In Book 2 of this fresh, fashion-forward series, Emma and Allegra's worlds collide! Emma must go undercover as her own intern long enough for Allegra to design a knock-out Sweet Sixteen dress for one of the popular girls at school. Emma Rose is SO not famous So how did she score inside information on the most talked-about party of the year? Because Emma is secretly the hottest new fashion designer―Allegra Biscotti―and hired to whip up a Sweet Sixteen dress for the guest of honor. Wait…fashion emergency! How can she create a fiercely fashionable dress and keep her secret? There's only one Emma must go undercover―as her own intern! But when Emma feels the pressure by her BFF to explain how she got an invite from the in-crowd and an ultra-fabulous fashion internship―just when Jackson finally starts paying attention to her―she knows she has to make it work… …or will it all come apart at the seams?
Olivia Bennett has had a passion for fashion since she was a young girl, putting together surprising outfits for the daily fashion show that took place in the school hallways. When not writing, Olivia can be found hot-gluing and sewing amazing DIY projects.
Who What Wear is a novel written by Olivia Bennet. This is the second book from the Allegra Biscotti Collection series. The novel is about a girl called Emma Rose who is secretly the hottest new fashion designer and goes under the name of Allegra Biscotti. Only very few people know about Emma’s secret like her parents and Paige her manager.
Allegra Biscotti is hired to make a dress for Rylan’s sweet sixteen birthday party. Rylan is a girl from Emma’s school. Rylan hates the first dress because her mother chose it from a designer in L.A. that Rylan hates. Since Rylan dislikes the dress so much she ruins it by tossing it into the dryer together with a pair of jeans which has a bright red lipstick in the pocket. So that no one suspects anything that she’s the real Allegra Biscotti, Emma must go undercover as her own intern.
My favourite part of the book is when Rylan’s dress is ruined by Emma spilling soda all over it. It is a bad thing to do but on the other hand it mean Rylan is able wear the dress that she wants to wear not what Rylan’s mum wants her to wear. Emma gives Rylan the dress that Emma (Allegra Bisscotti) made for Rylan to wear. Rylan loves the dress and tells her mum that actually it was she spilled who had soiled the dress, not the maid.
At the beginning of the book there was a quote by Coco Chanel that said “In order to be irreplaceable, one must always be different.” I think they included this quote because if you see Coco Chanel was the founder of the famous brand Chanel which is a huge fashion brand. In my opinion what she was saying was that if you don’t want to be replaced you must be unique in your own way and in this book Emma is unique by being Allegra Biscotti.
I recommend this book to pre teens and upwards since there are some parts that might be confusing for younger children. I would also recommend it to people who like chick flick books and also to people who like fashion because from this book you can get a lot of information about fashion.
I rated this book 5 stars because the author described the book in full detail.
Allegra Biscotti, groundbreaking new fashion designer, has a secret. She is actually a 14 year old girl named Emma Rose living in Manhattan. In book 1, The Allegra Biscotti Collection, she is accidentally discovered and asked to keep silent about her real identity. After all, who would take a 14 year old fashion designer seriously? In this installment, Emma is asked to design a collection for an exciting display AND a dress for a swanky Sweet Sixteen Party for a student at her school. With a bumbling new Italian assistant, a best friend who doesn't understand why Emma is so busy all of a sudden, and the mother running the Sweet Sixteen Party all trying to make Emma's life more difficult, how is she ever supposed to get the new collection designed in time?
Obviously this book is written for younger than YA. The back of the book labels it as Juvenile Fiction/Independent Reader, and the content is certainly appropriate for young children. I picked up the book mostly because of the ADORABLE cover and cute sketches throughout, as well as the catchy name. I have not read book 1, but I plan to at some point!
I enjoyed this book because it was so fun, and Emma's best guy friend, Charlie, is hilarious. I would love to be friends with him even now. The descriptions of the clothes are also really fun- I wish there really was an Allegra Biscotti!
One thing that I would change about the book is that I was totally convinced that there was a sinister sub-plot brewing, but the climax was actually a bit of a let down. The "action" ended too soon, in my opinion, but the ending was also really sweet. Sometimes it is nice when everything works out smoothly in the end, and perhaps it has been too long since I've read juvenile fiction of this type.
