Book Review: How to Get Dressed by Alison Freer

In “How to Get Dressed: A Costume Designer’s Secrets for Making Your Clothes Look, Fit, and Feel Amazing”, costume designer and stylist Alison Freer gives budding fashionistas how to dress like a movie star!

From tips on how to find a perfect tailor or dressmaker to give your clothes a perfect fit for you, Alison Freer also teaches the proper names for the clothes as she defines a sheath dress for instance.

A great how-to book that everyone who wants to look and dress well without spending an arm and a leg for clothes.

DescriptionCostume designer Alison Freer’s styling kit is a magical bag of tricks, built to solve every single wardrobe malfunction on earth. TV and film productions wait for nothing, so her solutions have to work fast. In How to Get Dressed, Alison distills her secrets into a fun, comprehensive style guide focused on rethinking your wardrobe like a fashion expert and making what’s in your closet work for you. She provides real-world advice about everything style-related, including:

Making every garment you own fit better
Mastering closet organization
The undergarments you actually need
The scoop on tailors and which alterations are worth
Shopping thrift and vintage like a rockstar.

Instead of repeating boring style rules, Alison breaks the rules and gets real about everything from bras to how to deal with inevitable fashion disasters.

Including helpful information such as how to skip ironing and the dry cleaners, remove every stain under the sun, and help clueless men get their sartorial acts together, How to Get Dressed has hundreds of insider tips from Alison’s arsenal of tools and expertise.

Related Posts