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Tuesday, April 28, 2009

READ THIS: Eccentric Glamour by Simon Doonan


Whom You Know just loves Simon Doonan's style and his take on style. Certainly you know that he is Creative Director at Barney's New York...

Simon was raised with style by a cool Irish mom and this experience is formative in all aspects of his creative outlook and disposition. It is his belief that all women are not created equal, or men for that matter, (but this book is about the females!) and each woman should celebrate her uniqueness and be what she is! Simon says play upon your quirks. Do not merely tread water and be a Stepford wife, be memorable instead.

In exploring this idea, Doonan will have you rolling off the couch in hysterics due to his power of description that is like no other and tales of eccentricity that will both inspire and freak you out.

Simon shuns those styles that make one look like they are employed in the red-light district and the cookie-cutter fashions that Whom You Know has seen pervade public schools by the "mean girls." What Peachy Deegan means here is that Simon is right-do as Simon says and BE YOURSELF. Who else could be so fabulous?

Additionally, Simon Doonan profiles several Eccentric Glamour women throughout the work and each of them shines a new light on style overall through their individual style.

This book is both inspiration to some, a revelation to others and above all, a MUST READ for Whom You Know readers!

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