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Nlp Workbook: A Practical Guide to Achieving the Results You Want
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320 pages, Paperback
First published January 30, 2001
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Malcolm Levene
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Malcolm Levene is a personal coach
Malcolm Levene is a personal coach
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January 24, 2013
Finished 10 Steps to Fashion Freedom by Malcolm Levene and Kate Mayfield. The authors help you discover your personal style, and they teach you how to implement that style in your wardrobe. The book provides decent exercises for discovering your style, but I prefer the exercises in LaPorte and McCarthy's Style Statement.
Where Levene and Mayfield's book excels is in teaching you to implement your style. Exercises to assist with this include non-critical assessments of your body type and your current wardrobe, "aesthetic field trips" to discover what you like generally and what you like for clothing, and shopping tips.
Throughout the book, the authors scatter tips about fit and quality. No matter what your style, these factors make the difference between a style that looks good and one that does not. Fit has the largest impact. The highest quality piece of clothing will look no better than something pulled off of a Walmart discount rack if it fits badly. The authors give concrete advice on finding a good fit including particular features to look for and ways to move (for example, sit down, stand up, and walk around, especially when trying on pants).
The other key aspect is quality. This does not necessarily mean getting high end clothing (although as owners of a high end clothing shop, the authors would clearly like it to). In any piece, whatever the price, you should make sure it is well constructed (good hems, even lengths, lining where there should be, no loose threads, etc.) and made of quality materials (non-itchy wool, substantial buttons, fabric that drapes nicely, etc.). Quality clothing need not break the bank, but it will cost more than something cheap. The authors encourage you to save up and buy something good. Better one $200 pair of pants you love to wear and will last for years than five $40 pairs that you hate and that fall apart quickly.
My main criticism of the book is that the authors focus on traditional business dress to the exclusion of everything else. They are disdainful of the idea of casual Friday, and as someone who works in an industry where traditional casual Friday garb is considered dressed up, that attitude is annoying. That said, if you take their opinions about the proper level of formality with the grain of salt you can learn a lot from Levene and Mayfield.
Where Levene and Mayfield's book excels is in teaching you to implement your style. Exercises to assist with this include non-critical assessments of your body type and your current wardrobe, "aesthetic field trips" to discover what you like generally and what you like for clothing, and shopping tips.
Throughout the book, the authors scatter tips about fit and quality. No matter what your style, these factors make the difference between a style that looks good and one that does not. Fit has the largest impact. The highest quality piece of clothing will look no better than something pulled off of a Walmart discount rack if it fits badly. The authors give concrete advice on finding a good fit including particular features to look for and ways to move (for example, sit down, stand up, and walk around, especially when trying on pants).
The other key aspect is quality. This does not necessarily mean getting high end clothing (although as owners of a high end clothing shop, the authors would clearly like it to). In any piece, whatever the price, you should make sure it is well constructed (good hems, even lengths, lining where there should be, no loose threads, etc.) and made of quality materials (non-itchy wool, substantial buttons, fabric that drapes nicely, etc.). Quality clothing need not break the bank, but it will cost more than something cheap. The authors encourage you to save up and buy something good. Better one $200 pair of pants you love to wear and will last for years than five $40 pairs that you hate and that fall apart quickly.
My main criticism of the book is that the authors focus on traditional business dress to the exclusion of everything else. They are disdainful of the idea of casual Friday, and as someone who works in an industry where traditional casual Friday garb is considered dressed up, that attitude is annoying. That said, if you take their opinions about the proper level of formality with the grain of salt you can learn a lot from Levene and Mayfield.
July 24, 2010
If Goodreads could please make a stupid way to auto-save your reviews every few seconds, that would be swell. If it were so, I wouldn't be re-typing this review right now. But I am.
I am angry, but being whiny and mad does not roll with my personal style statement, which I discovered in this book. So I'm going to let it go, and re-cap, quickly:
Good book. (But only if you are into self improvement and willing to do all the homework and journal keeping and field trips it asks you to do.)
