Style Bible: What to Wear to Work

by Lauren A. Rothman

Overview

First impressions (and second ones!) count, whether you are an intern or a CEO. Lauren A. Rothman addresses an age-old dilemma: how to be appropriate and stylish in the workplace. Based on a decade of experience in the fashion industry, she addresses the basics of fashion and executive presence by offering advice, anecdotes, and style alerts that help readers avoid major fashion faux pas at the office. Style Bible: What to Wear to Work is the must-have resource for the modern professional, male or female, climbing the ladder of success. Lauren identifies the ultimate wardrobe essentials, and reveals shopping strategies and destinations for the everyday person. Style Bible, complete with helpful illustrations, is the go-to manual on how to dress for every professional occasion and a valuable resource for understanding dress codes by industry, city, and gender so that your visual cues will make a strong impact. Make a commitment to being better dressed at work with Style Bible.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781937134709
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/15/2013
Pages:	232
Sales rank:	867,757
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Lauren A. Rothman, also known as the Styleauteur, is a fashion, style, and trend expert. Lauren has discussed executive presence, political style, and First Family fashions on Entertainment Tonight, CNN, E! News, The Insider, AP News, Reuters, and ABC News. She is greatly sought after as a stylist, and her tips on wardrobe management have been featured in Glamour, Real Simple, People StyleWatch, The Washington Post, The New York Post, Politico, as well as on NPR, and XM/Sirius radio. Lauren writes a column, Fashion Whip, for The Huffington Post, on style and politics, and works with individual and corporate clients to help increase their style quotient. She got her start as an intern at Elle Magazine and her wide-ranging experience includes positions as a cool hunter at Faith Popcorn’s BrainReserve, and a personal shopper at Nordstrom and Saks Fifth Avenue. Lauren lives with her husband, son, and pink-toenail-polished Dogue de Bordeaux in McLean, VA.

Table of Contents

Introduction ix

1 Style Matters 1

2 Fashion 101 for Women 13

3 Fashion 101 for Men 31

4 Women's Accessories and Men's Furnishings 55

5 Primping and Prepping 79

6 Deciphering the Workplace Dress Code 103

7 Identify Your Perfect Fit 127

8 Shop Your Closet 155

9 Shopping Without an Expense Account 173

10 Life in the Spotlight 191

Acknowledgments 203

Index 207

About the Author 215

Editorial Reviews

09/16/2013
If Rothman has one thing to prove in her book on career dressing, it’s that fashion in the workplace still has rules. For example, if a man is wearing a suit: “Your jacket collar should sit flush against your dress shirt’s collar, revealing one half inch of your dress shirt (collar) in the back.” Observe these rules, or find yourself running in place career-wise, the author cautions. Rothman promotes a conservative and safe approach for men and women. For the fashion-blind, the author outlines dress codes across industries and regions—many Washington, D.C., residents “still think black is a color to be worn only in funerals.” She covers grooming basics and accessories, but her best chapter is “Shop Your Closet,” in which she provides advice on editing and organizing an existing wardrobe. The author has a fashionista’s cattiness—castigating “skin belts,” “muffin tops,” and “back cleavage,” and noting similar problems for men. However, Rothman’s focus on career dressing will enable the sartorially confused to get dressed every morning as they head out to the job, and may help them look better on weekends, too. Agent: Ron Goldfarb and Gerrie Sturman, Goldfarb & Associates. (Oct.)

Publishers Weekly

“Journalists by definition are not supposed to be respectable, but, now that most of us are also on TV, we have to be at least presentable. With wit and good writing, Lauren Rothman calmly, sensibly and authoritatively shows us (and you) how.” — Howard Fineman, Huffington Post editorial director and NBC News analyst

“As a champion in the political style arena, Lauren Rothman knows the fashion secrets of the nation's power players. Now the world is lucky enough to learn her simple tricks to dressing to be a champion in your own arena.” — Alicia Quarles, Correspondent, E News

“Lauren Rothman’s Style Bible is a must-read for students who are creating a wardrobe for their first internship or job, and will serve as a valuable guide on using style to enhance one's brand. Rothman shares her passion for style in a way that is approachable, practical, fun, and immediately relevant to students and professionals of all ages.” — Mike Schaub, Ph.D., executive director, Cawley Career Education Center, Georgetown University

“This book is beyond a style bible; it's a success bible propelling for you into your best corporate future!” — Faith Popcorn, CEO Faith Popcorn's BrainReserve

“Savvy and inspired, Style Bible is a solid guide for cracking corporate dress codes.”— Janet Wozniak, former senior executive, Apple Computer

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