The Complete Idiot's Guide to Successful Dressing
by Repinski, Karyn; Alpha Development GroupFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1999-01-01
Publisher(s): Alpha Books
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Summary
You're no idiot, of course. You've got your dream job and are on your way to a successful career. You know the right things to say and when to say them. But when it comes to looking like success just walked in the door, well...you don't always feel on top of the world. Don't advertise that tag sale just yet. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Successful Dressing is here to help guarantee that you will always look the part and impress others along the way. Whether it's a job interview, a reception, an important meeting, or a business trip to Toledo or Tokyo, you'll feel confident you look your best. In this Complete Idiot's Guide, you get:
Author Biography
Karyn Repinski, the former beauty director at Good Housekeeping, has degrees in fashion merchandising and in advertising and communications. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Table of Contents
| Dress to Impress | p. 1 |
| Clothes Make the Man (and Woman) | p. 3 |
| Dressing for Success | p. 4 |
| We're So Impressionable | p. 4 |
| Seeing Is Believing | p. 5 |
| What Else Is There to Go on? | p. 5 |
| Packaging the Product--Yourself! | p. 5 |
| Flex Your Marketing Muscle | p. 6 |
| A Personal Appraisal | p. 6 |
| Price and Prejudice | p. 6 |
| The Credibility Factor | p. 7 |
| Style Over Substance | p. 8 |
| Not Necessarily an Expensive Proposition | p. 8 |
| How Much Should You Spend? | p. 9 |
| Dress for the Fast Track | p. 10 |
| Keeping You at the Top of Your Game | p. 10 |
| Any Room for Creative Expression? | p. 10 |
| Finding a Perfect Fit | p. 11 |
| Working Women: No Longer Dressing Like the Men | p. 12 |
| When Your Home Is Your Office | p. 13 |
| The Unbuttoning of American Business | p. 15 |
| A Real Dressing Down | p. 15 |
| Whatever Happened to the Gray Flannel Suit? | p. 16 |
| America, the Casual | p. 17 |
| The Trend of the Future | p. 17 |
| A Boon for Business | p. 17 |
| Employee-Friendly Fashion | p. 18 |
| Dress-Down Daze | p. 18 |
| A Recipe for Success | p. 19 |
| Anything Doesn't Go | p. 21 |
| Business-Casual Blunders | p. 22 |
| Quick-Change Artist | p. 22 |
| Paging Emily Post | p. 23 |
| Call for the Code | p. 23 |
| Give a Heads-Up | p. 23 |
| Dressing Like a Team Player | p. 25 |
| The Importance of Fitting in | p. 26 |
| Culture Shock | p. 26 |
| Cracking the Code | p. 26 |
| What's Your Line? | p. 27 |
| Less Conservative Pastures | p. 27 |
| Exceptions to the Rule | p. 28 |
| Area Codes | p. 28 |
| Conservatively Speaking | p. 29 |
| The More Relaxed West and South | p. 29 |
| Check Out the Boss | p. 30 |
| Peer Review | p. 31 |
| Do Research | p. 31 |
| Whatever Happened to Dress Codes? | p. 32 |
| Memo Me on That | p. 32 |
| Reel Life | p. 33 |
| The Educated Consumer | p. 35 |
| The Material World | p. 37 |
| The Fiber/Fabric Connection | p. 38 |
| Cotton | p. 38 |
| Linen | p. 39 |
| Silk | p. 39 |
| Wool | p. 40 |
| Rayon | p. 41 |
| Test-Tube Textiles | p. 41 |
| Previous Fibers | p. 42 |
| The Ways of Weaving | p. 43 |
