The Power of Style: Everything You Need to Know Before You Get Dressed Tomorrow

by Bobbie Thomas

Overview

Get your style therapy with Power of Style: Everything You Need to Know Before You Get Dressed Tomorrow by Today Show style editor Bobbie Thomas.

This thoughtful and inspiring guide provides the information you need to feel stylish, smart, sexy, and satisfied—with a look that’s uniquely your own—in order to become your most confident and beautiful self.

You’re invited to gain self-awareness, clarity, and confidence, and take full advantage of the fashion tips, tools, and lessons that Bobbie Thomas lays out, including how to identify your best colors, how to select the most flattering clothes for your individual shape, how to edit your closet, and how to shop smart—to harness the power of self-expression.

The foreword by fashion icon Fergie of the Black Eyed Peas, and color illustrations throughout, reinforce Bobbie’s mantra of self-expression: “Style is the way you to speak to the world without words.”

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062219749
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	04/23/2013
Pages:	242
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Bobbie Thomas has shared advice in nearly five hundred segments as style editor for NBC's TODAY show since 2005, including her weekly "Bobbie's Minute Buzz." Although her television career started on the red carpet for E!, the former cohost of the Style network's Fashion Police and national columnist began her work as a rape-crisis counselor. Uniquely under-standing that beauty comes from the strength within, Bobbie has worked with major brands and organizations such as Step Up, Make-A-Wish, and the United Nations Foundation to promote positive campaigns and encourage people to use style as a powerful voice. Bobbie adores her dog, Chica, was born in Rhode Island, grew up in Los Angeles, and lives in New York.

Table of Contents

Foreword Fergie ix

Foreword Kathie Lee Gifford Hoda Kotb xiii

Introduction 1

Part I Change Starts within 9

Step 1 See Yourself 11

Take a Look in the Mirror

Step 2 Act the Part 29

Body Language and First Impressions

Step 3 Speak Up 49

Brand Yourself

Step 4 Know Your Worth 77

Prioritize Yourself

Step 5 Put a Plan into Practice 95

Make a Commitment

Interlude 109

Part II Bringing the Inside Out 113

Step 6 Learn Your Colors 115

Step 7 Balance Your Body 145

Step 8 Perform a Closet Cleanse 181

Step 9 Make a Most-Wanted List 199

Step 10 Let's Go Shopping! 217

Conclusion: Match the Mirror 231

Acknowledgments 237

Credits 241

Editorial Reviews

The next best thing to having Bobbie as your own personal style guru, supporter, and partner-in-crime, is having this book on your nightstand.” — Fergie, from her Foreword

From the Publisher

The next best thing to having Bobbie as your own personal style guru, supporter, and partner-in-crime, is having this book on your nightstand.

from her Foreword Fergie

"The next best thing to having Bobbie as your own personal style guru, supporter, and partner-in-crime, is having this book on your nightstand."

from her Foreword - Fergie