Released in 2012, Tomboy Style was the first of Lizzie Garrett Mettlers books to be published and lucky for us it was. She has another proposal idea, but worries that 'Tomboy Style' would be hard to follow up. Tomboy Style: Beyond The Boundaries Of Fashion is not a brand new book on the shelves, but is essential for really anyone interested in fashion today. I think there is something inherent about her and it's confidence, rebelliousness and a sense of adventure that kind of almost grasp all of it,' explained Mettler.Īs far as writing more books, Mettler is still undecided. Buy Tomboy Style: Beyond the Boundaries of Fashion by Lizzie Garrett Mettler (ISBN: 9780847838424) online at Alibris. 'It's the clothing that would identify a woman as a tomboy perhaps initially, but it is really about the spirit underneath the clothes that makes her. Author Lizzie Garrett Mettler discusses her forthcoming book Tomboy Style: Beyond the Boundaries of Fashion, on shelves.

When she was in her 20s, 30s and 40s, she had messy hair, T-shirts and jeans she just put them on that day and didn't even think about it.'īut, to Mettler 'Tomboy Style' isn't just about the clothes. or The Row, with looks inspired by Birkin or her daughter, Charlotte Gainsbourg, whom Mettler admits she has an 'out-of-control girl crush on.' Tomboy Style: Beyond the Boundaries of Fashion - Mettler, Lizzie Garrett. Now, if Mettler had her pick, she would dress in all Rag & Bone, A.P.C. Tomboys are confident, rebellious, and adventurous. Anything my older brother was wearing I would basically get in a year or two and wear, even though it didn't fit.' Tomboy Style is a visual tour that chronicles those women who blur the line between masculinity and femininity. Well we lived in California for a while so it was surf clothes, Quiksilver shorts, and striped shirts with rolled-up sleeves - all neon. 'And this was the '80s and early '90s, so it was sweatpants and. 'I wore boys' clothing, strictly boys clothing, for probably five years of my childhood,' said Mettler. While Mettler currently channels her style icon Jane Birkin and the 'preppy -girl -next -door' type - wearing lots of white denim and colored jeans with striped boat-neck T-shirts - that wasn't always the case.

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