Impressive: How to have a stylish career

by Kirstie Clements

How do you get your dream job? How do you shine once you have landed it? How do you ask for a pay rise? And, equally importantly, what do you wear to achieve all three?

Kirstie Clements, former editor-in-chief of Vogue, bestselling author, judge on Australia's Next Top Model and style guru, plus a dazzling array of industry insiders give their expert opinions on how to get the job you want, get noticed and get ahead.

You may only have one shot at getting your stylish foot in the door of the so-called glamour industries. Impressive's secrets will arm you for success. - See more at: http://www.randomhouse.com.au/books/k...

248 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2015

About the author

Kirstie Clements is a best selling author, editor, journalist, consultant, and key-note speaker, with vast first hand experience in the luxury industry. Kirstie worked for Condé Nast International and Vogue for more than 25 years and was editor-in-chief of Vogue Australia for 13 years (1999-2012). She has written articles and columns for numerous publications, websites and newspapers and most recently, books.

Her first, In Vogue, 50 Years of Australian Style (co-authored with Lee Tulloch) was published in 2009 by Harper Collins. Since then she has released The Vogue Factor (MUP 2013) her memoir of nearly three decades in prestige fashion publishing, which achieved global press attention, culminating in an appearance on US talk show The View with Barbara Walters last May. She was also featured as the cover story on You Magazine in the UK’s Sunday Mail.

The Vogue Factor was released in the UK by Faber and Faber in July 2013, (with a reprint scheduled for July 2014) and the US edition launched in February 2014 (Chronicle). The book has also been released in Spain (Aguilar), Mexico, China and Poland and is now an international bestseller. She released her third book in November 2013, Tongue In Chic (Victory Books) a salacious and cheeky behind the scenes look at the world of fashion publishing. She has also co-written Fashion, The First Fifty Years from The Australian Women’s Weekly, which was released in May 2014 by the National Library Australia. She is now working on her next book, a work of non-fiction to be released by MUP in 2015.

Kirstie has also written for various publications and websites including Elle, International Traveller, Australian Traveller, The Australian Woman’s Weekly, The New Daily, Sunday Life and The Guardian and has made numerous appearances on television, including Today, Sunrise, The Daily Edition, Mornings and Studio Ten (guest panelist).

Kirstie lives in Sydney, Australia, is married to a Frenchman and has twin sons.

She is committee member for Grey Matters, which raises funds for brain cancer research and is an ambassador for Camp Quality.

Reviews

[Sahvanna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book, lots of quotes from different people and great advice!

[Emily · Rating 4 out of 5]

Saw this on the new bookshelf at the library today and sat down and read it cover to cover. It's nothing groundbreaking in terms of career advice but the genre is refreshed coming from a fashion industry viewpoint. I feel the book is aimed at highschool and university graduates, but there's still plenty of valid lessons to be learned, or as a refresher, from the experiences of ex-vogue-editor Kirstie Clements - with a dash of fashion advice thrown in.