How to Walk in High Heels The Girl's Guide to Everything

by Morton, Camilla

• ISBN13: 9781401302757
• ISBN10: 1401302750
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-09-05
• Publisher: Hachette Books

Summary

The bestselling U.K. sensation, hailed as "the most fabulous instruction manual the world has ever seen" by Vogue.com Can you make yourself up in five minutes flat? Make the first move without breaking a sweat Hang a picture without becoming unhinged Get out of a car -- or an unpleasant situation -- gracefully in a short skirt Load an iPod as effortlessly as a dishwasher If not, international style and fashion journalist Camilla Morton can help you navigate these and more than two hundred other hazards of modern living with grace and aplomb. Much more than just a style manual or crash course in social skills, How to Walk in High Heels also illuminates the finer points of achieving better homes and gardens, tackling technophobia, climbing the career ladder, and joining the jet set. From the practical, such as what to do when a heel breaks and how to catch a mouse, to the imaginative, such as how to enjoy karaoke and swim in sunglasses, How to Walk in High Heels overflows with useful nuggets of advice delivered in the author's inimitable witty style, accompanied by a foreword from Dior's John Galliano and a Louis Vuitton trunkful of insight from experts including: -Manolo Blahnik on How to Pick a Shoe -Dolce & Gabbana on How to Get Ready in Five Minutes -Gisele Bundchen on How to Look Good in a Photo -Jade Jagger on How to Compile Your Own Soundtrack This comprehensive do-everything-better bible takes the guesswork out of flaunting your fabulousness so that you can stop teetering and start striding confidently through the obstacle course of life.

Table of Contents

Greeting Your Public	1	(106)
How to Be Stylish	2	(14)
How to Walk in High Heels	16	(4)
How to Pick a Shoe	20	(15)
Manolo Blahnik
How to Be Groomed	35	(10)
How to Enhance Your Assets	45	(8)
Heidi Klum
How to Look Like You've Just Stepped Out of a Salon	53	(4)
Sam McKnight
How to Deal with Bad Hair Days	57	(2)
Jacquetta Wheeler
How to Wear a Hat	59	(4)
Stephen Jones
How to Have Perfect Vision	63	(8)
How to Deal with Unpleasant Situations	71	(10)
How to Perform	81	(26)
Being Socially Adept	107	(96)
How to Play Games	108	(15)
How to Be Filled with the Sound of Music	123	(6)
How to Be an Art Lover	129	(12)
How to Appreciate Art and Where to Start	141	(3)
Vivienne Westwood
How to Have Good Manners	144	(8)
How to Deal with Affairs of the Heart	152	(7)
How to Wear an Apron with Style	159	(18)
How to Poach an Egg, in the style of Azzedine Alaia	177	(3)
How to Have Good Table Manners	180	(23)
Tackling Your Technophobia	203	(88)
How to Love Your Computer	204	(33)
How to Climb the Career Ladder	237	(11)
How to Juggle Gadgets and Gizmos	248	(5)
Download Stella McCartney's Recent Runway Hits	253	(6)
How to Compile Your Own Soundtrack	259	(14)
Jade Jagger
How to Take a Decent Picture	273	(2)
Alexi Lubomirski
How to Look Good in a Photo	275	(3)
Gisele Bundchen
How to Set Off Your Square Eyes	278	(6)
Shoe Designer Olivia Morris's Favorite Movies	284	(7)
Homes & Gardens	291	(80)
How to Buy a House	292	(14)
How to Handle Mains and Mice	306	(12)
How to Be Handy Ma'am	318	(23)
How to Knit One Purl One, Wash, and Sauna, by Julien Macdonald	341	(5)
How to Talk to Your Tailor	346	(2)
Stella McCartney
How to Iron the Blues Away	348	(4)
Bella Freud
How to Be a Green-fingered Goddess	352	(13)
How to Get the Best from Your Blooms	365	(6)
Paula Pryke
Joining the Jet Set	371	(52)
How to Get the Travel Bug	372	(3)
How to Be Inspired -- Gorgeous Places to Go To	375	(5)
Christopher Bailey
How to Pack	380	(2)
Anya Hindmarch
What to Pack	382	(13)
Angela Lindvall
How to Prevent Motoring Horrors	395	(15)
How to Stay in the Black	410	(13)
Acknowledgments	423	(2)
Index	425