| The Knitting Factory | p. 43 |
| Knitspeak | p. 43 |
| Why Ply? | p. 44 |
| The Fabrics of Our Work Lives | p. 44 |
| Giving Special Treatment | p. 47 |
| Quality Control | p. 49 |
| At First Glance | p. 49 |
| It's a Match! | p. 50 |
| Top Collars | p. 50 |
| Lapel Lesson | p. 50 |
| Pocket Picking | p. 51 |
| It's Not Immaterial | p. 52 |
| The Inside Story | p. 52 |
| Silver Linings | p. 53 |
| Looking Over the Shoulder | p. 53 |
| Superior Sleeves | p. 54 |
| The Facts on Fusing | p. 54 |
| So It Seams | p. 55 |
| A Stitch in Time | p. 56 |
| Uh-Hem! | p. 56 |
| Closing Arguments | p. 57 |
| Button Up | p. 57 |
| Zip It | p. 59 |
| Fit to a "T" | p. 61 |
| How Do you Measure Up? | p. 61 |
| Sizing Up the Situation | p. 62 |
| Size Wise | p. 64 |
| Finding the Right Size | p. 64 |
| Special Sizes | p. 65 |
| Creating a Better Fit | p. 66 |
| Ease Up | p. 66 |
| The Art of the Dart | p. 67 |
| Shouldering the Burden | p. 67 |
| Good Fit: A Checklist | p. 68 |
| A Perfect Fit: Alter-native Solutions | p. 70 |
| Building a Wardrobe | p. 71 |
| Getting Started | p. 73 |
| Brace Yourself! | p. 73 |
| Ready, Set, Go | p. 74 |
| The Good, the Bad ... and the Ugly | p. 75 |
| The Review Process | p. 75 |
| The Purge Process | p. 77 |
| Jeepers, Keepers! | p. 78 |
| Put It in Writing | p. 79 |
| Lessons Learned | p. 79 |
| The Basic Components | p. 81 |
| A Suit of Clothes | p. 81 |
| What's Suitable | p. 82 |
| The Long and Short of Jackets | p. 82 |
| Staying Abreast | p. 83 |
| The Lowdown on Lapels | p. 84 |
| Pocket Picking | p. 85 |
| Cracker Jackets | p. 87 |
| Good Sport | p. 87 |
| What in Blazers ...? | p. 87 |
| Softer Stand-Ins | p. 88 |
| Top Notch | p. 90 |
| The Shirt Story | p. 90 |
| The Shirts on Your Back | p. 93 |
| The Sweater Set | p. 94 |
| The Bottom Line | p. 95 |
| One Leg at a Time | p. 95 |
| Skirting the Issue | p. 97 |
| Best Dressed | p. 99 |
| Accessories: Special Effects | p. 103 |
| Fit to Be Tried | p. 104 |
| How to Buy a Tie | p. 105 |
| Tying the Knot | p. 105 |
| Take a Bow | p. 107 |
| Pocket Panache | p. 108 |
| Scarves: Tie One on | p. 108 |
| The Best of Times | p. 111 |
| Business Baubles | p. 112 |
| His | p. 112 |
| Hers | p. 112 |
| Visual Impact | p. 113 |
| Put Your Best Foot Forward | p. 114 |
| Women: Pump It Up | p. 114 |
| Men: Lace It Up | p. 116 |
| Sock It to Me | p. 117 |
| Ladies' Leg Work | p. 117 |
| The Belt Way | p. 118 |
| Brace Yourself | p. 118 |
| It's in the (Hand)bag | p. 119 |
| Getting Briefed | p. 120 |
| Accessories to the Crime | p. 121 |
| So Many Options! | p. 125 |
| A Strategy for Success | p. 125 |
| Determine Your Needs | p. 126 |
| In Corporate America | p. 126 |
| On the Creative Side | p. 128 |
| Did Someone Say Casual? | p. 129 |
| Cracking the Color Code | p. 130 |
| Complimentary Colors: A Key | p. 131 |
| Accentuate the Positive | p. 131 |
| Color Me | p. 132 |
| Color Key | p. 132 |
| Compounding Interest with Patterns | p. 133 |
| Patterns 101 | p. 133 |
| Check Up | p. 133 |
| Plaid Primer | p. 133 |
| Learning Your Stripes | p. 134 |
| Pattern Potpourri | p. 135 |
| Picking Patterns | p. 135 |
| Combining Patterns | p. 136 |
| Milking Your Wardrobe for All It's Worth | p. 139 |
| Break Up a Pair | p. 140 |
| Consider All Possibilities | p. 140 |
