In the Dressing Room with Brenda: A Fun and Practical Guide to Buying Smart and Looking Great

Brenda Kinsel

Council Oak Books, 2001 - Design - 210 pages

Brenda Kinsel tackles underwear, the booty, and the nightmare of shopping with kids (please pass the Valium!) - all while helping women make sense out of the vast imponderable that is the world of fashion. With gentle understanding, she helps every woman develop a healthier relationship with herself by taking a lighter look at hang-ups, and a deeper look at the fashion traps that are out there ready to grab the unsuspecting consumer.

Contents

• Introduction: 1
• In the Beginning There Were Fig Leaves: 7
• Brens Rules Rock: 14
• Get Current: 20
• Looking for Distraction: 31
• Does Size Matter?: 37
• Fashion Fung Shway?: 44
• What to Wear to Score: 54
• Capsules Anyone?: 65
• Stand Up and Be Measured: 74
• Fit First: 86
• Wedgies and Other Misfits: 95
• Bust Up and Put Together: 101
• Going to Work and What the Heck is Casual Anyway?: 114
• Going Places: 126
• Everything You Must Know about Underwear: 133
• Yikes Bikes and Other Sport Gear: 142
• Caring for Those Babies: 148
• Dont Pack Trouble: 158
• The Wimps Guide to Tattoos: 167
• Confessions of a FashionMaven Snob: 175
• Shopping with Kids or Where Is the Rest Room? I Need to Scream Now: 181
• Fashion Calendar for Smarties: 187
• Myths Exploded into Smithereens: 193

Popular passages

Page xiv - You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves.

About the author

Brenda Kinsel is an image consultant, author, and the owner of Inside Out--A Style and Wardrobe Consulting Company based in the San Francisco Bay Area where she matches people's clothes to their personalities, passions, and lifestyles. In 2009 she founded Brenda Kinsel E.T.C.--Education, Training and Consulting for Image Professionals Worldwide to provide training, coaching, and marketing support to stylists and consultants in the industry. She is the author of several books, including 40 Over 40: 40 Things Every Woman Over 40 Needs to Know About Getting Dressed, Brenda's Bible, and Brenda's Wardrobe Companion. Her style solutions have been featured in InStyle and Real Simple, and on The Oprah Winfrey Show and NPR, among others.

Bibliographic information

• Title: In the Dressing Room with Brenda: A Fun and Practical Guide to Buying Smart and Looking Great
• Author: Brenda Kinsel
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Council Oak Books, 2001
• ISBN: 188517151X, 9781885171511
• Length: 210 pages
• Subjects: Design / Fashion & Accessories; Health & Fitness / Beauty & Grooming; Self-Help / Fashion & Style; Self-Help / Personal Growth / General