Tomboy: Breaking Boundaries of Fashion: Beyond the Boundaries of Fashion

Lizzie Garrett Mettler has put together a book of beautiful photographs of Tomboy fashion and style. Mettler has broken tomboys down into various types - The Rebel, The Sophisticate, The Jock, The Prep, The Adventuress, The Girl Next Door and The Naturalist. Each type has it's own section, with a short introduction about the basics for that particular style and the personalities of the women who embrace that style. This is not a how-to book. You won't learn how to dress in these styles from this book. Well, I guess you could copy the style from the photographs. The photographs are mainly of stylish, well-known socialites, heiresses, actresses, musicians and sportswomen of the 1940s - 2000s. There are a handful of photos of regular girls in tomboy style dress - probably stock photos of models. The most recent photo is one of Alexa Chung in 2007.
I've been a tomboy my whole life (well, since toddlerhood). According to this book I'd be a cross between a Prep (likes button downs, blazers and Weejuns) and a Girl Next Door (likes jeans, tees and boots). No one who knows me would say that I'm stylish or have any type of style. Parts of the book gave me the impression that the one thing that makes tomboy style a style is money. The author went to prep school with heiresses and socialites (she drops names). Certain brands, designers and types of clothing or foot wear are mentioned.
I enjoyed the photographs and was surprised by some of the women included in the book. I would have liked if there was more content about tomboys in the book. While searching for photos from the book for this post I found photos from the book paired with style advice and cool stuff like the pic from To Kill a Mockingbird. They should have added these to the book. ( )