| Attitude Readjustment | p. 141 |
| Exercise in Utility | p. 141 |
| Special Performances | p. 147 |
| The Job Interview | p. 149 |
| The Inside Track on Intervew Dressing | p. 150 |
| Must You Suit Up? | p. 150 |
| Suitable Attire | p. 151 |
| No Matter What | p. 153 |
| When in Doubt | p. 154 |
| The Devil Is in the Details | p. 155 |
| Interview Don'ts | p. 156 |
| Countdown to the Interview | p. 157 |
| Weathering the Interview | p. 158 |
| The Spur-of-the-Moment Interview | p. 158 |
| We'd Like You to Meet the Company President | p. 159 |
| You're Hired! | p. 159 |
| Out of the Office, but Still on the Job | p. 161 |
| Meeting Material | p. 161 |
| Meet the Requirements | p. 162 |
| Stay a Step Above | p. 162 |
| Don't Be a Showoff | p. 163 |
| Dressing for Dining | p. 163 |
| Working the Room | p. 164 |
| Trade Shows, Conventions, Sales Meetings, and Conferences | p. 165 |
| The Company Picnic | p. 166 |
| Getting in the Swim of Things | p. 166 |
| After Hours | p. 156 |
| 9 to After 5 | p. 167 |
| A Formal Affair | p. 168 |
| "Creative" Black Tie | p. 170 |
| When All Eyes Are on You | p. 173 |
| Picture Perfect | p. 174 |
| Dressing for Your Close-Up | p. 174 |
| Color Me Photogenic | p. 175 |
| Keep It Simple | p. 175 |
| Putting Your Best Face Forward | p. 176 |
| Black, White, and Professional All Over | p. 177 |
| Lights, Camera, Action! | p. 178 |
| Tips for Looking Telegenic | p. 179 |
| Wear Solids | p. 179 |
| Avoid Fussy or Oversized Accessories | p. 180 |
| Wear a Jacket | p. 180 |
| Makeup Is a Must | p. 180 |
| Public Speaking: Shining in the Spotlight | p. 181 |
| Special Conditions | p. 185 |
| On the Road | p. 187 |
| Have Suitcase Will Travel | p. 188 |
| The Pullman | p. 188 |
| A Hard or Soft Sell | p. 189 |
| Garment Bags | p. 189 |
| Pack It In | p. 189 |
| Prepping Like the Pros | p. 190 |
| Packing 101 | p. 191 |
| To Check or Not To Check | p. 192 |
| Don't Leave Home Without It | p. 193 |
| Traveling Attire | p. 194 |
| Fold 'Em | p. 195 |
| Upon Arrival | p. 196 |
| On Foreign Soil | p. 196 |
| The Weather Outside Is Frightful | p. 201 |
| Cold-Weather Survival | p. 201 |
| The Coat Closet | p. 202 |
| Coats with Class | p. 203 |
| Coats of Many Colors | p. 204 |
| Material Matters | p. 204 |
| The Fury Over Fur | p. 205 |
| A Rainy Day | p. 206 |
| Gimme Shelter | p. 206 |
| Inmto the Trenches | p. 206 |
| Inclement-Weather Accouterments | p. 207 |
| Umbrella Protection | p. 207 |
| Hand in Glove | p. 208 |
| Hats Off | p. 209 |
| Neck Warmers | p. 209 |
| Foul-Weather Footwear | p. 210 |
| The Heat Is On | p. 213 |
| A Heat Advisory | p. 2013 |
| Bare in Mind | p. 214 |
| Arms | p. 214 |
| Feet | p. 214 |
| Legs | p. 215 |
| Shoulders | p. 215 |
| How to Spell Relief | p. 215 |
| High-Fahrenheit Fabrics | p. 215 |
| Heat-Quenching Hues | p. 217 |
| Nine Great Heat Busters | p. 218 |
| From Here to Maternity | p. 221 |
| The Big Picture | p. 221 |
| Mum's the Word | p. 222 |
| The Waistline Is the First to Go | p. 223 |
| Pants and Skirts | p. 223 |
| Jackets | p. 224 |
| Shirts | p. 224 |
| "I've Got Nothing to Wear" | p. 224 |
| Sizing Up | p. 224 |
| Maternity Chic (No, It's Not an Oxymoron!) | p. 225 |
| What Works at Work | p. 226 |
