Oh No She Didn't: The Top 100 Style Mistakes Women Make And How To Avoid Them (2010) - Plot & Excerpts
For what it's worth, this is a 4-5 star book if it were in its own category (short funny magazine articles compiled into a book-category), and I would ask my library to buy it for me again in an instant, but I was kind of turned off by Clinton's tone throughout. He is pretty dang critical and outright mean at times. Also, he has a potty mouth. For the guy who writes books about how to be freakin' fabulous, I would think he would be interested in sounding slightly less juvenile. Seriously. Tattooes on your boobs are tacky. So is needing half of your sentences bleeped out.Criticisms aside, it was really fun to read this book. I am guilty of a thing or two he mentions (like frayed hems on the backs of my jeans - I KNOW I can tailor them shorter. And I do, when they are a lot too long. But when they are just a little too long (like 1/3 inch) I hate paying to get them hemmed and convince myself I will just wear them with heels only. Then I wear flats. Then the hems get frayed. Would I look better if I paid to get everything hemmed? Yes. Do I deserve the level of criticism he would heap upon me? I don't think so.I went to pick my son up at preschool right after finishing this book and found myself silently criticizing the appearance of most of the other moms there picking up their kids. When I got home and thought about it, it occurred to me that the women Clinton Kelly got me critiquing so unfairly in my head were probably all wonderful hard working women, with a million great qualities that made up overall for the sneakers they wore to a community center to be seen by 20 four year olds. I enjoyed the book because it was filled with cleverly written tips on how to look better by a gay guy. If it had been written by a woman though, I would have tossed it out by page 30 and called her a mean bitch.I'll still read anything Clinton Kelly writes because he's fun (and right on about everything fashion), but my opinion of his fabulousness just went down about four notches. He needs to learn to be a nicer person, because that's what makes people stick around and like you after they've moved on from their first impressions of your clothing and accessories. Oh, Clinton. How I miss watching you on What Not to Wear. However, with the cancellation of my cable due to the ongoing effort not to be poor forever, reading his books help fill the void. Interestingly, his tone is a bit more feisty in the book than on the show (perhaps he feels he needs to hold back to help balance Stacy), but he lets loose here and it's hilarious and true! I can understand his frustration, as most of these rules are common sense, but people still leave the house in platform flip-flops, mom-jeans, and dated hair. My theory; someone is poisoning the water supply. Whatever the reason, keep fighting the good fight, Clinton, so even more people can wake up and realize; there's no reason not be fabulous!
What do You think about Oh No She Didn't: The Top 100 Style Mistakes Women Make And How To Avoid Them (2010)?
What an awful book. Clinton Kelly is a misogynistic piece of shit.
—sharan
Hilarious...and a definite must for a whole lot of people.
—Jaro
