Great book for those who want to reflect on their wardrobe, and how they present themselves to the world. After the pandemic, I feel a bit different towards my wardrobe - I've always loved fashion, but things have changed - and this book helped me as I emerge out into the world again. Thanks to NetGalley for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This absolutely gorgeous book provides inspiration and instructions for creating a fabulous wardrobe based on eight foundation pieces, along with an assortment of shoes and personality pieces. The author empowers women by inspiring them to look their best, because when you know your look your best, your confidence makes you perform your best.

She gives auxiliary advice on shopping, organizing, wearing shape wear, etc. One area I wish she’d devoted more attention to is determining which colors flatter you. If I had a good eye for that, I’d know already. The author’s writing style is breezy and friendly—like having lunch with a good friend. It’s a fun read even if you don’t need clothing advice. #TheSilhouetteSolution #NetGalley

Thank you to Clarkson Potter, the author, and NetGalley for an e-ARC of this title in exchange for my honest review. I loved this book, and as a complete failure in anything clothing-related, I felt I learned a great deal, and I was able to use a lot of the advice. Definitely recommend this one.

4.5 stars. This is an excellent guide to not only the "how" of building a basic wardrobe, but a lot of the "why" as well. Explaining the thought process behind how the basic pieces are selected helps readers make informed choices when applying the principles to themselves. This includes an excellent buying guide, plus organizational tips and exercises to help readers understand their beliefs and preferences surrounding wardrobe and style.

The illustrations are very helpful and effective. It is easy for readers to envision how the basic pieces mix and match and how to add extra pieces to truly customize looks to fit one's personality. I appreciated the body diversity in the pictures and the general commitment to positive self-image. This book definitely affirms the idea that style is for everyone, regardless of age, size, budget, etc.

Where the book lets itself down a bit is the inclusion of adjectives like "slimming" and by emphasizing long and lean lines as the ideal. If "slimming" is good, it must mean fat is bad, no? The book makes so many positive statements toward self-acceptance and celebrating the body you're in that these jarring off-notes really stick out.

That said, there is still a lot of valuable information here. I know I'm definitely going to be trying out some of these ideas!

Many thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review!

I really enjoyed reading this guide to finding your own personal style.Through pictures she shows us what would flatter our figures a our style.She did a great job styling Fran Dresher for the Nanny Inalways enjoyed seeing what Fran wore.#netgalley#tenspeedpress

The Silhouette Solution is all about creating a capsule wardrobe in a creative and practical way. I found it a bit negative in places and tackled the problems some women might feel about themselves and the way they dress.
It wasn't as uplifting as I expected it to be. While I liked the watercolour illustrations I didn't find them very helpful in that context. In reality the book is aimed at middle class American women with a comfortable lifestyle and walk in closet, so reaching women .everywhere may not be one of the aims of the book. Overall there was some good information that could be picked out, and for a particular niche it would be very suitable.

Some goods tips and advice about how to create a stylish and practical capsule wardrobe.
Unfortunately, I found the author used a rather superior tone in the approach to what we should have in our wardrobe and was mainly addressing working women with a large personal income.
I found the idea of walking into your closet and taking three deep breaths before tackling your outfits was rather patronising. I personally have a wardrobe not a walk in closet as I'm sure do many other people, at least in my world.

I received a copy of this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This is an interesting book. While not for me, there are some interesting thoughts in this book.

Cooper walks through finding your style, sorting your closet, choosing the style that suits you the most, and different fits and materials. There's a lot of details and drawings of different silhouette's and styles. There aren't any pictures and it's a little hard to figure out your style without seeing the clothes on yourself, but there are nice suggestions for starting to find your style. There's also tips on starting a capsule wardrobe which can be helpful.

Overall an interesting find.

This is a really good guide for most, although I don't really care for it for myself. Cooper suggests buying a staple of basic shapes of shirts, pants and skirts. They are the tank, the t-shirt, the elegant neckline (I forget what she calls it but it's basically like a line going straight across until it meets the sleeves at the armpits and you need to wear a strapless bra with it) and the turtleneck. Then for skirts it's pencil skirt and mermaid basically, and for pants it's straight leg and so on. She suggests neutrals like black, brown, etc. and then she talks about staple extras to dress them up in lots of styles like a duster, big statement earrings, etc. You can do the extras with flair like a gold sparkly jacket with your well made tank over your mermaid skirt and so on.

It's all great advice and she also goes into how to get the right fit (what fabrics, shapewear, go up a size, etc.) and has illustrations of lots of women in these clothes with good diversity (other than for age). Curvy women are included often, though sort of "ideal" curvy.

My issue is that I've finally found what makes me look my best (and makes me happiest to wear) and it's not this. I have a very personal style that I love and my basics are not these. I'm very short and handkerchief hems are magical on me. They're super flattering and also really fit my aesthetic. I'll buy any dress or skirt that has a handkerchief hem. My style makes me happy but it's not like anybody else's -- kind of nature fairy-harlot style? 😉 I'm all about cleavage and tie-on shrug sweaters (she recommends shrugs but they're not what I call shrugs and are just tiny jackets that cover your arms -- the ones I love tie at the waist with the fabric that hangs down and give you a teeny tiny waist) and flowy fabrics and really unique shapes. I'm also all about comfort and I really don't want to wear a pencil skirt pretty much ever. I would if I had to dress up and go to work or if I went to lots of cocktail parties or something, but I don't. I have a drawer full of colorful print dresses that are elastic bodice (no bra! great cleavage! super comfy! yay!) with flowing handkerchief skirts (flattering to legs and tummies, perfect for my fairy vibe) that I honestly tend to get at roadside and musical fair pop-up stands and even occasionally truck stops for $15 max. In warm weather I get dressed each day by slipping on one article of clothing besides my underwear and I'm dressed, and I feel pretty (in cold weather it's pretty much long cozy sweaters and fun leggings).

So this is great advice for other people, but I'm still sticking with me.

I read a temporary digital ARC of this book for review.

Long on style and tips, short on wordiness (that's a positive). Explains how to pull of many days of looks with only a few pieces that you can interchange, taking most of the frustration and guess work out of it. And author Cooper also explains what is flattering most flattering to different sized body types.10/10!

As someone who studied fashion and works in the fashion industry I love any books that deal with fashion especially how to guides or advice manuals. This was a beautiful put together one from the person who did costuming for Fran Drescher on the nanny. I super enjoyed it and would recommend it to any fashion lover