Brenda Mengeling read and liked Monica's review of The One Hundred: A Guide to the Pieces Every Stylish Woman Must Own:

"The Good: The focus here is how to build a wardrobe of stylish pieces that you can wear in to your 50s and beyond, and I totally appreciate that. Garcia allows mixing in a trend here or there for fun, but basically insists that the truly stylish don...more The Good: The focus here is how to build a wardrobe of stylish pieces that you can wear in to your 50s and beyond, and I totally appreciate that. Garcia allows mixing in a trend here or there for fun, but basically insists that the truly stylish don't follow disposable fashion. The layout and design of this book is also adorable - the illustrations are spot on and help to make the book seem like the classic tome it clearly wants to be. And as I get older, I'm starting to appreciate the importance of things like good silk robes and statement necklaces. She also gives great advice on classic color and choices for simple things like nail polish and lipstick.

The Bad: Garcia clearly goes in for the "investment piece" line, and every truly must have item is usually a super top of the line designer piece that costs thousands. And Birkins, caftans, and Missoni knits are probably not in everyone's wheelhouse, no matter how fabulous you may be. There's not a lot of variety in the (cartoon) models here, and you get the feeling that Garcia doesn't see her audience as having much variety in body shape either. She is fashion after all.

This was fun to thumb through and I think I took away some mature fashion advice. Overall, worth a look (with some included eye rolling). (less) "