In a fashion world that constantly speaks to youth; The Wardrobe Wakeup; is an essential look book for every woman 40+. Leading fashion and beauty editor Lois Joy Johnson shares style-boosting; closet reviving; money-saving fashion tricks shes learned over thirty years working with A-list models; celebrities; and real women.The Wardrobe Wakeup is packed with solutions to fashion dilemmas specific to women 40+; like: changes in skin that make baring legs; arms; and chest an uncomfortable experience; working with colleagues half your age or a boss twenty years younger; going on job interviews where the competition is thirty years old. Lois also addresses fashion problems surrounding lifestyle changes including the horrors of dating again; whats sexy vs. sleazy; and rethinking spending on clothes if living on investments or 401(k)s.Featured in photos throughout are glam women 40+ in the fashion and beauty business. Each woman provides inspiration through interviews about their own style and fashion solutions at this time of life. In Loiss engaging point of view and straightforward approach; she teaches women to maximize their wardrobeand feel fabulous at any age.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Kayla McCarsons ReviewBy Christine McCarsonI am a journalism student and this book was a great way to finish my last semester in an interesting read; giving my brain a break from the technical and hands-on knowledge and letting myself; at times; get lost in the way our culture can forget how "social" media all began. This book gives details and in-depth overview about the history of social media that Journalism 101 classes can only touch on in a short period of time. Journalism classes today are trying to keep up with the technology and focus their classes on new media however; Jose Van Dijcks "The Culture of Connectivity: A Critical History of Social Media;" takes readers back to Napster; and back to when it all began with Web 2.0; what is referred in the book as vital time for making connections on the internet.Van Dijck makes her book relevant by showing her readers that social connectivity thrives on 5 platforms: ownership; technology; governance; business model; user/ usage; and content. In each chapter the reader learns how various media works in these platforms and why our culture is not taking notice of important changes such as privacy matters. Read this book if you want a philosophical look into what users of media today would knock-off as being a non-philosophical topic; however; they may realize it may only appear this way because its changed a culture and isnt slowing down yet.2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Liz Thomas ReviewBy Liz ThomasOverall; I thought the book had a lot of valuable information to understand where social media is going into our society. However; I thought that at times the historical parts of the books were a little dry. I enjoyed that they explored more than one type of social media and gave detail about it. Even though the book was published two years ago I would say that its fairly current however social media behavior is changing and there are different platforms to be explored. I would be interested to know how the author would compare the platforms now since we have Vine; Pinterest; and Instagram. I think that if someone was interested to understand how social media was integrated into our society and how it became a part of our culture. Privacy is a hard thing to come by if you have social media because of the abundance of information that is on a Profile.This book was extremely helpful for myself in understanding the different social media platforms and how they work in our culture not just for personal use but as a business model as well. Im taking a Social Journalism class this semester and this book includes a lot of information that we talk about in the class. Where are the platforms going? How will they evolve?2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. excellent overview of social network operationsBy SisipherrThis book so excellently explained platform interoperability and algorithmic persuasion that I assigned it as the course textbook for my multimedia rhetoric course. My students who were studying social media or business and marketing found it very illuminating. The freshman in my class admitted that it was very dense; especially the chapter that looks at actor network theory. I feel that this text clarified many complicated topics and delivered very objective reviews of governance systems. According to my student reviews on end of semester evaluations; however; it is certainly best for readers with a fair amount of background knowledge in the area.