What You Wear Can Change Your Life is a book that husbands need to make sure their wives never lay their hands on. The book is authored by the famous twosome - Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine, who have a thriving BBC show, What Not To Wear where they have successfully turned dowdy dowagers and frumpy maidens into queens of affordable fashion.

While their show has been a hit in Britain, they were also featured in the Oprah Winfrey show where they did miraculous makeovers of guests and women off the street. Their perky personalities seemed to overshadow the media diva herself.
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Being mothers, their books deal with the wear and tear a woman's body goes through  due to age and child birth. Using their own less than perfect bodies as examples (brave of them to do so) they give tips on the do's and don'ts of dressing.

"Most pear-shaped women suffer from big thighs and saddlebags,and most pear-shaped women also possess far too many bikini briefs (bought in packs of three)in their underwear drawer,some with extra tight piping that grabs hold of their flesh and further enhances what they are trying to hide. Encased in a pair of too tight trousers (with no pockets to disguise the area) the entire display reveals bodily defects in all their glory, leaving little to the imagination. Only supermodels look good in bikini briefs."

Change, as rightfully pointed out by them, begins not only with fresh clean underwear but with one which supports a saggy arse or gives that extra oomph to a skinny butt. Lingerie is the foundation of an average woman's wardrobe. Gone are the lacy bras and thong panties, not only do these scanty pieces do little to hide the bodily defects but they also highlight unwanted jiggles and rolls which spoil the effect of even the most expensive clothes.

The authors insist on certain kinds of practical lingerie for the cellulite arse, the big thighs and saddlebag etc. They talk about bra sizes, stressing the need to wear the correct size so as to give the appearance of a youthful thrust to even the most deflated breasts and at the same time showcasing a waist that would make any man look up from his paper and coffee.

As they delve into our wardrobes, discussing the types of clothes best suited for certain shaped, they talk about the types of colors to be worn with different complexions, providing comparative visual images to make the examples more compelling.

The book is truly a woman's best friend while she goes out shoe shopping. Heels and shape of the legs play an important role in the kind of shoes one should buy for themesleves. Practicality and money do have their role to play but there is absolutely no reason why one should compromise when it comes to taking care of oneself.

A couple of pages are also devoted to accessories, types of jewelery to be worn, angles one should pose infront of the camera to look one's best etc.

The book has been a thoroughly enjoyable experience which has made me dig into my limited pocket to make certain crucial changes in my wardrobe thereby negating the need for drastic nips and tucks so as to show the figure minus the love handles and uplifting the butt and breasts to their heydays of youthful wonder and glory ;).

Though the title of the book makes it seem as just another superficial fashion or makeover book to be browsed at a book store, yet there is a lot to be read in between the lines which suggests the need for women of all ages to empower their lives by first taking care of the most important yet the frequently neglected person in their lives - themselves.

It is a book that I recommend for average women like us, who need to understand that to be a femme fatale one doesn't need a perfect body but the right sense of affordable fashion and an investment in the right kind of lingerie.