Transforming your wardrobe is easy if you know how to do it.

Early in my sewing career I had a choir ask for 50 dresses to be designed and sewn for them for a special event they were presenting. I did all of the measurements, pattern making and sewing. When I attended the event I noticed some of the ladies looked great and some not so great.

Since I had done all of the work on creating these garments I immediately went to work to discover what caused the difference in the results I saw. I found that even with the clothing in my personal wardrobe that there were some garments that looked great and some not so great.

The thing that kept influencing the result of the over all look was clothing placement. With years of training in anatomy, the bone structure became important in understanding how each person is put together and the influence that has on the way clothing looks.

Since each clothing designer chooses the height, size and shape of the person they like to design for, many garments could look better with just a little tweaking. That is why alterations often need to be made for the garments you are purchasing or gifts you are given to add to your wardrobe. It is not your body, it is the way the clothing is fitting your body. Remember we are clothing hangers, as the garments hang from our shoulders.

Change The Length The Garments In Your Wardrobe To Be In Your Personal Proportion

Like a diagram for a room and where to place furniture, each person needs to know where to place clothing on their body so it works for their proportion and bone structure.

Padding (or weight ) around your bones does not influence your vertical placement formula. A cool side effect of putting clothing in the right place for your proportion is that you can visually look like you weigh less.

I appreciate being able to take all the guesswork out of what to wear especially when making clothing purchases so that every garment in my wardrobe is a garment that really looks great with my personal proportions. Since your vertical proportions are based on your bone structure, they will remain the same throughout your life. It will be valuable for you to become aware of your head size, where your arms attach, where your waist is and the rest of the information about how you are put together in your proportions.

The result is you can save thousands of dollars by transforming your current wardrobe and when making new clothing purchases that will flatter you every time.
 

It is so simple for you to make the minor changes to your clothing that they need for you to have the right proportion for your clothing. More information about how you can find out your personal proportion is HERE

The key to having a working wardrobe rather than just a hanging wardrobe is that every garment is one that fits, can be worn for the other items in your wardrobe easily and fits your lifestyle.

 Improve your image instantly by having your clothing in the right place for you.

In the area of your wardrobe, you can take an amazing leap forward by knowing your personal proportion and using this information every time you get dressed.

Forget everything you’ve heard about beauty being only skin deep. Two recent Newsweek polls reveal that beauty may be pocket and career deep as well. Both surveys suggest dressing to impress today simply isn’t enough. Many managers evaluate the physical attractiveness of job candidates too.

The surveys reveal the following 8 ugly truths about beauty in the workplace:

1.  Looks Matter at Work

Fifty-seven percent of the managers polled feel an unattractive (but qualified) applicant will experience more difficulty getting hired.  Sixty-eight percent believe that once hired, looks continue to affect how managers evaluate an employee’s job performance.

2.  Aesthetics Trump Education

When asked to rate nine character attributes, looks rated third below experience and confidence, but above where a candidate went to school and a sense of humor. With that said, it’s probably a good ideal to leave for last, or not include at all, that line in your Facebook bio about having a great sense of humor.

3.  Resume Surgery or Cosmetic Surgery?

Fifty-nine percent of hiring managers recommend investing as much time and money doctoring your looks as you do doctoring your resume.

4.  Caution Women – Being too Hot can Leave you Cold

Don’t believe that? Ask Debrahlee Lorenzana, the Queens woman who filed suit last month against Citibank, alleging the corporation fired her because she was “too hot.” Regardless of the veracity of the allegations, many professional women know all too well the importance of mastering the ability of looking attractive without being attracting. Sixty-one percent of the hiring managers Newsweek surveyed – 60 percent of whom were men – responded they feel it is beneficial for a woman to display her figure at work.  Meanwhile, 47 percent of those same managers said they feel some women are at a disadvantage for being too attractive in the office. A winning case of “Damn if you do; damn if you don’t.”

5.  Fat or Skinny, We Hate Hiring Fat People

Sure 75 percent of the American population is overweight – according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control – but that doesn’t stop us from discriminating against overweight people at work and in life. Newsweek reports “[2/3] of business managers said they believe some managers would hesitate before hiring a qualified job candidate who was significantly overweight”.

6.  We Don’t Like Old People Either

Eighty-four percent of managers believe some bosses avoid hiring a qualified job applicant who looked much older than his or her cohorts.

7.  In Certain Situations, ‘Lookism’ is OK

Sixty-four percent of hiring managers said they believe when a job calls for an employee to be the “face” of a company, hiring people based on looks is acceptable. But there was an inconsistency here. 60 percent of those same respondents said they would favor a law making it illegal to discriminate in hiring based on looks. When researched further, 46 percent of the public said they would favor a law making hiring discrimination based on appearance illegal.

8.  Don’t Say FML Yet – Confidence is Imperative, Too!

You will recall that both confidence and experience ranked first and second on the list of the most important employee attributes. That said, lots of opportunities exists for the regular folks.

There is a place for every person to wear their clothing and accessories so they look their best. The brain and eye gather information as a person looks at you and if the clothing and accessories are in balance to your body and the way you are put together in where your arms attach, your legs attach and the length of your arms and legs etc you allow the eye to move quickly from the head to the floor and back to the head.

