Books about Style

I'm pretty boring in terms of my style. I like clothing that is black, cream, white, polka dotted, gingham, or plaid. And turtlenecks. God, I have a lot of turtlenecks. However, there are some things that I own and that are whimsically colourful. And I love them!
This observation led me to enquire about my own style and what style is in general. Because I have no idea.

I thought about going a bookstore and reading some fashion magazines, you know, like Vogue or something. However, reflecting on my fashion magazine experiences in the past, I never came out with more than 5 pages of dogeared pages from these types of magazines. And stuff was always expensive and/or difficult to find locally. How very unsatisfying. And inefficient.

With a little help with the intrawebs, I found several books that I thought could help me.

The Pocket Sylist by Kendall Farr
The Lucky Guide to Mastering any Style by Kim France and Andrea Linett
The One Hundred: A Guide to the Pieces every Stylish Woman Must Own by Nina Garcia
Style Statement: Live by Your Own Design by Danielle LaPorte and Carrie McCarthy

They all were excellent and each had their own perspective on the topic of style. I won't summarize them here (you can check out Amazon or Chapters reviewers for that, the Kindle app also lets you download free samples of some of them too).
But now what? Where do I find similar pieces featured in the books? This will be topic of future posts.

I'm back! To Joe Fresh I go?

Yikes, I haven't posted anything since 2007!
I plan on going to Joe Fresh today after work. I finish work at 10pm and the Superstore on Don Mills and Lawrence closes at 11pm. Will I make it?

This top is pretty cute. On page 19 of this week's flyer, there's a $10 off $50 of Joe Fresh apparel coupon. Expires April 15, 2010.

This is probably what will go down: I will be frazzled by closing and not even want to go. This is the reality of work. Will update you later.