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That Extra Half an Inch: Hair, Heels and Everything in Between is Victoria Beckham’s fashion and beauty guide, first published in 2006. It covers practical style topics such as building a wardrobe, assessing fit, choosing accessories and dressing for occasions, alongside makeup and skin care. It is best approached as a snapshot of mid-2000s advice, not a current trend report.
What is in That Extra Half an Inch?
The book ranges across clothing, fashion and beauty rather than focusing only on jeans or shoes. Open Library’s subject summary lists wardrobe building, evaluating clothing fit, accessories, dressing for special occasions, pregnancy fashion, makeup and skin care. British Vogue’s 2006 description likewise presented it as a guide to fashion, beauty and style.
Vogue’s 2024 retrospective attributes this line from the opening pages to Beckham: “Fashion is how we express our personalities.” The retrospective is the source for the quotation: Vogue’s retrospective on the book.
How to read its advice today
The book was first published in 2006, so its fashion references and beauty recommendations belong to that period. Treat specific products, trends and guidance as historical unless independently checked against current availability and advice. Its enduring interest is as a view of Beckham’s approach to personal style and the fashion culture of its publication era.
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Which edition should you look for?
Use the ISBN to distinguish editions when searching retailers or library catalogs. The English-language records include a 2006 hardcover and a 2007 US paperback. Pagination differs between secondary listings for the paperback, so do not assume every copy has the same page count.
| Edition | Format and language | Publication details | ISBN | Pages |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First English edition | Hardcover, English | October 27, 2006 | 9780718149918 | 312, as listed in the edition catalog |
| US edition | Paperback, English | 2007 | 9780061544491 | 384 in the editions catalog; 376 in Open Library’s record |
| Japanese translation | Japanese-language edition | Kodansha, Tokyo, June 2007 | Not stated in the National Diet Library record cited here | 311, according to Japan’s National Diet Library |
The records do not agree on the US paperback’s page count; check the specific copy or a publisher record if pagination matters. The ISBN is the most useful identifier for finding the intended edition. The book’s presence in edition listings does not establish current retailer stock or price.
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Publication context
The first English hardcover was published by Michael Joseph in 2006. The Guardian’s contemporary review listed it at £20 at the time; that is a historical price, not a current valuation or retail price.
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