This video will give you more specific information about why that is so important to you. Change The Way You Dress And Have More Success

The time is now.  Time for you, that is.  If you’ve been putting your image off for too long because you don’t have enough time, it’s too hot, or you don’t want to spend the money, I want you to ask yourselves what it’s really costing you.  Are you endlessly spending money on the "magic pill" that will make you look fabulous?  Are you avoiding opportunities because you don’t like how you look or don’t know what to wear?  Are you bored with how you look and dread getting dressed in the morning? Then it’s time for a change – a makeover with staying power that will leave you feeling fabulous!

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Are you starting to feel bored with your style and wonder what life on the other side is like? How could life be different if you felt confident, put-together and even a tad bit stylish?

It all starts with your body and the clothing that looks best on you. If you have struggled with what colors look great on you or which style of clothing makes you look slimmer, taller or better in some way there is an  online resource to help you through those questions. Go to http://www.star-estyle.com  for a half off coupon and start looking your very best.

Imagine how your life would change if you could get dressed quickly and effortlessly everyday while creating a signature style that makes you look memorable.  It is right within your reach–right now.

"An Elegant Femme is the woman that exists behind the roles she plays in life. She is the woman who knows that her femininity is a gift. She loves her family deeply and realizes that without self-love, she cannot give to them the way she so deeply desires. An Elegant Femme loves to be chic and stylish, she has hopes and dreams that extend beyond the family household. She has a great vision to serve and to make her mark in this world."

If you have not had someone who is not in your family or close circle of friends help you look at your closet and sort for those items that do not suit you or are not your current size, it is time to think about finding someone to come.  The thing that I hear the most from people on shows like What Not To Wear, Tim Gunn’s Guide To Style, Look 10 Years Younger, Makeovers and Look Alike is that the person does not realize that they do not look the best they can.

We get numb to the appearance we create so the face in the mirror is familiar to us.  When others suggest a change sometimes we resist because we do not want to lose the familiar image in the mirror. 

Twice a year minimum is what is suggested to refresh and change the image you are projecting.  It needs to be someone who will tell you the truth about what you look like in those old, outdated, ill fitting garments and in those that do suit you well.

Fashion cycles change 6 times a year so you can work toward keeping in style by gradually adding more closet updates as you get used to doing the closet checks.

Find a fashion stylist or image consultant in your area and make an appointment to start your closet refreshing and updates then keep up with what they help you get started.

Be sure you are not in the 2 dolphin mode when you consider your clothing.  What does that mean you ask?  It is when you think you look like the dolphin on the left but you really look like the image on the right. When that happens, it is time to re-group and do something about it.Find out how to do that by reading more below…

We get so much information every day that is from sources that we feel are reliable, however, the information does not work for everyone. How do you sort for you?

1. Do you know what works for your body shape, size, weight, how you are distributing your weight, what are your body issues, your lifestyle and age. 

2. Are you applying that information to the clothing in your closet. What stays, goes, is outdated or totally out of fashion?

3. Have your clothing needs changed but you haven’t changed or removed those items that no longer fit or work in your life?

4. Are you able to ask for help from a reliable source that you can trust to help you and not some clerk in the store who is racking up a sales tally for the day and is suggesting items to you that clearly do not work in any area of your life?

5. Can you be objective about the fashion styles and if they look good on you?

6. Are you wearing colors that are not your best just because they are in fashion?

If you wavered on any of these items you need to take a good close look at what image you are presenting to the world and if it is a pretty sight or not.  You can get positive attention or negative attention.  What is your image doing for you?

Get a half off coupon for an online styling portfolio that is specific to your needs at http://www.star-estyle.com

Then get your personalized proportion information so you look your best in your clothing at http://www.bodygramfashiontool.com

Get help from an image consultant in your area as well as an organizer so going into your closet every day is not a negative adventure where  you feel like you got beaten up just by trying to find something that will work for you to wear for the day or event.

Be sure you are not in the 2 dolphin mode when you consider your clothing.  What does that mean you ask?  It is when you think you look like the dolphin on the left but you really look like the image on the right. When your dressing image does not match but you think it does

Spring is stripping away the winter and as it does there’s a stirring of energy inspiring us to let go and renew. I support you in shedding old papers, clothing, shoes, handbags and habits that can lighten your gait.

Energy is always shifting and changing into more magnanimous expression. Enjoy the change and know that every moment is a renewing of ideas.  It is indicative of a feminine strength to flow with the rhythm of life and trust its course to lead to magnificent fruition. And it will!  Feel where life is beckoning you, dress accordingly and move forward.

While it is sometimes hard to let those old friends in the closet find new homes it is very important to your ability to move forward with ease.  Clothing items are a comfort to us, hold special memories and can keep us in the loop when situations will not come again.

When I became a widow the closet was really a traumatic experience to face every day.  Many of the clothing items at that time were matching shirts and that just threw me into having to face the loss in a very personal way at a very basic level every time I opened the closet door.

While I hope you do not have to handle that kind of experience I hope you can understand, in this instance, that changing all of the clothing in the closet became an immediate priority.

To help you find a new or refreshed clothing style so you can move forward with the changes that life has handed you you can do that easily and quickly by imputing your information online about your age, lifestyle, body type and preferences and getting an immediate styling portfolio of all of the styles and combinations of clothing that would work for you uniquely.  It is quick and easy.  Find out how.