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Who What Wear: Celebrity and Runway Style for Real Life
$18.95
My daughter, a junior in college, requested this book for her recent birthday. She loves it and now says she's one of the most stylish dressers at Marymount University in Arlington, VA.

The Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
$50.00
If you love fashion world, models and photography this is your book. Wonderful pictures of the best photographers and the main models through the fashion history. You won't regret it!

The Style Strategy: A Less-Is-More Approach to Staying Chic and Shopping Smart
$21.99
I loved Nina Garcia's 'The One-Hundred' and 'Little Black Book of Style'. They are exactly the type of informative references that I will keep on hand and refer to season after season when refreshing my closet.

However, I didn't learn anything new from 'The Style Strategy'. Additionally, I expected Garcia to point readers in the direction of finding their own strategy, which didn't happen at all.

Finally, this book is a little too 2009. I don't see her references holding up for years to come, as other style books do.

Domino: The Book of Decorating: A Room-by-Room Guide to Creating a Home That Makes You Happy
$32.00
i can't say enough great things about this book. great as a reference guide and fabulous inspiring photos. so sad the domino mag is no longer as i would love a series of these books. really one of my favorite design books (and i have quite a few).