Learn to Speak Fashion: A Guide to Creating, Showcasing, and Promoting Your Style

This third entry in the Learn to Speak series (following Learn to Speak Music and Learn to Speak Dance) is an understated guide to the creative side of fashion, featuring sleek, stylized graphics. DeCarufel, a veteran of ELLE Canada and Style.com, discusses the basics behind developing a fashion sense, emphasizing the importance of style experimentation, risk-taking, imagination, and remaining true to one’s tastes (“Your clothes don’t have to be off-the-wall to have style”). But her target audience is aspiring designers, with predominant sections devoted to sketching designs, sewing, planning a clothing line, and even presenting a fashion show. Readers with an established interest in the fashion industry will find honest and encouraging advice. Ages 9–13. (Sept.)