What Not to Wear for Every Occasion : Part 2 - Hardcover

Susannah Constantine; Trinny Woodall

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0297843559 ISBN 13: 9780297843559

Publisher: W&N, 2003

Synopsis

In What Not to Wear we established the rules for dressing to suit your body shape. While you now know which skirt to avoid and which dress length to wear, many women say they still don't know what to wear to certain occasions - a job interview, a hot date, a wedding, a school function, going on from work, or just running around.

This book is occasion led. It brings together those other elements that will give you total confidence to attend any event, work in any environment, go anywhere on holiday, and feel totally appropriately dressed, FOR YOU.

Whether you want your look to be casual, trendy or smart, Susannah and Trinny will show you how to sally forth with style and confidence.

About this title

Review:

What Not to Wear Part 2: For Every Occasion, the second tome from those Sloane rangers--or re-arrangers--of style, Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine, is based on the revised version of their hit BBC television series. Having tired of forcing ordinary mortals and celebrities to reassess their everyday dress sense, or lack of it to be precise, the harridans have gone specific. Here the pair offer a chapter-by-chapter, photo-illustrated guide, replete with closing checklists and a directory of boutiques, on what to and, more importantly, what not to wear on particular occasions.

In their very own inimitable way, i.e., gleefully rude way, they point out the sartorial pitfalls women can make on such humdrum activities as working in an office and hitting the beach to meeting your boyfriend's mother for the first time, attending job interviews, weddings and school carol concerts. (The trick with the latter is to avoid red and black clothes, fishnets and scarlet lipstick at all costs. Unless of course you want your outfit to scream "I am slutty, available and a bad role model for my children", in which case, apparently, they are bang on and you may seek out the maths master who eyed you up on sports day, safe in the knowledge that another notch on the bedpost is yours for the asking.) "The moral here", they say, "is to consider the occasion more important than yourself". And, in case you were in any doubt about thongs, whatever the occasion a "crusty, worn-out cheesecutter is not a pretty sight", if you really must flash your knickers, they sagely advise, invest in a thong that's decorative, preferably sequinned, "rather than a barren triangle of grubby nylon." Buy this and ensure that you manage to keep fashion faux pas at bay. --Travis Elborough

Review:

Having joined in Carol Vorderman's very funny but undoubtedly waspish condemnation of Trinny and Susannah earlier this year ... I now find myself warming to them having read extracts from their new book telling us all what to wear. What I find engaging is that they are just as rude about their own figures as they are about everyone else's... (Richard & Judy DAILY EXPRESS (13/9/03))

The week just wouldn't be complete without... Looking good. Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine have another book out for mere mortals who struggle to look good every day. (WNTW2) guides readers through the clothing minefield, helping them to avoid gaffes galore. The hardback has even more hot tips. (SATURDAY DAILY EXPRESS MAG (13/9/03))

...rather better than the first book - there are superior tips and some pieces of information that immediately lodge themselves in your head...The pictures are funnier too... (India Knight EVENING STANDARD (15/9/03))

Boost your style cred by reading one of these fashionable new books... The accompanying Bible to the third TV series. Fashion's favourite twosome give tips/barking orders about what to wear on that all important interview/date/wedding. (IN STYLE (Oct '03))

They're back on TV for another series and here's the new book to accompany it. This time the redoutable pair we love to hate focus on every special occasion you might have to frock up for. From job interviews to different work environments, various kinds of holiday destinations to school functions, hot dates and weddings - you name it they demonstrate how to dress appropriately and feel so much more confident. (WOMAN & HOME (Oct '03))

So if you don't know how to dress for a winter wedding or get in a sweat over what to take on holiday - this is your style bible. If you're dating again after many years out of it, there's a section on what to wear to look seductive, without looking cheap! Brutal but effective. (CANDIS (Oct '03))

'Soon to have the best-dressed babies in Britain, the mums-to-be have released their second style bible, modelling fabulous and dubious outfits (just like they do in real life!). (HOT STARS - OK MAGAZINE (25-31 Oct '03))

Once again, Trin and Suz have balanced being informative, honest and entertaining to provide us with a fab fashion bible. And the faces that Trinny pulls are priceless. (HEAT (8-14 Nov '03))

It pains me greatly to admit that this is a good book. Like the TV show, it's full of funny, hissing, bitch wisdom... It's surprisingly engrossing to see for the nth time what the fat one and the skinny one look like in different outfits, and the photos reveal their genuine pleasure and skill in the play-acting and dressing up that they've managed to turn into a career... you too can learn how to con your boss/love-rival/potential partner into thinking you've actually got a nice figure. (INK magazine (Dec 03))

An invaluable addition to even the most confident dresser's wardrobe. (WOMAN (Dec 03))

About this edition

• Publisher: W&N
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0297843559
• ISBN 13: 9780297843559
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 160