Practical Princess Perfect Wardrobe: Declutter and re-jig your closet to transform your life

by Elika Gibbs

Bring order to your wardrobe, love your clothes again, and get dressed in an instant with the help of the Practical Princess.

In Practical Princess Perfect Wardrobe, organizational whizz and wardrobe expert Elika Gibbs shares the secrets of her unique three-step process, putting the luxury of a complete wardrobe makeover within everyone’s reach. Elika starts with a wardrobe assessment that’s designed to help you dress for the life you lead, and offers plenty of hand-holding as you clear out your closet. Once you’ve decided what to keep and what needs to go, the next step is to reorganize, rehang and color coordinate your wardrobe. Finally, Elika focuses on savvy and successful shopping to fill the gaps. The result? A hard-working, streamlined wardrobe that makes it easy to get dressed and easy to feel confident about yourself.

Genres: Nonfiction, Self Help

128 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 2011

Reviews

[Kate · Rating 2 out of 5]

Pretty pictures but nothing ground breaking

[Stacy Jensen · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love books about organizing and I love books about fashion. This was a nice combination. Fun to look at but not practical for those of us who don't buy designer, high-end clothing. Elika Gibbs is a former model and runs a storage/design/organizing firm. There are a few ideas that will be valuable to the "lesser mortals" and it was fun to look at the beautiful clothes. I did take to heart a couple of good tips and will try them in my own closet.

[Meredith · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book will be practical for you only if you have read nothing else on the subject or have a spare room you can turn into a walk-in-wardrobe. Or if you have just a few too many Givenchy models lying around taking up space (who doesn't!) you would benefit from the knowledge that the authoress has an archival and storage service to deal with this annoying problem.

[Nicole · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book lacked focus...talk of designer closets and plastic hangers in the same book? An archived collection of 400 shoes? The everyday person does not have this much money.

The best part (for me) was the brief discussion of vintage and secondhand items. Maybe elaborating on this section would’ve been helpful, in addition to the mention of personal style.

The last few sections felt rushed and not well crafted/considered for the message of the book. The author needs to play to their strengths on serving folks who can afford high fashion and have multiple wardrobes, or offer tips to those of us who love pre-loved/pre-owned. This book had heart and intentions, but the execution took away from the delivery.

[Irene Adler · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was okay and covers the usual subjects. If it's the first one you've read, you'll be fine.

But I wonder why anyone is still bothering to print more books saying the same thing as every other wardrobe style book. I borrow them from the library as the content rarely changes and I don't want to waste money or shelf space.

The only slightly new subject in this book was cleaning a wardrobe, as in giving it a good scrub and making it small better - so pages 46 - 49 (two text / two pictures) might be worth reading if you're not new to the topic.

[Ms_prue · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have lifestyle envy. Oh to have nice enough clothes to bother archiving them! At any rate it was good motivation to go through my wardrobe and 1) clean it and 2) edit it. However shopping for good quality, flattering clothes remains as difficult as ever, despite the good advice in this book.

[Relyn · Rating 2 out of 5]

I got this book because I read about it in one of my magazines. Yeesh! Talk about a completely unoriginal book? How did this get publish - there was not one new idea in here. Bummer.

[Deyara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quite liked looking at the pictures. Nothing new here, and way out of my price range but still a pleasant way to pass the time.

[Louise Armstrong · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was OK, but it didn't go deep enough to be truly useful. The book needed to be twice as long AT LEAST! Her line of products looked very good.

[Marcy Graybill · Rating 2 out of 5]

Kind of disappointing. I was hoping more information on clothing and wardrobe ideas, but this book is barely an organizing book.