Veronique Henderson

The book is from 2008 and it shows. Telling women you can't go bare legged in the summer if you have varicose veins? Screw that noise! However, the colour and shape of clothes tips are still useful. Was worth the scan.

While I did originally buy and use this book to have a quick peek at my own "type", I now mostly use it to decide what clothing the female characters in my books should wear - either on-type if they are fashion-conscious, or off-type if they are a bit clueless. In either case, Colour Me Confident has proven to be a valuable source of information, ideas, and creative tips for character design in my novels.

Just skimmed really - I found it hard to work out which category I fell into: while it's great that all skin colours are included, I would have needed more Caucasian faces to identify with (and presumably that would apply to every one). In the end I settled on the category where I was recommended all the colours that appeal to me. The remaining chapters on style etc were not terribly applicable for me as I don't have a work wardrobe and don't even like thinking about the word "pantsuit".