The Triumph of Individual Style is a step-by-step guide to developing your personal style and choosing clothes that bring out your true beauty. Join the thousands of others who have used this book as a vital tool for understanding body types, color and personal style. In addition to being known as the "bible" of the image industry and used as a textbook at Cornell, the Fashion Institute of Technology in NYC, and design schools across the country, The Triumph of Individual Style contains:
- More than 800 diagrams
- Hundreds of color swatches for teaching color principles
- Famous art reproductions illustrating women's body types and features
- Hundreds of line drawings and teaching tools.
"The Triumph of Individual Style is a triumph for women everywhere! Whether you are an image consultant (style or color), an art student, a clothes-aholic, or just generally interested in what type of pants might look good on your body.....this is the book for you! When I first bought this book, I was a woman who just wanted to find a pair of pants that fit! I was so inspired by its content that I have become a serious student of style and color. I have had the fortune of taking a number of wonderful style and color classes from one of the authors, Carla Mathis, and have been trained with her Signature System. I can't recommend the book or her new system highly enough! Enjoy!"
- Lucy Hunt
Carla Mathis is a pioneer and sought-after trainer in the Image industry. She is one of a few stylists to have worked and taught with Suzanne Caygill, the woman who pioneered Image Consulting. One of 21 Certified Image Masters (CIM) worldwide, Carla Mathis provides image consulting for individuals & groups in the USA and internationally. Carla is co-founder and instructor of the Style Core Institute, and has trained expert Image Consultants & aspiring personal stylists around the world. She is a founding member of both the Association of Image Consultants International (AICI) and Color Designers International (CDI), the two preeminent professional associations in the field. The Style Core is based in Northern California, offering courses both domestically and internationally. (Updated May 2019)
Helen Villa Connor is the information designer, writer and creative force of "The Triumph of Individual Style." A developer of educational materials since the 1970's, Helen Originated the Body's Design Pattern paradigm, the foundation of this landmark book, in the 1980's. With it, she brought sweeping changes to the knowledge base on color, style, beauty and personal image. Her scholarship ad artist's vision further led to timeless concepts including her breakthrough theory on proportion, her unique discussion on creativity and style, and her treatment of color usage and terminology which prompted one book critic to write, "This chapter alone is worth the price of the book." An authority on individual style, Helen has been a keynote and popular speaker for the American Sewing Guild, Penn State's "Women's Day", the University of California at San Francisco's Women Leaders Symposium, and Authors and Critics on PBS. She has received design awards for innovation and excellence including the Association of Image Consultants International's IMMIE (Image Makers Merit of Industry Excellence) for Education.