I would recommend this as juvenile chick lit, and girls around the 3rd-6th grades would probably enjoy it. It was very easy to read, and it might be a good "book club" type book for girl scouts or something- there is definitely a positive girl power message. It could also be a great book to read to kids before bed. Super cute and very fun.
Emma terpaksa harus menyembunyikan pekerjaan hebatnya, yaitu sebagai designer pakaian yang sedang naik daun bernama Allegra Biscotti. Dasar dunia itu memang sempit, blog fashion Emma/ Allegra dilirik sama salah satu fashion icon di sekolah mereka, yaitu Rylan, dan Allegra diminta untuk merancang sebuah gaun untuk pesta ulang tahun ke 16-nya.
Tentu saja Allegra/ Emma harus mengalami banyak kendala, namanya juga hidup. Selain karena pesta ulang tahun itu bertepatan dengan adanya event lumayan besar yang menampilkan hasil rancangan designer-designer muda di kota mereka, Emma juga dilarang asal cerita tentang apa yang sedang dia kerjakan ini ke sembarang orang termasuk sahabatnya sejak kecil, Holly. Tapi untungnya Emma masih punya sahabat lain, namanya Charlie, dan dia juga orangnya kocak. Kenapa Emma lebih percaya Charlie daripada Holly? Karena Holly 'selingkuh' 😁. Selain Charlie, Emma juga punya asisten Italian yang kalau bukan karena bakat marketingnya mungkin dia gak guna-guna amat.
Fresh, ringan, dan menyenangkan saat dibaca. Masalahnya gak terlalu complicated jadi gak bikin pusing mikir, tahu-tahu udah baca bab terakhir aja. Buat yang lagi belajar baca novel Bahasa Inggris, buku ini cocok banget sih. Katanya sebelum buku ini ada seri pertamanya juga, tapi aku gak baca, dan buku ini juga sepertinya bukan sequel, jadi it's not a problem.
Already, two down and one to go in the “reliving Kenzie’s childhood through fashion novels” trilogy. Again, this book was so much better when I was reading it as a pre-teen, but I think it holds up well for a younger audience. And what a breeze! After my reading slump earlier this year, these books have flown by. This was a fun follow-up to the first Allegra book - I like that we got to see what was next for her in the fashion world and how it affected her social relationships. It was exactly what young-me wanted out of a sequel. I’m genuinely excited to see what comes out of the third and final installment (one I never knew existed and what prompted this reread lol).
Who, What, Wear is about an amazing new fashion designer named Allegra Biscotti, with a big secret, she’s a 14 year old girl. Emma was accidentally discovered by the editor of the best fashion magazine in the first book of the series. In this book Emma gets a place in the pop up shop, a place for new designers to show off their collections. If making a whole collection in a month with school work sounds hard enough, Allegra Biscotti gets a job to make a sweet 16 dress for the most popular girl in the whole school. The only way for Emma to make the dress without being discovered is to go under cover, as her own intern. Emma finds it difficult to make the dress because of Rylan’s mom and her “suggestions”. After many tries to make Rylan and her mother happy she finally gives in to what Ryan’s mom wants. If making Rylan’s ugly dress wasn’t hard enough, Emma’s friend Holly is mad because Emma didn’t tell her about her internship. Emma soon spills to Holly because she doesn’t want to jeopardize their friendship. The pop up shop goes great and Emma is a big hit, but she’s still feeling uneasy about Rylan’s dress. The night of Rylan’s party Emma spills coke all over the front of the ugly dress and rushes over to the pop up shop and gives Rylan the dress that she really wanted. Rylan’s mom wasn’t happy but Rylan was and that night wasn’t about her mom.
I liked this book a lot. The main reason I liked this book is because I could picture the whole story happening in my head as I was reading it. I also liked the drama in the book and how Emma dealt with all sorts of it. My favorite character would be Charlie, Emma’s friend that was there when Allegra was discovered. Charlie is constantly helping Emma and he’s always there for her. He helped Emma with the Rylan dress by pretending to be an intern with her. Charlie helped her with stuff like the website, Allegra’s blog and all the other stuff Emma couldn’t or didn’t have time to do. Charlie also had a joke to lighten the mood when things were tense, depressing or just stressful for Emma. Over all I think Charlie is a really good friend. My favorite part of the book was toward the end when Emma realized that she couldn’t let Rylan wear a dress she hated and looked awful in. Once Emma realized this she had to think fast because the party was already starting. Emma had a great idea. She spilled soda all down the front of the ugly dress. This of course made Rylan go insane but Emma ran to the pop up shop and got the dress Rylan was supposed to be in. I think that this was really smart of Emma because Rylan’s mom couldn’t get mad at Rylan or Allegra Biscotti and since Emma is a nobody it didn’t matter that Ryan’s mom was mad at her. I think Emma is a really smart character and she is very determined because under all the stress she could have just given up but she didn’t. She kept trying and she succeeded. This is a great book about persistence and never giving up even when things get hard.