| Flattering the Pregnant Figure | p. 228 |
| Go Comfortably into That Long Nine Months | p. 229 |
| Accessories: The Ultimate Wardrobe Extenders | p. 229 |
| Borrowing from Him | p. 230 |
| Baby, It's Cold Outside! | p. 230 |
| Beautiful Expectations | p. 231 |
| Mane Changes | p. 231 |
| Dermal Disruptions | p. 232 |
| Survival Skills | p. 233 |
| Keeping Up Appearances | p. 235 |
| The Mane Event | p. 236 |
| Care and Keeping | p. 237 |
| With Flying Colors | p. 237 |
| A Gray Area | p. 238 |
| Shake the Flakes | p. 238 |
| More Than Skin Deep | p. 239 |
| Skin Eruptions | p. 239 |
| Makeup Matters | p. 239 |
| A Clean Shave | p. 240 |
| Coping with Facial Hair | p. 241 |
| Hair in All the Wrong Places | p. 241 |
| Just Browsing | p. 241 |
| The Fresh Smell of Success | p. 242 |
| Good Scents | p. 243 |
| In Good Hands | p. 243 |
| A Winning Smile | p. 244 |
| Figure Flattery | p. 247 |
| It's Elementary | p. 248 |
| The Bottom Line on Line | p. 248 |
| Color Theory | p. 250 |
| Tip the Scale in Your Favor | p. 250 |
| Textural Considerations | p. 251 |
| Keeping Matters in Proportion | p. 251 |
| Taller, Shorter, Thinner ... Dressing the Part | p. 252 |
| "I'm Too Short" | p. 252 |
| "I Want to Look Shorter" | p. 253 |
| I'm Heavy" | p. 253 |
| "I'm Too Thin" | p. 253 |
| "I Have Narrow/Sloping Shoulders" | p. 255 |
| "I Have a Gut" | p. 255 |
| "My Butt Is Big" | p. 256 |
| "I'm Busty" | p. 257 |
| "I Have a Short Neck" | p. 257 |
| "My Legs Are Heavy" | p. 258 |
| For Women Only: Underneath It All | p. 258 |
| What They May Not Tell You in the Employee Handbook | p. 261 |
| The Long and Short of it | p. 262 |
| Dress Your Age | p. 263 |
| Provocative Is Never Professional | p. 264 |
| A Tight Squeeze | p. 264 |
| Best Dressed or Overdressed? | p. 265 |
| The Hole Story | p. 265 |
| Don't Be a Fashion Victim | p. 265 |
| Beards and Msutaches | p. 266 |
| Is There Room for Ethnic Expression? | p. 267 |
| Care and Keeping | p. 269 |
| Laundry Know-How | p. 270 |
| Sorting Things Out | p. 270 |
| The Wash Cycle | p. 270 |
| Hot, Warm, Cold? | p. 271 |
| Out to Dry | p. 273 |
| Dry Cleaning Versus Washing | p. 273 |
| Block It Out | p. 274 |
| The Dry Cleaner from Heaven | p. 275 |
| Out, Damned Spot! | p. 275 |
| Emergency Measures | p. 276 |
| Don't Try This Trick at Home | p. 277 |
| Investment Dressing on a Budget | p. 301 |
| Cheap, but Chic | p. 301 |
| Words of Wisdom on Shopping Smart | p. 302 |
| Hello, Good Buys | p. 303 |
| Sales: A Month-by-Month Guide | p. 303 |
| On the Hunt: Frequenting New Haunts | p. 304 |
| What's Old Is New Again | p. 304 |
| Off Price Means Low Prices | p. 305 |
| Discounts at the Discount Store | p. 305 |
| The Outlets: Are They Worth the Trip? | p. 306 |
| Sample a Sample Sale | p. 306 |
| A Stitch in Time Saves | p. 306 |
| Sound Investments | p. 307 |
| Need More Help? | p. 309 |
| Want a New Image? | p. 310 |
| What Are Image Consultants? | p. 310 |
| Contacting a Consultant | p. 310 |
| Shopping with a Pro | p. 311 |
| The Personal Shopping Experience | p. 311 |
| Where the Shoppers Are | p. 312 |
| Show Me | p. 312 |
| Read All About It | p. 313 |
| Free for the Asking | p. 313 |
| Glossary | p. 315 |
| Index | p. 327 |
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