A few weeks ago, the nice people over at Hyperion Books contacted me to see if I wanted to review Nina Garcia’s newest book, Look Book: What to Wear for Every Occasion. I love Nina Garcia’s books and have her “The Little Black Book of Style” (which I reviewed here) and “The One Hundred” so of course I couldn’t wait to get my hands on her latest book!
When I got it I couldn’t wait to look at all the illustrations by Ruben Toledo, that’s one of my favorite parts of all her books! But first I noticed just how thick this book was! It’s so much bigger than her other books and to me, I LOVE thick books so I was already into it. Flipping through it, I loved each little section that she put together. She’s thought of every event for each section from Work, Dating, Day, Night, Holidays, etc… She goes through each event and has suggestions of “What you should wear”. It’s super easy to read as it’s only a few pages for each “event” but so helpful. I’ve already picked up some great tips. It’s not something that you need to read the whole way through. Just go to the sections applicable to you and then flip through the rest of the book to see the pretty illustrations! If you couldn’t tell already, it gets two Style-ish Thumbs Up so if you’ve been wanting I suggest to get it now! 🙂
Of course I couldn’t leave you without some pictures of the book. I did a little photoshoot with my shoes and jewelry. I thought it was appropriate!
Shoes by Miu Miu and Christian Louboutin | Jewelry by J. Crew and LOFT
Pauline
August 25, 2010 at 12:17 pmI'll have to get this! I love how you colour coordinated the book with your accessories ♥
On a side note…I really want to enter your giveaway but is it open to international readers? I sent you a tweet on twitter asking..don't know if you got it 🙂
janettaylor
August 25, 2010 at 1:13 pmOh, I want it!
♥
Christina
August 25, 2010 at 1:32 pmI have not bought any of her other books, but this makes me intrigued to try those out first.
Jessica
August 25, 2010 at 1:39 pmI can't wait to go purchase this book! I have all her others and love them. Your photo shoot with the book is great!
cecilia
August 25, 2010 at 2:11 pmI'm so reading it! btw loved your photos! Those Miu Mius are lovely! xo
http://blog.cessoviedo.com
Amber's Notebook
August 25, 2010 at 2:20 pmSo cute!! I love your photoshoot!
Lys
August 25, 2010 at 2:28 pmI wish we could buy Ruben's prints – love them. I'm going to have to pick this book up.
Taylor
August 25, 2010 at 2:53 pm1. LOVE how you set this up to photograph
2. LOVE Nina Garcia
3. LOVE Project Runway
4. LOVE your super cute blog
5. Come follow mine! 😉 http://sometimeshavingitall.blogspot.com
xo
Taylor
Lotus
August 25, 2010 at 3:30 pmI think I will pick up a copy- the illustrations are too cute to pass up! 🙂
Katie
August 25, 2010 at 5:12 pmNeed to check this out – I love Nina's books! The pics you took turned out so cute 🙂
tiffany2stylish
August 25, 2010 at 6:02 pmPauline – I didn't see your tweet to me? Maybe my tweetdeck is not showing me all of my @ messages? Anyway, I can't respond on twitter but go ahead and enter. If an international reader wins, I'll take care of it if shabby apple doesn't.
Really Petite
August 25, 2010 at 9:18 pmThis book looks awesome!!!!! I'm going to check it out 🙂
Daniela
August 25, 2010 at 9:57 pmcute illustrations! Looks like a fun book 🙂
Pauline
August 26, 2010 at 1:32 amYay thanks Tiff!
And thank you so much for visiting my blog!!
DiamondsandTulle
August 26, 2010 at 5:03 pmGreat photo shoot! Love the page about what to wear when meeting the parents! 🙂
xx Vivian @ http://diamondsandtulle.blogspot.com
Nina
August 27, 2010 at 5:26 amYour shoe collection is to die for!!!
http://ninaslittleblackblogofstyle.blogspot.com/
Natalie
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Janine aka J-Ezzy @ *La Dolce Vita*
August 30, 2010 at 3:10 amI definitely need to pick this book up, if anyone needs help, it's me! Can't wait to read your review!
Miss T
September 21, 2010 at 6:58 amI love this book and "The One Hundred". Read the latter in 2 days. And I love that she has them on Kindle so I can real them on my Mac and Iphone from anywhere. 🙂