The Style Strategy: A Less-Is-More Approach to Staying Chic and Shopping Smart – The Perfect Fashion Primer from the Project Runway Judge with Emphasis on Saving Money

Nina always delivers in an easy readable style that helps you grasp her finer points. She teaches and leads with her insight and experience. A must read!

Not rocket science - I just need a way and perhaps some mantras to rein in my shopping - so I got this as an attempt to do just that - create some structure around my shopping...my goal now is to appreciate the pretty things I have and find the gaps - and just fill those...having this book as encouragement helps [I shop a lot and love EVERYTHING] with shopping less, focusing and being more efficient/responsible...it's a cute and fun read.

I would definitely recommend this book -- Nina makes a lot of good points and gives concrete tips, and at the end of the book she lists her favorite places to buy products online, ranked from high-end to super cheap. I found this book to be very helpful as a recent graduate student trying to build her first work wardrobe and drop all the comfortable, cheap college-student-y clothes that look terrible on me, but that I love so much!

The book can be summarized in 3 strategies: 1) Assess what you already have 2) Reminders on what you need 3) Suggestions on obtaining what you need. Bottom line: you may not 'need' to buy everything you 'want'. The ideas seem very familiar, but it was a nice fashion strategy refresher. Ms. Garcia suggests that there are 'foundation' items. Basically, one needs to lay out all the clothes from her closet and see if they need to replenish the timeless foundation pieces and how to build from the foundation pieces. Some people already may be familiar with the foundation pieces, among them: white shirt, LBD, denim, trousers, pumps, blazer, handbag. All the pieces should be well-made to last for years. The fundamental argument of this book is to buy less, but buy good, well-made pieces because they are 'fashion investments'. While this is not an original idea, it is an important one, and I've become a more selective shopper since then. Because the concepts are quite simple, I hoped that Ms. Garcia would provide more substance by elaborating her points. She explains her point clearly, but much of the book contained illustrations and fashion historical factoids. This is a book you can get through in a couple of hours.

Fun to read. Nina gives no BS simple & straightforward suggestions just like how she does it as a judge in Project Runaway shows.

The book is in great condition!

Very good tips for stylists. Nina is an expert about fashion an style. I like her! A very good book.

this is a very good book which i enjoyed a lot i find that it was worthwhile. i buy lots of books on style and fashion and this was definately one of the better of them which ive learned a lot from

Things I liked: 1. The cover and the illustrations. It would be accurate to say that the book itself is very stylish. The illustrations by Ruben Toledo are amazingly coloured and beautifully sketched. 2. The approach of the author towards fashion is smartly written in a lucid language. 3. The less is more approach explained in the book. The author's message is simple- to look stylish in everyday life you need to be organised. You have to plan your dresses and shop accordingly. Instead of breaking the bank, one needs to become an inventor and an investor to cultivate the sense of style. Things I didn't like: 1. The book is very much American. Unless one mostly wears western dresses, this book is not very useful for an Indian reader.

Garcia is repeating her tips and tricks from the book "the 100". I loved the 100 book, but this one was disapointing. García gives advice how to clean out your drawer, how to wash silk and how store your boots. Better invest in her 100 book!!

Love this whole series. So interesting and a fun read.

Credit-crunching stuff this: how to do chic on the cheap. It starts where they all start; the dreaded wardrobe decluttering scene. But wait! In Nina World, you don't have to throw out those unfashionable outfits with seams that are pinned together from sentimentality alone. No, no. In Nina World, it's OK to attach memories and emotions to a garment; it doesn't have to be consigned to a black bin-bag. Nina, you see, knows that her area of expertise is style. She doesn't set out to be a psychologist or a quasi life coach. She allows you your quirks - encourages them, almost - and shows you how to develop an approach to style that is fundamentally yours. Featuring hundreds of well-chosen quotes from both philosophers and style icons (Miss Piggy, etc), there are also lots of insights into the celebrity life, eg Which blonde star uses a well-known brand of baby shampoo to maintain her locks? Answer . . . read it yourself! This is the third of Nina's gorgeous little books: beautifully illustrated and presented and over-flowing with tips, humour and common-sense. For me, it's a bath-time read. If you're considering buying the book as a gift: excellent choice. But you'll need to buy a copy for yourself too.

A useful book to make you think before you buy & not waste money buying clothes that don't add something/blend in with your existing wardrobe. I've not read it all. I like to "dip into" style books over a few weeks. Nina Garcia knows her stuff