You Are What You Wear

You Are What You WearWhat Your Clothes Reveal About You

by Jennifer Baumgartner

In her first book, psychologist and wardrobe consultant Jennifer Baumgartner introduces the Psychology of Dress, a new way of looking at what we wear, how we buy and store our clothes and how we assemble outfits. Her motto: You may find more than clothes lurking in your closet! In nine chapters, each with their own case study, she examines the link between our external appearance and internal experience. With a detailed analysis of issues like why we buy more than we need, reasons for avoiding mirrors and when we bare too much, she offers an InsideOut closet makeover that focusses on transforming and improving both your look and your life.

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Ingunn

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I’m currently reading this book, and I find it quite interesting. I think it explains why a lot of “make-overs” never succeed in the long run. If people have personal issues that effects their perception of self and/or their body image, the change will only have a short-term effect. It is necessary to address deeper issues connected to why one cannot let go of old clothes, why one chooses to dress lake a teenager way into maturity and so on. The book is packed with strategies to handle various issues, and I think it might be helpful to many who struggles with how to dress. However – if your personal problems are more than you can handle alone, you should consider finding someone to help you sort this out. I find the style advice in the book very basic, but if you wish to understand the more complicated reasons for how you choose to dress, this book is highly recommendable.

December 9, 2012 at 6:56 am

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This book approaches fashion from the viewpoint of what our clothing choices say about us, our innermost selves. If you want to analyze why you purchase the clothes you purchase, or why you wear the same things over and over, then this book may help you answer those questions. As far as style advice goes, that advice is basic, but for the psychology-minded fashion reader, this is a good read.

December 21, 2012 at 8:16 pm

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Jennifer Baumgartner is awesome. A wonderful writer of psychology, sociology, and feminist theory, it’s delightful to see her take on how these fields intersect with fashion and style. This is a very smart book.

January 2, 2013 at 4:21 pm

Raisin

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I read this book in about 1 day because I couldn’t put it down! I didn’t expect it to be so good, but it was very well written and insightful. The book is broken down into 9 chapters that delve into the reasons we dress the way we do. The nice thing was, that even though there wasn’t a chapter that explained me perfectly, I could see pieces of myself in each chapter. I gained something from every one. I really like how she shows us that dressing well is more than just what’s on the outside, and it is important to look good so we feel good. Sometimes I get to thinking that all this is frivolous, but this book really got me back into the state of mind that it’s actually important to dress to show who we are.

February 1, 2013 at 5:16 pm

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Oops, forgot my star rating.

February 1, 2013 at 5:17 pm

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