1. The Little Book Of Style
2. Look Book
3. The Style Strategy
4. The One Hundred
These four books of Nina Garcia are what I consider staples in my
” wardrobe of ideas. “
It affirms the adage that style need not to be expensive.
Plus it also made me think and look back how sometimes complete strangers would ask me where I got my slipper, my dress, my bangle or whatever merited their curiosity.
And to borrow a paragraph from one of Nina Garcia’s books:
” A stylish woman makes me want to walk up to her and say,
” Where did you get that? “
It is not in any magazine or on any runway I have seen, and I just have to find out where it is from.
A flea market, her grandmother’s closet, wherever. I just know that I have not seen it before, which is the most intriguing thing in the world.
All of the great style icons achieved this aura of intrigue. They were the first to step on the scene with clothes and accessories that left the rest of the world asking, “Where did she get that? ” Because style icons never follow the leader, they never abide by rules. “