My honest opinion on this book is that it's much better than the first. I absolutely love the concept about fashion. Emma Rose has a sense of classy, but yet trendy style. Olivia Bennett found a way to make this book modern and enjoyable, while still sticking to the fashion concept. The presentation is eye-catching and colorful. The cover is also inspiring. The format is much better than The Allegra Biscotti Collection: book 1. The pages are rounded and it's more easier to navigate through the pages. The pros for this book is that it's about fashion and when there's a book about fashion for teens, it's bound to be a hit! This book is a girly read for inspiring fashion designers and i think that tweens and pre-teens will enjoy this just as much as i do! There is very few cons for this book. The first one isn't really a con. It's just a suggestion. So, basically in the first book, on the pages there is designs that go well with the words on that particular page. I think that Olivia Bennett should have done that in this book to make it more eye-catching and colorful. I guess that's all for the cons! Lastly, i would recommend it for ages 8-15 or tweens, pre-teens, and teens. One a scale from one to ten, i would give it a ten. This book is great!!!
Who What Wear is the second book in the Allegra Biscotti Collection. This book is about Emma and her journey through her life as a fashion designer. This is a dream of many girls and Emma gets to design clothes just at the age of thirteen. One of the first tasks Emma is given from Paige Young one of the fashion journalists, is to create several outfits for a spring collection. This is very exciting for Emma because this will be her second big task as a fashion designer. Then once Emma begins designing the spring collection, Paige calls her again and asks her if she can design a party dress for Rylan's sixteenth birthday party. Rylan is one of the popular girls at Emma's school, and Emma can't wait to make her a dress. The only problem is that Rylan and her mom want to meet with Allegra and discuss the dress. This is a problem because Emma can't afford for Rylan to figure out that she is Allegra. Thankfully, Paige is able to come up with a great idea and gets Rylan and her mom to believe that Allegra got a call and was needed in Italy right away. After this problem, Emma is able to set everything aside and Rylan ends up being able to wear the dress that she wanted for her birthday. Who What Wear is a fun book and I would definitely recommend it to others.
"Who What Wear" by Olivia Bennett is the second book of the Allegra Biscotti Collection. This book is not like any other book I have read. So it is original. In this book, Emma Rose, otherwise known as Allegra Biscotti, has become more popular than ever. Allegra Biscotti, that is. She has to make a bunch of new pieces of clothing for a pop-up shop that Madison is hosting. Madison is a magazine that Emma Rose loves, other people like it too. Her inspiration is a twist on child-like clothing, making it kind of like a sophisticated child's outfit. It still has the childish look though. She also has a very important client. The most popular girl in school wants Allegra Biscotti to make her a Sweet Sixteen Dress. But her mother wants to make a few touch ups that no one likes at all. Later Emma and Charlie get invited to the exclusive party.Emma still has to keep her secret from Holly, but Holly has made a lot more friends anyway. In the end, Holly finds out that Emma is Allegra. Emma makes the dress that the popular girl's mom wanted, but she ruins it by spilling soda on it. After that Emma gets the dress that she really wanted the girl to wear and is happy.
I enjoyed this book even more than the first (okay, I read this one first!). Emma's plunge into the world of fashion design gets even deeper. Her best friend Holly still doesn't know she's the hot new designer Allegra Biscotti, partly because Emma's muse Paige, the editor of the fashion magazine Madison, forbids it. Emma's parents are still keeping an eye on her school participation, though her dad and his secretary are wonderfully supportive on her fashion efforts. The hot Jackson shows his interest in Emma even more, though he's supposedly going with school queen bee Lexie. And now, disaster! THE queen bee, Ivana, wants an Allegra Biscotti dress for her sweet 16. How will Emma and Charlie keep Ivana from finding out who Allegra is? And how will Allegra keep Ivana's mom's demands from ruining the dress?
