Learning Curves: Living Your Life in Full and with Style

by Michele J. Weston, Michael Sheldon

Learning Curves is part of a new revolution taking place in this country, a revolution that's finally giving full-figured women a face and a voice. Author Michele Weston is the fashion and style director of Mode , the innovative fashion magazine targeted at the 62 percent of American women who wear a size 12 and above. Mode hit the newsstands in 1997 and quickly found an adoring readership for plus-size women craving fashion and beauty advice. Now, in Learning Curves , Weston presents a comprehensive practical and spiritual program that guides women to explore their inner beauty and outer style and covers all the bases, from dressing and dating to food and fitness. Weaving stories of successful full-figured women, including actor-writers Delta Burke and Camryn Manheim, with her own startling insights, Weston dispels age-old myths, exhorts women to throw off the shrouds of negative thinking, and gives them the confidence to be the sexy, strong, and proud role models they know they can be.

The program is based on Weston's life experience -- fifteen years of being on a continuous learning curve -- during which she discovered her inner beauty, learned to feel comfortable with her body, and embraced success by rising to the top in the field of fashion, where being full-figured has always been considered a liability. Her advice is supplemented by the honest and compelling stories of real women who have taken that journey as well, and with step-by-step programs designed by Michele and experts in the fields of body image, health, and wellness. These are the women who have guided Michele on her journey to a truly fulfilling life. By sharing their victories, their moments of despair, and the lessons they've learned, Learning Curves inspires women of all sizes to start on the road toward living their lives in full and with style.

256 pages, Hardcover

First published April 18, 2000

Reviews

[Elizabeth · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nothing new in regards to the cognitive therapy in the first chapter. The chapter on eating is out of date. The dressing in your own style is good advice. Overall, an okay book but nothing earth shattering.