Advanced Style: A Celebration of Confidence and Creativity by Ari Seth Cohen - 208 Pages

deborah k applebaum: Love this book …..very inspiring

United States on Jul 31, 2023

Madame Mystic: The book came in a padded package. Well preserved considering how old it is. there were a few marks in it, no big deal. Clean, Well taken care of. Above my expectations for what i was paying for. Thank you for the quick delivery.
I am hoping this dealer will stay in touch and let me know when more books of this quality come along.
For those of us in our 60's and soon moving into those later years, we need serious advice when we continue to teach at University.
This book clearly outlines some good ideas for those of us that are at a loss of what to wear.

United States on Dec 05, 2022

Winona W.: My girlfriends and I are all turning 60 this year and this book as well as his other books have become our aging inspiration. These women are are our fashion heroes and we hope to have their moxy in our clothing choices from now on. Thank you to every woman who strutted her chic style for the pure joy this book has given to so many. And many thanks to the author for recognizing these diamonds.

Canada on Apr 18, 2021

Lone Wolf: It was very refreshing to have a Fashion-related book dedicated to the Mature Woman. Many of the ladies photographed proved that style and elegance lives on, no matter what your age! Though the author should be congratulated for focusing on this particular group, there were moments within the book where one's own personal taste may not have been in total agreement with his. It would have been a better format if he classed the various subjects within different categories-eg.' Elegance'; 'Eccentric';'Glamourous' etc. Well done to Mr. Cohen nonetheless for honouring the memories of his grandmothers'!

United Kingdom on Apr 20, 2014

Michaela: Ari Seth Cohen zeigt mit diesem Bildband wieder einmal, dass guter Stil nur bedingt damit zu tun hat, was Mode ist oder wie alt man ist. Guter Stil bedeutet aber auch nicht immer, Mode zu ignorieren und lediglich in dezent puristischer Bekleidung aufzustreten. Ein gekonnter Mix von guter Kleidung mit ausgefallenen Stücken vermag die Persönlichkeit hervorragend zu betonen. Wo sonst, als in New York findet sich die höchste Dichte an charmanten Ladys (& einigen Gentlemen), die über die Jahrzehnte Lieblingsstücke gesammelt haben und nach Lust und Laune kombinieren. Zahlreiche Menschen, die sich ausschließlich in Bekleidungsketten eindecken, sehen dagegen trotz ihrer Jugend ziemlich blass und gleichgeschaltet aus. Freilich, diese Art von Stil bedeutet zuweilen den Einsatz höherer finanzieller Mittel (dafür landen einzelne Teile nicht bereits nach einer Saison im Müll) - was das Buch aber viel mehr beweist: für guten Stil braucht es mitunter auch Mut. Das ist nicht jedem gegeben und entwickelt sich oft analog zur Persönlichkeitsbildung eines Menschen. Die Art wie man sich kleidet, sagt viel über einen Menschen aus. Und auch wenn Stil möglicherweise nicht das wichtigste...

Germany on Nov 21, 2012

Judith Ann: For the price of £20 the book was a lot smaller than I expected and as another reader already said there wasn't enough descriptive text with every photograph so you didn't know anything about most of the women in the pictures. Also obviously the women were wealthy from the style of their clothes and could maintain a certain life style that nobody else in this country could aspire to. Nevertheless it made amusing reading from the 'look at me' style of some of the more eccentric clothes that were worn - so the reader knew what to avoid if they didn't want to be laughed at in this country. What did amaze me though apart from their clothes was that women of this amazingly advanced age were still walking upright, were not in wheelchairs and looked twenty years younger.

United Kingdom on Jul 17, 2012

RosebudRosebud: So many of the reviews written about Advanced Style is about how inspiring it is for women over the age of 50, but I disagree. The popular blog, and now a newly published hard cover book, is inspiring for people of ALL AGES. I'm in my 40's and you can not underestimate the impact seeing all sorts of women "of a certain age" being CELEBRATED. In a society that sweeps a woman past 30 to the sidelines as being sartorially irrelevant, it is refreshing AND revolutionary to look at these images of these glorious women in their 60's, 70's, 80's and beyond, as captured by Cohen's lens.

