I was hoping this book would contain more information such as how do you put together an outfit from a closet full of seperates. This was not the case. Save your money and borrow this book from a friend.

Anyone who is thinking of buying this book, would do better to purchase a copy of Lucky Magazine. In fact, you can get a yearly subscription for less than the cost of this book.

This book is basically a extended version of a Lucky mag feature. The thing I found most objectionable about this book was the fact that the "essential pieces" were very trendy. So what are we to do when bubble skirts and booties with cut-outs are no longer in style? Buy another Lucky Guide to Style of course! I was also disgusted that so many of the essential pieces for bombshell style were lingerie. As pretty as silk tap pants are, I bought this book, so that I could figure out what to put OVER my silk tap pants.

There was no real guidance in terms of creating a 'look.' The old adage about teaching a man to fish can be directly applied to this book. Lucky gave us a fish, but after reading this book, I still don't know how to bait my hook.

Nevertheless, I gave this book two stars because at least it tries to address the issue of personal style, instead of insisting that everyone should dress like Audrey Hepburn or Grace Kelly, like so many other personal style books seem to do.

If Lucky takes another crack at this concept, I think they should focus on the types of shapes and accessories (at various price points) that will create various moods. For example, they could take white shirts and show that type of white shirt a bombshell would wear vs. the white shirt that an eclectic would wear and explain why. I also think having the featured girls for each style was pretty pointless. Why do I care what some random New York shopkeeper or bag maker wears? More useful would have been features adapting each style for the office, for play, for a night out, etc.

Long story short, don't waste you're money. I plan to return this book.

I loved the Lucky Shopping Manual and was extremely excited when they released a new book on style. The Lucky writers take you through 10 iconic looks from Euro Chic to Bohemian and attempt to teach you how to achieve these styles. The pictures are fantastic, and I loved the outfits they created.

However, I felt like they should have described certain aspects of the style more. At the start of each style, you get a small blurb about what they consider the style to be (emphasis on small) before they proceed to telling you what the essential pieces of the look are and how to buy them. I would have liked to have seen more discussion of WHY they chose those pieces as essential to the look.

As other reviewers noted, the looks they create are for young, thin, boyishly shaped women (except for the bombshell section). I could understand not necessarily discussing body types or age if they explained the rationale behind their choices. Then, the reader could take the reasoning behind the look and curtail the pieces to their age, body, and lifestyle. For example, instead of a crisp white button-down in the American Classic section, a busty woman may choose a crisp white wrap top to recreate the look for her figure.

I'd recommend checking the book out from the library and enjoying the visuals. Also, if you examine the outfits they created long enough (sounds bad, I know!), you'll start to understand the idea behind the look and maybe how you can make it work for your life. More descriptions would have been a much better editing choice though!

Just as with Lucky Magazine I read this terrific book cover to cover and then went back over it again several times so as not to miss a single tidbit. The photos, the styling, the real-women examples of each particular style, the clothing and accessories suggestions were all spot on. Identifying how to put together the look I'm after is what makes "The Lucky Guide----" more than worth a place close to my closet!

This is not so much of a review as a brief rant: I love Lucky Magazine and "The Lucky Guide to Mastering Any Style..." is an excellent book. However, not everyone in the world is 25 and size 0. Please, please, please throw the rest of us a bone. Why are most of the fashion icons -- who are aging every day just like the rest of us (unless they have already died) -- shown only in the halcyon days of their youth? I can understand showing a photo that shows a clearly defined moment in style, but must all of these moments have occurred under the age of thirty? If I cannot appeal to the fashionistas sense of fair play, I will appeal to their sense of finance. I looked adorable in hopsack at the age of 25, and it was a good thing because I didn't have the finances to purchase much of anything else. I can afford something better now and just where the heck is it?