Ladies, thank you very much for all your comments. I don't know what I did wrong there in that first post, but my blog links don't seem to be working. At least the book link is.
@rute, thank you for the compliment! I wasn't fishing, but will gladly accept compliments any time
@Vildy, that is a neat video - thank you for the link. She does a great job of explaining the buoyant playful energy of spring, the graceful floatiness of summer, the purposeful practicality of autumn, and the majestic stillness of winter.
@rachylou, the book is organized into chapters by concepts, which are then illustrated on examples from art (paintings, sculptures, etc). It's very nonjudgemental, the message is that all women are beautiful and everyone's beauty is specific to her. Your work through each concept/element, learning first on the art examples, then apply it to yourself (I found photos are better than the mirror), and then read how to use the information you just learned, developing an understanding of what works, what doesn't, and why. At least that's the idea.
@Ginkgo, please share your journey, let's compare our notes. Have you figured out your lines yet? I decided to blog about the process because otherwise it was just a lot of thoughts in my head and nothing concrete. When I write about it, the point is to document my observations and conclusions so that hopefully, at the end of the book, I can come up with a fall mini-wardrobe that will be totally perfect.
@christieanne, thank you! making clothes is fun, wearing them is even more so, but the downside is you have to trust that the project will be total perfection - no returns, no putting the fabric pieces back together.
@Gaylene, thank you for the trying on and sketching idea. Sketch pad added to the wishlist. The trying on may have to wait until we travel stateside again. We're stationed in Germany and the shopping culture is very different here.
@Ruth, did you find the suggestions for short waist/long rise helpful? Do you use them? Or was that part of what your mom had taught you? That must have been awesome, to have a seamstress mom.
