The Color of Style: A Fashion Expert Helps You Find Colors That Attract Love, Enhance Your Power, Restore Your Energy, Make a Lasting Impr

by David Zyla

Book Overview

Emmy-nominated costume designer David Zyla helps readers discover their authentic style by showing them how to identify their true colours based on their eyes, their hair, the palms of their hands and the tones in their wrists. Using his unique system, women will know exactly what colours reveal their authentic selves to the world. They'll also learn which colour to wear for any occasion and how to set the tone for any event. Using Zyla's groundbreaking...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0525951539
• ISBN13: 9780525951537
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: Dutton Books
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Focuses on helping women find colors that 'pop' for them

THE COLOR OF STYLE: A FASHION EXPERT HELPS YOU FIND THE COLORS is a top pick for any general lending library. It focuses on helping women find colors that 'pop' for them, understanding why certain colors or styles work and others do not, and developing a True Color sense in 3-style approaches. Any library strong in fashion and style, and any general collection, will welcome this approach.

The Color of Style

I ordered this book as a gift for my college-aged daughter. I haven't really read it myself, but she seemed to like it.

This book is a gem

I picked this book up while looking for another title in the "color analysis" section at my local bookstore and I realized right away that THIS was the book I was really looking for! If you know your season, this book will have you seeing "your" colors in amazing new ways. If you don't know your season or have been color typed but feel like something is missing, you need this book even more. After reading this you will know not only what your true colors are but how to incorporate them into your life to enhance your well being. I would recommend buying this together with Lora Alexander's book "Color Revival", Once you use David's book to determine/confirm your season and best colors, Lora's book will help you confirm your choice and expand your palette. Note - this book contains NO color charts or color illustrations, which I actually think is a big plus, it forces you to follow the exercises to determine your best colors instead of turning to the charts as a short cut. If you already have seasonal swatches you can use them to complete the exercises (though if you are like me and had an old set from the 80s you might be surprised at which colors are missing), the author recommends that you use paint chips (available free at home improvement stores), some stores will let you "check out" a paint swatch book library style which would be the perfect tool for use with this book. This book and Color Revival by Lora AlexanderColor Revival: Understanding the 12 Season Color Analysis System (Volume 1) are the best books in print on color analysis. I highly recommend both!

A book on style with something new to offer: Put yourself in the driver's seat

I love this book! It has helped me understand color and clothing like never before. The ideas about color coincide with the almost unconscious sense of what has been going on when I wear certain colors. Now I can focus on 8 main colors and use them consciously and consistently. The impact on my work days was immediate and when I come home, I can snuggle into my "essence" color and relax. Finding and using my dramatic color was an epiphany--my only problem is in turning the energizing effect off! With this knowledge I have a clear sense of what colors to use in what capsules/areas of my life, allowing me to have separate capsules in my wardrobe that function at a deep level. This book also explains the impact of how these colors effect me in my environment through color choices I've made in paint and the objects around me. I plan to be playing with the ideas in this book for a long time!