Secrets of a Fashion Therapist - Softcover

Halbreich, Betty

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060954930 ISBN 13: 9780060954932

Publisher: PerfectBound, 2000

Synopsis

Getting dressed every morning probably causes more trauma than anything else we do on a daily basis. No one understands this better than Betty Halbreich. She's seen firsthand that putting on clothes is as much -- if not more -- about the mind as it is about the body. Each day, her dressing room at Bergdorf Goodman is filled with women searching for something. They may think they're merely shopping for a new dress, but as Betty knows, sometimes they're really shopping for a whole new life. Whatever these women are seeking, Betty is sure to help them find it.

With simple instructions and witty asides, Betty takes her experience out of the dressing room and puts it into readers' hands. Follow her through the years and through the stores as she sheds light on such fashion conundrums as how to break up with the color black, what to wear on "Casual Friday," what "black-tie" really means and how to wear just about any accessory.

Betty elevates shopping and dressing to an art form, yet she makes you realize how simple it really is to look fabulous. She is truly a fashion therapist, dispensing wisdom, wit and advice on how to enhance your natural beauty, build a more confident self-image, and, most of all, have a little fun while doing it.

About this title

About the Author:

Betty Halbreich was born and raised in Chicago, where she started playing dress-up as soon as she was able to rummage through her mother's closet--and she hasn't stopped experimenting with clothes ever since. In her twenty-plus years as director of Solutions at New York City's Bervgdorf Goodman specialty store, Betty has helped make the world a better-dressed place by working with countless designers and showing generations of women how to create their own style.

Sally Wadyka made her first fashion statement at age six, stubbornly refusing ever to wear a red Lacoste dress. Over the years, her taste has expanded. She has written about fashion and beauty for such magazines as Mademoiselle, Elle, and Self.

Review:

"Behind every successful man is a woman and behind every successful woman is Betty Halbreich." -- --Isaac Mizrahi

"Betty can help a woman see herself differently from what she has always perceived herself to be." -- --Michael Kors

"Betty knows exactly what a client's wardrobe needs before the client even knows she needs it." -- --Susan Lucci

"Walking across the threshold into Betty's office, I get a warm, comfortable feeling--ready to play dress-up!" -- --Bobbi Brown

About this edition

• Publisher: PerfectBound
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0060954930
• ISBN 13: 9780060954932
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 220