Elements of Style

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Summary: fabulous,gossipy, sometimes heartbreakingly petty
Review: I am the premire stylist in hollywood Phillip Bloch=E Entertainment I mean do I need to say more BUY the damn book so I can continue bossing around my assistants in my underwear, and spend free time cruising through Griffith Park!

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Summary: Beautiful Pictures, Beutiful People, Beautiful Style
Review: I liked the style and contents of this book. Amazingly, many ideas of Phillip Bloch were quite similar to the ideas I already had before reading this book. (I guess this means I am a very stylish person!) The pictures are elegant and inspiring. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to raise her style above the bare necessities and wants to experiment a little. Furthermore, the book is also more suitable for those who already have some sense of their own style and know what they want to look like. Beginners might feel overwhelmed by all different tips! (Nevertheless, I myself wish it would have been even longer...)

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Summary: Great photos of stars -- but not useful for ordinary people
Review: If you like looking at photos of celebrities this book is fine. But if you're looking for useful suggestions for looking pulled together, try another book, "Big City Style," for example, by Vincent Roppatte, has head to toe advice and is aware that we're not all size 4 movie stars.

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Summary: Must Style Preclude Function?
Review: No index, no page numbers, no captions to the photos--teasing out the credits for them is hard enough. This book is pretty, using very au courant page and font layout and colors, photos of the latest "it" gals and guys (Cameron Diaz, Salma Hayek, Samuel L. Jackson), their clothes and hair(slip dresses, blue eye shadow, twin sets, bouffy hair). This book is going to be out of date in about ten seconds from now. Buy a Vogue magazine instead--at least you'll know who the models are and whose clothes they're wearing.

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Summary: One star rating more "starpower" than it deserves...
Review: Save your money and buy yourself something pretty. This has the depth of a coloring book. The celeb photos are nice, but a subscription to In Style or People is cheaper. The copy is so bad it almost reads like a parody. You won't get any useful info from this book.

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Summary: THE BEST STYLE BOOK EVER!
Review: This is a great book to have, even if just for reference. I enjoyed reading the entire book. It also has great excerpts written by top designers, hair and makeup artists. Extremely helpful for anyone interested in fashion and style.

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Summary: Great! The perfect reference manual for the stylish person.
Review: With beautiful illustrations and right to the point fashion advice, this book is a must-have for anyone who wants to develop a sense of style.

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Summary: Philip Bloch is the Premiere Stylist
Review: You will find no answers to your styling questions here. This is truly Phillip Bloch's portfolio. If what you are looking for is fabulous pictures of celebrities, then please, by all means view this book. I happen to be a red carpet junkie and love to watch all the stars parade in before the award shows, so this book was fairly interesting to me. Its worth a glance or two if you are as obsessed with what the stars are wearing as I am.

If you're not sure about picking it up, try buying it used. At least you won't pay full price. Otherwise, if you are just looking for glamorous pictures of stars/celebrities then I suggest trying "Sante D'Orazio: Photographs," you'll be very pleased.