Girl’s Guide to DIY Fashion

Girl’s Guide to DIY Fashion
Author: Rachel Low
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
Total Pages: 227
Release: 2015-03-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1607059967

Give your resident young designer all the tools she needs to create five cute outfits that will take her from home to school to hanging out and back again. From the owner of the NYC sewing studio Pins & Needles comes the definitive guide to mood boards, fashion design, and sewing for girls. The book encourages tweens and teens to sketch their own designs as a way to experiment with color, fabrics, and styles. From sweatshirts and sneakers to jeggings and tights, girls will easily learn how to create hip, trendy outfits and accessories and put their own unique stamp on everything they wear.

The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing

The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing
Author: Melissa Bank
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2000-05-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101199598

The New York Times bestselling classic of a young woman’s journey in work, love, and life “In this swinging, funny, and tender study of contemporary relationships, Bank refutes once and for all the popular notions of neurotic thirtysomething women.” —Entertainment Weekly “Truly poignant.” —Time Generous-hearted and wickedly insightful, The Girls’ Guide to Hunting and Fishing maps the progress of Jane Rosenal as she sets out on a personal and spirited expedition through the perilous terrain of sex, love, relationships, and the treacherous waters of the workplace. Soon Jane is swept off her feet by an older man and into a Fitzgeraldesque whirl of cocktail parties, country houses, and rules that were made to be broken, but comes to realize that it’s a world where the stakes are much too high for comfort. With an unforgettable comic touch, Bank skillfully teases out universal issues, puts a clever new spin on the mating dance, and captures in perfect pitch what it’s like to come of age as a young woman.

DIY Style

DIY Style
Author: Karen Cooper
Publisher:
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2002
Genre: Fashion
ISBN: 9781903434482

Here's the ultimate, HIP guide for girls to creating and customising one of a kind, Cool and Original stuff for themselves and their friends - from clothes, gifts and beauty products to edible treats and 'changing room' bedroom makeover suggestions. Includes recipes for homemade beauty lotions and potions, soap, face masks et al. How to snip, sew and stick their way to the latest looks. Discovering vintage and retro fashion looks plus how to personalise their space at home. Encourages individuality, independence and money saving Perfect for budding design divas with more dash than cash Includes DIY difficulty ratings, time-saving tips and reviews by girls themselves.

#OOTD (Outfit of the Day) Sew & Style

#OOTD (Outfit of the Day) Sew & Style
Author: Angela Lan
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2016-03-01
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1617451371

Fourteen-year-old fashion designer Angela Lan of lovespunk.com teaches 12–16 year olds to design their own wardrobes from 6 classic looks! This in-depth guide shares garment-sewing basics, from choosing the right fabric to installing zippers, for a professional, store-bought finish. Encouraging girls to find and sew their perfect style, Angela helps readers build their skills through 6 versatile clothing patterns and 4 altered fashions to show how easy it is to change up basic pieces for a totally different look! #OOTD (Outfit of the Day) is ideal for avid DIYers and beginning garment sewists looking to try something new.

Casual Sweet Clothes

Casual Sweet Clothes
Author: Noriko Sasahara
Publisher:
Total Pages: 80
Release: 2014-08-04
Genre: Dressmaking
ISBN: 9781780671734

Casual Sweet Clothes offers you gorgeous tops, dresses, jackets and skirts with a designer edge. Simple step-by-step instructions and diagrams guide you through the process of sewing each garment, and the full-size patterns included at the back of the book guarantee perfectly fitting results every time. The 18 simple but stylish casual pieces in this book make the foundation of a hand-made wardrobe that will last for years.

The Bust DIY Guide to Life

The Bust DIY Guide to Life
Author: Laurie Henzel
Publisher: Open Road Media
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2014-06-10
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 1480494712

Get the know-how to do it yourself: “This lifestyle manual will come in handy when you need anything from a headache remedy to a dirt-cheap wedding.” —Entertainment Weekly The modern appeal of “do-it-yourself” projects has a broader reach than ever. And who better to teach us how to DIY our lives than the über-crafty editors of BUST, the quirky, raw, and real magazine “for women who have something to get off their chests”? In The BUST DIY Guide to Life, magazine founders Debbie Stoller (of Stitch ’n Bitch fame) and Laurie Henzel have culled more than 250 of the best DIY and craft projects from its 15-year history. Organized by category—beauty and health, fashion, food and entertaining, career, finance, travel, and sex—and written in BUST’s trademark brazen and witty style, this quintessential DIY encyclopedia from the quintessential DIY magazine is eclectic, empowering, hilarious, and downright practical, truly capturing the spirit of women today.

Style and the Successful Girl

Style and the Successful Girl
Author: Gretta Monahan
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2013
Genre: Beauty, Personal
ISBN: 1592407943

Offers an approach for dressing for success, explaining how to select the proper undergarments, choose accessories, and develop a work and leisure wardrobe that communicates confidence and personal style.

How to Get Dressed

How to Get Dressed
Author: Alison Freer
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2015-04-14
Genre: Design
ISBN: 1607747073

Costume designer Alison Freer’s styling kit is a magical bag of tricks, built to solve every single wardrobe malfunction on earth. TV and film productions wait for nothing, so her solutions have to work fast. In How to Get Dressed, Alison distills her secrets into a fun, comprehensive style guide focused on rethinking your wardrobe like a fashion expert and making what’s in your closet work for you. She provides real-world advice about everything style-related, including: • Making every garment you own fit better • Mastering closet organization • The undergarments you actually need • The scoop on tailors and which alterations are worth it • Shopping thrift and vintage like a rockstar Instead of repeating boring style “rules,” Alison breaks the rules and gets real about everything from bras to how to deal with inevitable fashion disasters. Including helpful information such as how to skip ironing and the dry cleaners, remove every stain under the sun, and help clueless men get their sartorial acts together, How to Get Dressed has hundreds of insider tips from Alison’s arsenal of tools and expertise.

DIY Guide to Tie Dye Style

DIY Guide to Tie Dye Style
Author: Sam Spendlove
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
Total Pages: 116
Release: 2021-05-25
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1644031566

Go beyond the basic t-shirt with this go-to guide for tie-dye success—includes twenty projects including loungewear, home décor, and more! Take tie dye to the next level with this in-depth visual guide! Beginners and those looking for new ideas and inspiration can find everything they need to know for all things tie dye in an easy-to-follow step-by-step format. Capture bursts of color in intricate waves and patterns with expert tips from the women behind The Pretty Life Girls website, who show you how to: Move beyond the basics with tie-dye swimsuits, wall art, socks, shoes, pillows, and much more Start simple with standard binding patterns, and then build to more advanced techniques Create twenty projects with step-by-step instructions Learn more advanced techniques such as reverse tie-dye, ice dyeing, and more