No need for tips on how to dress, just witness the variety and diversity of the ladies shown, add your own personality and stir. What they share in common is a colorful joie de vivre, and that appeals to women like me in their 40's. A number of friends my age have said that Advanced Style has inspired them to not give up, but to dress up. The book also seems to appeal to men and women under 30. My favorite response in talking with a 20 year old about the Advanced Style book was her enthusiastic comment of "I LOVE the Advanced Style ladies and I can't not wait to get to be their age!"

The book...

United States on Jun 29, 2012

LorrieGay: When I ran across his blog I immediately posted it on my Facebook page. the women reminded me of my mom. Stunning IN THEIR OWN RIGHT. Arranging their daily looks with care, but FOR THEMSELVES rather than some bizarre magazine article dictating "dressing for your age" and then defining some ridiculous, sterile and desexualized version of what that might be (does any mass marketing do that to guys? ....uh...that's rhetorical)

Then the book came out and I just received it to send to my mom for her birthday cause she also has a thought-full, not random style. Except WHEN I SAW IT I REALIZED I WANTED IT TOOOOOO! So now I have to order another one (mostly cause my husband warned, "Nuh uh LorrieGay! that one's for Lillybean!) HERE IS CONFIRMATION THAT WE NEVER HAVE TO STOP BEING...AND APPEARING AS...OURSELVES. That beauty isn't in being stylish, but in being YOUR style. And that it can take half a lifetime or more to hone that distinctive style. Every single image/woman in this book has an element of fabulosity to aspire to. EVERY ONE! Not that I'm gonna stop my periodic tweaks and tucks. but within that, here are goals to strive for.
This man, his muse, and all the women in...

United States on Jun 26, 2012

Elima: I'm a confirmed fan of Ari Seth Cohen's blog, a badly-needed antidote to contemporary fashion's obsession with extreme youth and a very limited definition of beauty. (It was not always this way - before the 1960s the great couturiers designed with the elegant older woman in mind and younger women aspired to look like her.) I have been waiting eagerly for this book and am not disappointed. Seth Cohen's subjects show that you don't have to become invisible once you hit fifty. Aged from sixty-five up to a hundred, these wonderful women (and one or two men) run the whole gamut of styles from over-the-top theatricality to elegant minimalism. What they all have in common is that they are dressing to please themselves and they look as if they enjoy every minute of it. There is not a cookie-cutter fashion-follower among them - each has honed her (or his) personal style to perfection and wears it with pride.
The photographs are beautiful. I'd have liked a little more text, as I enjoy the wit and wisdom of the Advanced Style women, but maybe that would have meant fewer pictures.
The blog mentioned recently that a film is in preparation. I can't wait.

United Kingdom on May 25, 2012

M.S.: Finally, a book that celebrates the poise and vivacity of women who have spent decades refining their personal style! This is one of the better `book of the blog' types that I've received, but you certainly don't need to be familiar with the Advanced Style blog to enjoy the book. The women in this book look amazing, and I don't mean `for their age', I mean just totally amazing in general. I wouldn't be surprised if this turned out to be the freshest and most inspiring fashion book of 2012.

This book is 98% photos, page after page of lovely women wearing the most beautifully put together outfits. There's a range of looks from quintessential elegance to total bohemian. What's striking is how much of the wearer's personality shines through. Usually when I look at street snaps, I'm focused on the clothes and haven't got much interest in the wearer. But the women in this book seem like they'd be good for conversation over a cup of tea. I wish I knew more about them, what their homes look like or what paths their lives took that made them get through the years and looking more vibrant and beautiful than woman half their age.

The book itself is somewhat small for a photo...

United States on May 23, 2012