United States on 28 February 2004

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For me this is the most helpful book on the subject I ever read -- and together with "The Lucky Shopping Manual" the only guide a woman will ever need. The book is grouped into body parts that might need hiding: saddlebags, flabby tummy, short legs -- rather than body types. I have positively 4 of the 10 described "body flaws" and my body sort of "borders" on 4 more "flaws" so it is very helpful for me that I am enabled to mix and match my hiding strategies rather than having to decide on one body type. In all the other books I ever read I have never been able to decide on just one body type so when I tried to follow their tips I always ended up looking pretty dowdy and feeling pretty frustrated. Although some of the suggestions contradict each other I still find it easier to make my pick between two clothes shapes rather than hundreds. It is a very refreshing strategy that the authors focus on items that should definitely be avoided. Honestly, I will know immediately how other's should dress, but for myself I feel I dress for the person I'm in my head rather than the person I really am. The "worst case" pictures in the book enabled me to assess my body and wardrobe very honestly. I really like the authors approach to not focus on fashion but rather on styles that suit the individual body as it is so easy to get sidetracked when one loves fashion magazines as much as I do. Fashion can be really hard for someone who loves the latest trends but who's body is a far cry from model size! The book's approach taught me to focus on shape first and on fashion only secondly -- it really works! Shopping had been pretty frustrating for me in the past as I could never find the looks that I liked in magazines and on other people -- or they just looked horrible on me. So I ended up with very few things that I looked great in, and wore the same things all the time -- pretty frustrating for someone who loves fashion! I also ended up with many things I never wore. Since I bought the book I have added many more choices to my wardrobe that I look great in and wear a lot -- and I have also not made another wrong purchase. Thanks so much Trinny and Susannah!

8 people found this helpful

Nina

A bit of help for just a bit of money

Reviewed in Germany on 1 March 2020

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Quite interesting and a bit helpful, too; but it covers too little to be of actual help for me, having the figure I have. Still, a good book for this price so it was still worth buying it :)

SMC

Confidence is the Key

Reviewed in the United States on 10 December 2007

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The thing I like about this book, and all of Trinny and Susannah's books, is that they are written to help everywoman look her best. I like too that much of the material is geared toward the grown woman who wants to look grown, rather than like a teenager. They are real champions of a mature and classy look - almost harking back to the days when young women were looking forward to being adults, with sophistication of dress. The advice about shapes and colors is very helpful. I too give it four rather than 5 stars because I agree with some other reviews here that there may be some conflicting advice for conflicting "problem" areas - but they give us a start on pulling ourselves together.

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