This is Not a Fashion Story
Taking Chances, Breaking Rules, and Being a Boss in the Big City
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4.1 • 355 Ratings
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Publisher Description
New York Times Bestseller
"We Wore What's Danielle Bernstein Is Giving Us the Modern-Day Sex and the City With New Memoir"—E!
A revealing (in more ways than one) tell-all from Long Island girl-turned-international fashion influencer, designer, CEO, and tech entrepreneur Danielle Bernstein, the creative genius behind the hit style platform @WeWoreWhat.
Danielle Bernstein spent her youth shopping at discount department stores, getting boozy in suburban backyards and proposing marriage to every boy she dated. By age nineteen, she was a college dropout living in a West Village shoebox with three roommates and only six months to prove that her blog, @WeWoreWhat, could become a full blown career... or else board the train back to her mom's house.
Flash forward ten years. Danielle is more than a famed influencer with over two million followers. She's also a bonafide business woman—a CEO, tech founder and fashion designer whose living a dream lifestyle that includes all-expense-paid luxury travel to Paris and Positano, skipping the velvet rope, and controlling her own destiny.
Despite these successes, Danielle has never been your typical play-by-the-rules fashionista. She disrupted the fashion industry using her own playbook—one that she's finally ready to share with you, her readers.
This Is Not A Fashion Story is the down and dirty tale of how a Long Island-born teenager became one of the most recognizable names in fashion. It's a story that proves success isn't about a college degree or how rich your parents are. It's about trusting your gut, knowing when to take risks and fighting to get what you want in life, love and business. But above all it's the story of how a young girl made in the concrete jungle that is New York City—and how you can too.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Danielle Bernstein’s wild, funny, and inspiring memoir is the tale of a gutsy New Yorker who turned her love of style into the now-ubiquitous blog WeWoreWhat. It’s also a juicy tell-all full of steamy office romances and titillating stories from the New York club scene. And more than anything, it’s a heart-to-heart with a whip-smart, unfailingly honest friend who wants you to live your best life. Bernstein tells us stories from her darkest and messiest moments, like her parents’ divorce, her awkward romantic pursuits, and the string of soul-crushing jobs that came before her rise to fame. And while all of her personal stories are both hilarious and heartfelt, they also have a strong underlying message about trusting your gut, taking risks, and forging your own path to success. Ultimately, This Is Not a Fashion Story really does feel a bit like a great shopping trip—full of decadence, fun, and surprises you’ll want to unwrap and savor again and again.
Customer Reviews
SO GOOD
This book is so entertaining while also informative of the fashion industry intertwined with the influencer industry. Such an interesting read with lots of laughs along the way
It’s fine
I’m gonna be honest, I didn’t go into this book thinking it would be the best book I’ve ever read. It serves its purpose. By purpose I mean it gives insight into what it’s like to be in your twenties in nyc, figuring out your life, beginning your career, and dating. I don’t go to DB for her literary talents, but I do go to her looking for inspiration for style and living in the city. I think what she’s built is really impressive and it was interesting to read how she’s been able to do so as a twenty something. It was good, not great.
Easy read
Fun and easy to read - sometimes she seems a bit out of touch, but you have to take it with a grain of salt.