8 Style Tips To Swear By

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8 Style Tips To Swear By

Everyone likes to give their two cents on what is or isn't fashionable and what a woman should or should not wear, and most of it is to be taken with a grain of salt or should be ignored completely. There are however, a few style tips that have withstood the test of time because they have helped women look their best selves.

8 Style Tips To Swear By

1. Dress for your shape

A lot of women will fight this one so hard, and I'm not sure why. We need to remember that all bodies are beautiful in their own unique ways. If you are short and thick, you can't be tall and pole thin, and vice versa. Dressing for your shape is you recognizing your best assets and showing them off, and working around those you loath. It's finding cuts, and brands, and clothing that will get you the most compliments and make you feel good in the skin you're in, not wondering what's wrong with you all the time because you can't figure out why you don't look like someone else. Work with what your mom gave you!

8 Style Tips To Swear By

2. Avoid the trend trap

And speaking of dressing for your shape, avoid the trends if they don't work for you or your body. Some of the most stylish women on earth routinely go through the seasons wearing classic staple pieces that attend to their shape and make them look good regardless of trends. A trend can be a sort of peer pressure, right? You see all these ads that are essentially steering the masses towards this one look, but it's okay to not like that look, to feel and know it won't look good on you, AND to do your own thing and wear your own style.

8 Style Tips To Swear By

3. Buy in Multiples

You know the moment, that exact moment, when you put something on and it fits like a glove. It hugs all the right curves, it feels amazing on your skin, it's comfortable--it gives you so much life. Buy that in triplicate. Buy as many colors as you can because it's rare that you'll find something else for a while that will make you look and/or feel that good in them.

8 Style Tips To Swear By

4. A good foundation is the key

So many women are bouncing around out there with poor fitting bras that dig into their shoulders or provide zero support or they don't look what could be there best with clean lines or a nice well defined shape. There are tons of undergarments that help give you a beautiful shape if you don't think you have one naturally or simply desire nice clean lines in an unforgiving fabric. In this era of relentless selfies and picture taking, a good foundation can be the difference between hating what you see and thinking and knowing you look kick ass!

8 Style Tips To Swear By

5. Try it on

Come close to the screen when I say this: TRY YOUR CLOTHES ON! Ermahgawd, if you are going to be wearing anything for long periods of time---a shoe, a dress, a blouse, whatever, try it on. If you are in the fitting room for that brief period and it is digging into you, scratching you, itching you, squeezing the blood from your toes, pulling at the buttons, impossible to bend over in, you can't breath in it without gasping...what on earth makes you think that when you then take that garment or shoe and wear it in public, suddenly, these things are going to stop happening just because you're no longer behind the walls of a dressing room stall?!? It really is not worth it. Clothes should not make you chafe and bleed and feel miserable after wearing them. You CAN find something that fits and that is wonderful that is also comfortable and won't leave you in tears needing and aspirin at the end of the night. Secondly, sometimes what you think won't work for you on a hanger, will, but you wont' know until you try it on!

8 Style Tips To Swear By

6. Cheap is not always best or practical

There are some clothing items you should loosen up the death grip on your wallet and empty out a few coins for. These pieces are not trendy, can go through the seasons, and some can be passed down. Cheap can often end up costing you more in the long run like buying a cheap car. It's not really worth it if it breaks down and you have to keep paying on it, or in the case of clothes, replacing them because they fall apart in the wash or don't hold up to the weather or normal wear. Some key pieces to cultivate over time are one statement jewelry piece. A nice black suit and crisp white blouse for work, for interviews, for funerals. A nice pair of heels that just mold onto your foot; they can be kitten heels if you are heel challenged. A killer pair of jeans that make your bum look fantastic. A classic trench, leather, or pea coat. An LBD that can go day to night and everywhere in between. A nice handbag.

8 Style Tips To Swear By

7. Have a tailor/seamstress on standby

We are a nation convinced that clothing should fit us right off the rack, but clothing on the rack should really be labeled "one size fits all," which we all know is so far from the truth, it's crazy to believe that it's a tag allowed to be put on clothing. How can someone in a size 0 share the same shirt or pant with someone in a size 22W?!? How can someone with a flat chest rock the same top and look the same way as someone in double D's?!? Stop feeling bad about yourself because you think you don't fit some size models dimensions which clothing sizes are based off of. Every body is unique and has different proportions, so why not allow a tailor to make you feel good in yours as opposed to some strangers.

8 Style Tips To Swear By

The above are prime examples of what can be done with tailoring and alterations. If you're losing weight, don't just toss out your favorites, but have them cut down to size. If you're petite or tall have things hemmed or let out. If you've got a juicy booty, get rid of that insanely huge gap at the back of your pants that you can fit a whole hand into. Come on! That's not cute! In store, fit the largest part of you, and then have a tailor or alterations fit the rest of you.

8 Style Tips To Swear By

8. Less is more

Effortless beauty and fashion with a timeless quality isn't usually assigned to those who were super trendy and piled on the hair/make-up/jewels and the like. It often has more to do with the confidence of the wearer shinning through beyond even a simple outfit to make it seem like it was something more than it was. You don't need to be a brand whore, or to wear every piece of cheetah print you own, or to stack on a 100 baubles to stand out or look great. Often times people who pile on the clothing and jewels are hiding behind these things because they don't have any confidence in themselves and feel like these items will give them a personality or make them seem confident. Less is more is knowing that you don't need all that to be beautiful and to shine. Take off that one thing before you leave the house, and instead stand up a bit straighter, walk with more confidence, smile more, and just be you.

8 Style Tips To Swear By
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