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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 646.32 EAN: 9780446530439 ISBN: 0446530433 Label: Grand Central Publishing Manufacturer: Grand Central Publishing Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 192 Publication Date: September 30, 2002 Publisher: Grand Central Publishing Studio: Grand Central Publishing Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: In a nation recovering from economic turmoil, today's business men and women need every advantage to keep precious jobs and get new and better jobs. In the CHIC SIMPLE DRESS SMART books, veteran style mavens Kim Johnson Gross and Jeff Stone walk readers through the basics of building a work-appropriate wardrobe that provides a look of confidence and competence, and expresses personal style. Whether its buying the right blazer for a middle management position, or assembling the most versatile pieces for someone just entering the workforce, these savvy and informative guides provide the straight answers to how people can put their most positive image forward at work. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Fantastic primer and reference.I still pull this book off the shelf every year to refresh. In fact, I'm on my second copy after wearing out the first. I highly recommend this book for high school and college graduates starting out. Most of us don't start with a lot of money to invest in clothing. I started out similarly to the book's suggestions. I've advanced considerably since then and this has been a great guide in growing my wardrobe without waste. That isn't to say I haven't purchased some items that I fell in love with along ... Read More Rating: - Buy this if you're young!At first glance this seems simple and basic, and because of that you may pass it by. Yet that is exactly why this book (and the others in it's series) are worth the buy. You'll learn how to blend in, how to fit in, how to step in -- and step up (the corporate ladder). If you're a young man who wears clunky black shoes with a suit and thinks that's OK because they are "in style" - read this book. If you're a man that thinks suit's aren't necessary because you're job allows "techie casual" ... Read More Rating:  - The best book on the market for how to dress in 2006.The book is probably the best book on the market for how to dress in 2006. I purchased this book to compete with the younger business crowd in interviews. I find it exceptional on style representation of how men dress. It does not emphasis the uniform of an office. It lacks empahsis on the male tendancey to expect everyone to show involvement by dressing alike. I call this the socially conditioning of men to follow a uniform dress code. I suspect this comes from all the socializing in sports acitivites. ... Read More Rating: - Gives A Good FrameworkI liked this book because it gave a good strategy for identifying what elements you already own, prior to buying new clothes. Rating:  - Very basic adviceIf you know nothing about dressing yourself, this book is targeted at you. There's some good advice here, but some questionable advice as well, and some of the advice is already dated -- the monochrome tie/shirt combo went out with Regis' millionaire show. A much better book is Flusser's "Dressing the Man." And if you want a really good book on elegant living, try Bernhard Roetzel's "Gentleman's Guide to Grooming and Style." 
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