- Hardcover: 480 pages
- Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton (19 Sep 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0340836059
- ISBN-13: 978-0340836057
- Product Dimensions: 20.2 x 16.2 x 4.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (51 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 150,333 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From appreciating wine to understanding modern art, placing a bet to playing poker, wearing a hat to finding the mains, changing a tyre to loading an i-pod, HOW TO WALK IN HIGH HEELS helps you navigate life's challenges with style.
Camilla has been ably assisted by a host of experts including Vivienne Westwood, Manolo Blahnik and Kylie, who offer tips on everything from the perfect poached egg to looking good in a photo.
Funny and informative, packed with great quotes and fascinating facts this will transform your approach to everything from getting dressed to hanging wallpaper. Turn your exasperated aaaaarrrrrghs into confident ahhhhs!
Camilla has been ably assisted by a host of experts including Vivienne Westwood, Manolo Blahnik and Kylie, who offer tips on everything from the perfect poached egg to looking good in a photo.
Funny and informative, packed with great quotes and fascinating facts this will transform your approach to everything from getting dressed to hanging wallpaper. Turn your exasperated aaaaarrrrrghs into confident ahhhhs!
About the Author
Camilla Morton was attending fashion shows long before she was invited. She studied at St Martin's and worked on Vogue. She moved to Paris to polish her look, rather than her French, and worked for John Galliano at Dior. She has written for the Times, The Telegraph Magazine, Harpers Bazaar and Time, among others and was the editor at large on POP. This is her first book.
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90 of 99 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Every week my grandma gives us the books she gets from The Mail on Sunday, out popped the mini version to this book. I read it and fell about.. so decided to buy the full book!! What a fantastic book. With each chapter it just gets funnier. Its a modern womans bible..it tells you how to play poker, knit and garden, make curtains, and how to cook a full english breakfast, shepards pie and spag bol. The love section is so humorous. Can't put it down and keep taking it to work to show everyone. I think when i have finished reading this book, i will be super woman. A must buy!!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I enjoyed this book. It's mostly quite witty, and sometimes very useful - Morton's fashion section is particularly well informed.
However, with each section, the narrative slows down - you can tell what her area of expertise is. It's a nice, lucid read, but there isn't a great deal of substance.
Morton sometimes comes across as being one of those women that conforms to the typical female stereotype (cook, clean, look pretty) - her political stance on which party to support was to choose the colour badge that would match your outfit the most. Despite some wry comments about this type of thing, you have to wonder why she'd write a book on how to be a girl if she didn't want to fall into the stereotype (and similarly, her readers).
Also, style and appearance is CONSTANTLY mentioned - you can't fix a tyre if it means that you'll mess up your hair, etc. This is quite annoying, but that is essentially the book's agenda.
Other than that, the book is very entertaining, and it certainly provides a very sketchy guide to most areas of thought. I'm giving it 4 stars, assuming that the reader had bought the book purely for the wit/amusing guides, such as "How to wear an apron with style".
Just don't buy this book for any of your feminist friends.
However, with each section, the narrative slows down - you can tell what her area of expertise is. It's a nice, lucid read, but there isn't a great deal of substance.
Morton sometimes comes across as being one of those women that conforms to the typical female stereotype (cook, clean, look pretty) - her political stance on which party to support was to choose the colour badge that would match your outfit the most. Despite some wry comments about this type of thing, you have to wonder why she'd write a book on how to be a girl if she didn't want to fall into the stereotype (and similarly, her readers).
Also, style and appearance is CONSTANTLY mentioned - you can't fix a tyre if it means that you'll mess up your hair, etc. This is quite annoying, but that is essentially the book's agenda.
Other than that, the book is very entertaining, and it certainly provides a very sketchy guide to most areas of thought. I'm giving it 4 stars, assuming that the reader had bought the book purely for the wit/amusing guides, such as "How to wear an apron with style".
Just don't buy this book for any of your feminist friends.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is a great book with a mixture of funny anecdotes and serious information, although not all of it ought to be taken seriously. In fact if you don't take the book too seriously you will love it!
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Published 16 months ago by Miss M
Really disappointing!
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Published on 18 April 2010 by Historygal
GOOD, FUNNY AND STRANGE
This was a excellent read, however many parts of the book are quite strange and have odd things, that you can do with common sense, a funny book.
Published on 13 Sep 2008 by S. Gois
very useful
not only has useful advice but is funny and well written.got it for my friends birthday and she loves it.
Published on 9 Sep 2008 by Hannah Sayles
Useful if you've been living under a rock for your whole life...
A brief flick through this book led me to believe I might find this book entertaining and a useful reference tool. Oh, how wrong I was! Read more
Published on 17 May 2008 by C. Frost
How to be a shallow self-obssessed celebrity??
If you are self-conscious do not by this book as it will only make your self-consciousness worse!
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Published on 2 Feb 2008 by Emily, 16
AMAZING
Fantastic buy.
i bought it ages ago and only now that i am going throuhg a house purchase did i remember, out came the book. full of amazing tips and great info! Read more
i bought it ages ago and only now that i am going throuhg a house purchase did i remember, out came the book. full of amazing tips and great info! Read more
Published on 22 Nov 2007 by Manx Angel
Everything A Girl Must Know
I love the pink cover and the swirly writing. Camila Morton gives some tips and advice on how to live your life perfectly; from how to walk in high heels to changing a plug! Read more
Published on 4 Nov 2007 by Laura
Girly gift for yourself and friends
This is a pretty book which you can take seriously in some parts, but giggle at in others. It's got some obscure but funnily useful stuff like how to use a toilet in a concert... Read more
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