Again, vivid, colorful, three-dimensional, believable. It's a total romp. I just wish there was another book out NOW--I read too durn fast! I wish I could design clothes like Emma does!
I liked this book because Emma Rose, a fashion designer posed as Allegra Biscotti, is around our age so i can relate to her and how busy she can get at points. Emma has to keep her secret from the world including her best friend, i don't think that i would be able to keep a secret that big from my best friend. Emma's (Allegra) friend, assistant, is name is Charlie and he is hilarious and smart, Charlie runs Allegra's website for Emma. Emma has a really big task in about the middle of the book, she is asked to design pieces for a new york pop-up show, and on top of that she has to design a dress for a high maintenance high school girl named Rylan and her ever so picky mother. I thought that the climax could have been a little bit longer because the action started then just stopped but other wise i loved the book and would reccomend it to everyone who love fashion.
Friendship, secrets, and dreams collide in this fast-paced novel about a teen fashion designer. I thought this was going to be a typical frenemies book with a fashionista twist. Charlie is what kept me reading. He's a fun, character who helps ground the story (and also adds humor). Once Emma starts working on her new collection for the pop-up shop, the story improves significantly and adds several layers.
This is the second installment in the delightful Allegra Biscotti series. This time, 14 year old secret fashion superstar Emma is faced with putting together a new collection for a hot new designer's show AND making dealing with her first client, who just happens to be the most popular girl at her school. Once again she poses as Allegra's young intern, and hilarity ensues. It's a fun, fun read!
This is Book 2 in the Allegra Biscotti Collection series and once again all of Allegra's talents are needed to deal with an up-coming fashion event while designing a dress for a high-maintenance customer. Much is at stake as Allegra is desperately trying to meet deadlines while keeping her two worlds apart which seems more and more impossible. Another very cute story, totally feel-good and sweet. A special treat for any young girl with a soft spot for fashion :)
Who What Wear! was very interesting. I thought it started out very slow but ended up coming together in the end as well as actually making me nervous and wanting to keep reading!!! I suggest this book for just girls. It was a quick and easy read as well as being challenging and something new and different. I hope you enjoy this book as much as I did.
This was a really good sequel to The Allegra Biscotti Collection. But also, I wish there was another one because I want to know what happens with Emma and Holly and Jackson and Paige and Ivana, you know? It was still really good though. Recommend it to girls! (who have read the Allegra Biscotti Collection)
An excellent sequel to The Allegra Biscotti Collection, Who, What, Wear is thoroughly entertaining and swims along at a clipping pace. The heroine doesn't get into quite the same depth of hot water as in the first book, but it is still great fun and you surely don't want to miss the ride. Let us hope Ms. Bennett has a third helping in store of Allegra Biscotti.
This was a sweet little book. I know exactly which readers to recommend it to. I liked the fashion aspects and the air of mystery. It also nicely navigates some of the friendship issues that can come up in late elementary school/middle school when old friendships are tested by popularity and friends moving in different crowds.
This is the second book in the Allegra Biscotti Collection in which Emma is designing the most popular girl in school's birthday party dress where her mother has envisioned an ugly, green dress and Emma is torn between following the girl's mother's orders or creating the perfect dress for the party.
I liked the book because I can relate to her life a little bit. I love the spunk and creativeness in her designs. I also love the way she dealt with overbearing people. The passion she had for fashion was outstanding, and the way she tried to make Rylan's mother's ideas for the dress her own was risky, but i like it.
I love these books! They made my study halls more fun than doing math homework, and I honestly just love this series, and how the author describes and how it plays a fashion. I like being stylish and this kind of just inspires me to be myself and just you know be my own person and that is getting so, highly suggest these books
Emma Rose is a hit fashion designer. Her label, Allegra Bisscotti, is fashionable, chic and what every teen wants to have in their closet. Can Emma keep her relationship with Jackson without him finding out the truth?
Another amazing Allegra Biscotti Collection book. I really love the Jackson character, he's so sweet and artistic, and I love how everything turns out with them by the end of the book. Can't wait to read the third book.
The second book to this series continued to showed Emmas stress about being Allegra biscotti. Desinging Rylans dress with her over-opinionated mother was tough since she doesn't know whi to agree on. Rylan is one of Hollys sisters friend. And Holly doesnt know about allegra.
it was pretty ok the book ... reasons because some parts seemed really forced and didnt really fall in place like the first one kind of disappointing :(