As much as I liked Isaac Mizrahi in the early 90's--he used to send his models down the runway smiling!--this book falls well flat of my idea of him. This book had a lot of hard and fast "do's and don'ts" of fashion that I didn't think he was so much into. Alas. ( )

I like Mizrahi's message to women to be comfortable in their skin, but also to take care and be healthy. What I didn't like was that some of the style choices seemed to be leaning toward the runway ridiculous. But I wondered how much of his personal opinion/taste intervened with the choices; like which shoes were a no, when they weren't even on a woman. But that being said, I also liked his message about women trying a little harder to dress up instead of putting on the old stand by of jeans and dressing it up for a night out on the town. It takes less effort to put on a cute dress.
And just as a side, I think women should be more supportive of others and not give the evil eye when a woman has dressed nice and made the effort. Especially when the evil eye owner is wearing sweats. ;-) I'm just saying. ( )

Nothing terribly groundbreaking, but I liked what he had to say about color, and eyebrows. ( )

Just what it should be - inspirational and useful. I'm really, really glad this wasn't a repeat-basic-information-you-already-know waste of time. I learned a lot, like “Almost anything can be anchored with a black turtleneck, black tights, and black shoes.” And I really love Isaac's no-nonsense attitude. He says, "You already look better than you think." Inspirational, indeed. ( )