This Is Not a Fashion Story, Danielle Bernstein
This Is Not a Fashion Story, Danielle Bernstein
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This Is Not a Fashion Story
Taking Chances, Breaking Rules, and Being a Boss in the Big City

Author: Danielle Bernstein

Narrator: Danielle Bernstein

Unabridged: 4 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/12/2020


Synopsis

A revealing (in more ways than one) tellall from Long Island girlturnedinternational 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 allexpensepaid luxury travel to Paris and Positano, skipping the velvet rope, and controlling her own destiny. Despite these successes, Danielle has never been your typical playbytherules 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 Islandborn 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. WARNING: This book contains multiple references to Bernstein's wild, romantic and hilarious sex life. She apologizes in advance.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ella on May 13, 2020

I am both fascinated and in admiration of Danielle and her thriving career. I have followed her on social media for years and I am a fan of hers - her book is entertaining and enjoyable to read. It occasionally feels like she is trying a little too hard to to portray herself as an iconic, sex and th......more

Goodreads review by ˗ˏˋ saoudia! ˎˊ˗ on May 27, 2020

this is kinda the first memoir i have ever read (i am not counting justin trudeau's book) and i don't really have a rating system in place for those kind of books yet. because... it's not a story? this is her real life. so who am i to say thsi felt like a 2.5 stars or a 3 stars or a 4 stars, etc. BU......more

Goodreads review by Jo on May 14, 2020

This book is pretty poorly written and lacks originality. Even worse, this book teaches a terrible message: it glorifies materialism, vanity, and judging others based on their wealth. If you have a younger child/teenager, I would not recommend you let them read this unless you want them walking away......more

Goodreads review by Ali on May 12, 2020

Very quick, entertaining, not so well written but interesting......more

Goodreads review by Susan on May 18, 2020

If you don't follow @WeWoreWhat on Instagram, I'd be interested to know why you decided to read this book. She's a fun follow, but it seems a lot of people "hate follow" her. Regardless, you can't deny that she's been successful and has become more than just an influencer (although all of her compan......more