Style Chapters: Practical Dressing for Every Life Stage

by Erica Davies

How to find a style that works for you, wherever you are in life - from style influencer and former fashion editor Erica Davies.

Erica Davies knows that clothes can make you feel your best, but what happens when life throws your style off course?

In Style Chapters, Erica reveals how to dress the changing you - from creating wardrobe building blocks to dressing for a changing body, from how to find your identity after major life upheaval to practical buying and styling tips. Erica takes you through essential wardrobe suggestions, from what to wear on the school run and how to dress from boardroom to the bar, to different types of wedding guest outfits and the best companies for good jackets - she dips into all aspects of life!

Grounded in her twenty years of experience as a fashion editor and journalist, and with practical suggestions (that aren't prescriptive!) and inspiration for any budget or body, Style Chapters is the confidence-boosting fashion bible every woman needs, at every stage of her life.

PLEASE When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

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Published July 13, 2023

Reviews

[Helen White · Rating 3 out of 5]

An interesting read with some practical suggestions - the kind of book you would refer back to as your life changes.

[Tarsila Krüse · Rating 4 out of 5]

Style Chapters is a companion book, one to have on hand as you go through changes in your life. It gives directions on how to dress (not in a prescriptive manner, but in a supportive one) for the different ‘chapters’ women go through. From occasional dressing, dressing for pregnancy and motherhood (school runs included) menopause, grief, weight change and more, this book is one to refer back again and again.
With the premise that wardrobes start with building blocks that should serve the wearer in their multifaceted lives, it also offers options for starting wardrobes and invites the reader to make their own choices to personalise and live their best lives with what they love and feel great in.
A lovely read to keep as a reference book that embraces women for who they are, ditching the concept that prescriptive fashion is a one size fits all solution.

[Melanie Rippon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Forget whatever you think you know about “capsule wardrobes” because this is not that book! For a start, Erica refers to “building blocks” which is a much more helpful idea/terminology, and doesn’t just identify them but gives examples of how to combine them. Add that to the ideas & considerations around style for multiple stages/phases of life and this is exactly what it says on the cover - a great practical guide. My one quibble - would have been nice to have had photos of the suggested items for the illness & grief phases.

[Terresa Wellborn · Rating 4 out of 5]

A practical, fun, joyful take on personal style.

I found Erica Davies insights to style thoughtful, including chapters on what to wear for the (dreaded) the school drop off/pick up, pregnancy, and even menopause. Includes suggestions on colorplay, patterns, cleaning out your closet and letting go of what no longer fits our suits you. Inclusive to all sizes, shapes, ages, and times of a womans life.

[Marie-Clare · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautifully put together style guide for changing phases of life.