Looking Good: A Comprehensive Guide to Wardrobe Planning, Color & Personal Style Development by Nancy Nix-Rice. My mom checked out this Palmer/Pletsch publication from the public library for me in hopes I would develop style and class. Pati Palmer’s forward gives us our first glimpse into this revolutionary piece of literature. “As times changed,” she says, “Readers came to expect color in books.” They sure did, and Looking Good gives us the full treatment. Nix-Rice, like many before and after her, chose to pursue a practical accounting degree rather than her true calling - image consulting. But it becomes evident just how true this calling is in Chapter 1 of Looking, where Nancy gets to know my personal style. She identifies me as a “Sporty Natural”. I am “the typical girl-next-door, a very easy-going, casual person who is not willing to suffer for the sake of fashion.” None of these are true, but I am easy-going and casual, so I go with it. She delves into how to look both shorter and heavier, and how to shorten long legs. I expect these will be crucial skills for me when we enter the 1990s. (But don’t take my word for it - 32 glowing reviews and only 54 copies available on Amazon.com. Those numbers should speak for themselves!)

Looking Good: A Comprehensive Guide to Wardrobe Planning, Color & Personal Style Development by Nancy Nix-Rice. My mom checked out this Palmer/Pletsch publication from the public library for me in hopes I would develop style and class.

Pati Palmer’s forward gives us our first glimpse into this revolutionary piece of literature. “As times changed,” she says, “Readers came to expect color in books.” They sure did, and Looking Good gives us the full treatment.

Nix-Rice, like many before and after her, chose to pursue a practical accounting degree rather than her true calling - image consulting.

But it becomes evident just how true this calling is in Chapter 1 of Looking, where Nancy gets to know my personal style. She identifies me as a “Sporty Natural”. I am “the typical girl-next-door, a very easy-going, casual person who is not willing to suffer for the sake of fashion.” None of these are true, but I am easy-going and casual, so I go with it. She delves into how to look both shorter and heavier, and how to shorten long legs. I expect these will be crucial skills for me when we enter the 1990s.

(But don’t take my word for it - 32 glowing reviews and only 54 copies available on Amazon.com. Those numbers should speak for themselves!)