I did all the homework and came up with my own personal style statement, which goes much deeper than just clothing. I was actually about to complain to a friend about someone who was annoying me and stopped, thinking, 'gossiping and complaining about other people does not jive with my personal style statement'. This book helps you pick clothing, but it also helps you figure out how you want to be seen by the rest of the world, period.
I wish the book had pictures.
This book doesn't tell you what sort of clothes to wear for short legs or long necks or fat arms. You should get other books for that sort of thing.
They have almost convinced me of the value of buying more expensive and higher quality clothing from here on out. However, I plan to wait just a little bit longer, or at least until I am out of the stage of life where someone may barf strawberries on my shoulder at any given moment.
Bottom line - if you are interested in improving/changing your image, this book is awesome. The authors are very talented. If you are looking for something relaxing to read with no homework requirements, it'll be too much work. Read this, then read the "Dress Your Best" by the 'What Not To Wear' hosts. That book and this were the most helpful in changing up my wardrobe by far.
I am angry, but being whiny and mad does not roll with my personal style statement, which I discovered in this book. So I'm going to let it go, and re-cap, quickly:
Good book. (But only if you are into self improvement and willing to do all the homework and journal keeping and field trips it asks you to do.)
I did all the homework and came up with my own personal style statement, which goes much deeper than just clothing. I was actually about to complain to a friend about someone who was annoying me and stopped, thinking, 'gossiping and complaining about other people does not jive with my personal style statement'. This book helps you pick clothing, but it also helps you figure out how you want to be seen by the rest of the world, period.
I wish the book had pictures.
This book doesn't tell you what sort of clothes to wear for short legs or long necks or fat arms. You should get other books for that sort of thing.
They have almost convinced me of the value of buying more expensive and higher quality clothing from here on out. However, I plan to wait just a little bit longer, or at least until I am out of the stage of life where someone may barf strawberries on my shoulder at any given moment.
Bottom line - if you are interested in improving/changing your image, this book is awesome. The authors are very talented. If you are looking for something relaxing to read with no homework requirements, it'll be too much work. Read this, then read the "Dress Your Best" by the 'What Not To Wear' hosts. That book and this were the most helpful in changing up my wardrobe by far.
May 28, 2012
This book is about style from the inside out. Starting with your passions, you begin thinking about the person you know yourself to be, and the guide will help you learn to express it. For example, I am gracious, and I enjoy play and simplicity. This has turned into a whole way of being for me.
While some chapters fell flat (the chapter on the spirit of clothes and color), for example, and though I ran out of time to read the closing chapters, I know it to be a full book that can teach you about yourself.
The shopping trip I took after working through 8 out of the 10 steps? I got clothes I love and look good on me. (But get another book to learn about colors.)
I recommend this to anyone starting a style journey.
While some chapters fell flat (the chapter on the spirit of clothes and color), for example, and though I ran out of time to read the closing chapters, I know it to be a full book that can teach you about yourself.
The shopping trip I took after working through 8 out of the 10 steps? I got clothes I love and look good on me. (But get another book to learn about colors.)
I recommend this to anyone starting a style journey.
August 17, 2009
Interesting look at people's clothing decisions, orientated to the business market it's still an interesting read. However a lot of the book is theory without any concrete answers, some illustrations would have been useful. I think the biggest thing you could take from this book is the fact that you don't have to be a slave to fashion, but that knowing that what feels good on you will make you feel good about yourself is much more important.
November 18, 2012
This is a really interesting self-help book. It takes a lot of effort to go step by step through their process to discover yourself and your own style. It is worth while to put in the work, I think, because it really can lead you to make your own statement.
May 12, 2014
There is a lot of good information in this book, almost too much. I learned some new things about myself, remembered some things that I had forgotten in the rush of life. Glad I read it, now to keep my eye out for quality clothes that fit well and make me feel good. Stop buying rubbish!
February 7, 2012
To be honest this was so boring I didn't even make it past the first chapter.
March 23, 2008
useful and interesting... learned something about myself, not just clothes.
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