Figuring Out Fashion: Balance Your Wardrobe and Your Budget - Softcover

Hunt, Jay

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0992792347 ISBN 13: 9780992792343

Publisher: Fil Rouge Press, 2016

Synopsis

Reworking existing clothing adds up, reducing the cost for both the wearer and the planet. Many wardrobes are full of unworn impulse purchases and expensive mistakes: clothes that don’t fit well or with details that don’t flatter. For those concerned about the cost of fashion shopping―not just personal debt, but the ethical issues of cheap labour and the ecological impact of over-consumption of fashion clothing ― Figuring Out Fashion provides answers.

Fashion stylist Jay Hunt links fashion theory to financial planning to show how a healthy bank balance and a stylish wardrobe can co-exist. Theory sections explain the basic calculations you need to master: how to assess and review your current wardrobe, working out what suits you; how to plan a capsule wardrobe for the seasons and your budget; how to understand concepts like cost per wear, and judging when quality counts. Theory is supplemented with practical instruction from ethical craft guru Barley Massey in reworking, reviving, and refreshing existing items, introduced in 20 exercises that provide step-by-step examples of simple, inexpensive re-dos you won’t need a loan for.

About this title

About the Author

Jay Hunt is the managing director of Violet Productions, a London-based video production company. She has previously worked as a celebrity stylist, personal shopper and TV presenter/producer.

She has worked in television since 1990, and was a presenter of the dating show Would Like To Meet, dieting show Do Or Diet and was the resident style presenter on Housecalls. She co-wrote the series-accompanying book Would Like to Meet: The Ultimate Dating Makeover in 2002.

She presented the series Style High Club for Discovery Health and has presented four series of Spendaholics for BBC Three.

She is a regular contributor to both TV and radio on subjects varying from style (including Woman's Hour on BBC Radio 4), to the credit crunch, in response to which her book Spendsmart was published in February 2009 by Little Brown. She was also the contributing fashion editor for UK monthly women's magazine Eve, with a fashion advice column.

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- Practical advice from a leading fashion stylist on planning fashion shopping to achieve a fashionable and sustainable wardrobe
- An expert sewing instructor explains step by step how to reuse, adjust, and remake existing garments to fit and flatter

Edition details

• Publisher: Fil Rouge Press
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0992792347
• ISBN 13: 9780992792343
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160