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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Attention to your dressing will allow you to push-past any self-imposed limitations. Limitations that you put into place that are damaging  to your potential for success.

As you develop your signature style and make sure that you are consistent across every type of dressing you do from casual to formal, people will notice you are starting to become consistent with your look. Their biggest fear about doing business with you is that if you are inconsistent in your dressing will you be inconsistent in the work you are or will do for them.

Since their success could depend on the way you deliver your work to them it becomes an even more important priority to pay attention to the way you are dressing. It relieves the tension and underlying pressure they might put on you that is not necessary but they think it is because you came in dressed ho hum one day and fabulous the next.

Inconsistency in the way one dresses is translated into being inconsistent in the way you do your job and can hurt you when it comes time for promotion.

It is time to put image on the top of your priority list.

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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.

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Who Are You Dressing For?

Authenticity in your dressing style or the state of being real not only feels good, is easy to manage (let’s face it, you don’t have to remember who you were pretending to be!) and more importantly, it leads to new levels of awareness and confidence.  When you are willing to just be yourself, with the way you dress, in your relationships (business and otherwise) everyone wins.  When we give into the expectations of others, we begin to decrease our joy.  So authenticity in your dressing style is really about being faithful to yourself.

One—Decide
Before anything and before everything comes decision.  You decide how you want to dress and what image you want to consistently show to the others around you.  No ho hum one day and fabulous the next day. I am talking about being consistent with the way you dress.

If you are not a jeans person–do not let someone talk you into wearing jeans.

Two—Focus on the “Why”
After decision, remember to stop and take time for the most important question of all.  Why?  Only you can answer that question.

Three—Commit and Recommit
Did I mention that you would have to decide over and over again and well, you never get to stop asking “why?”  Not if you want to be consistent with the dressing image you have decided best represents you. Every fashion season you will need to see what will fit into your look and what to pass on that does not fit.

Four—Be Consistent
Ahhh. The entire reason you are taking your image journey is joy. It  becomes your reward. Confidence and authenticity are the benefits.

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It has been a great week- but it reminded me how fragile we are as humans – and how even if all we aspire to is comfort and happiness, our minds try to protect us  and move us back to that comfort zone whenever we try to move outside of the zone where it feels we are safe.

Where this week have you found yourself starting then stopping on a goal or project to create a new fashion image in your dressing? Did you try to look at your closet and remove some of the outdated clothing items, then suddenly get too busy with other things to get back to it or to finish it?  It happens so often with life that we can miss the signs of stopping ourselves just before we make the big breakthroughs.

Things to be alert for:

• If you are cleaning out your closet, as you are getting close to beginning on your plan, are you beginning to feel sadness that you will soon be losing your friends, those old clothes that are in your closet and need to be removed?
• Then that pesky little nagging doubt of what if I have spent all of this time and no-one thinks you look great.
• Then you might feel like you might be criticized by anyone who sees your new fashion look and you know how much you dislike being criticized.
• Then you might feel like you do not know how you will take it if you get good or bad feedback about how you are dressing.

 
Here is the deal–it is so easy to reside in a comfort zone – unwilling to receive feedback that might shatter the dream that you might find it easier to stop going for it than risk going for it and not succeeding.

But it has to be done.

Start–put an outfit together–then do it again. The more you repeat, the more you will move toward your dream of becoming well dressed.

Dressing is about what works for you and your lifestyle. While you can take fashion into consideration ultimately it has to match who you are and want to look.

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• How successful would you be at playing a game if you had no idea what the rules were?
• How successful would you be at arriving at a destination if you had no map, no directions, no compass, and all the road signs were written in a foreign language?
• How could you build a house without a set of plans or bake a cake without the recipe?

Well, our lives are like a game with rules, a journey with a destination, a house built with a plan, and a cake that follows a recipe.

Your physical body has certain characteristics that you have to take into consideration when selecting your clothing, not only in style but in the way the clothing fits. To have a better idea of the styles of clothing that will look the best on your body look at this information and apply it to your wardrobe. You may need an image consultant to help you select the information to input into the online forms. If you are in the Atlanta, GA area send your name and information in the contact tab on the navigation bar and I will get back to you with an appointment.

If you already have a good sense of what looks good on you be sure you have someone else review your choices with you as often sales clerks will tell you that you look good not because you do but because they need to meet the quota set for them by their supervisors. A professional who is not emotionally invested in your opinion of them and neutral to the clothing you are showing to them can give you more information and more objectively.

Where to wear your clothing is always a question and you can get your exact fashion formula by learning about your personal proportion.

Then to keep up with all of the trends and information being changed on a regular basis you can refer to this information updated weekly for you. Color, style, trends, what to as well as what not to wear. Easy to find just exactly what you need to know.

Always room to improve our visual image. Your image is your key to success especially your financial success. Be credible with how you dress and you will have an amazing opportunity to move toward your goals more easily.

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"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."

~ Tara Marino

 Lifestyle Coach and founder of Elegant Femme

 

Your self image can show others who you are. Are you looking and dressing the way that completely enhances you.  If not start today.

 

If you do not like the way you look, you are so focused on yourself that you can miss the people around you and what they can contribute to your life and what you can contribute to theirs.

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When you meet someone, there is about a 12 second period of time while decisions are being made about who you are and whether you are who you say you are.  The saying “You never have a second chance to make a good first impression” is true. That impression formed on your first meeting with another person, continues to influence your relationship with the person.  You can overcome decisions that are not favorable to you but it does take a great deal of time and energy.

So why not get your first impression to match who you want to be and how you want people to treat you from the start? The tools are available for you to begin your make-over or fresh start.

Tool # 1 Your Personal Style of Clothing matched to your body, size and lifestyle. Get a savings coupon here for this online tool developed by a professional image consultant.

Tool # 2 Your Personal Proportion shows you your perfect lengths so you look your very best in everything you wear every time!

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Image is the way other people look at us or the perception they have about us as people. It influences whether people will agree to our requests, hire us and pay us the salary we want. It greatly affects a lot of things that have to do with the career that we want, the salary we could get and the way people interact with us. Image is what gives people the idea of who we are, how we want to be treated and what we are capable of doing.

It may sound superficial but that is how it really is. If anyone can recall the cliche first impressions last, well that cliche has a lot of truth to it. There is not a second chance to make a good first impression. While a poor first impression can be overcome, it takes time and focused intention to become visually credible and consistent. 

No matter how intelligent and capable a person is no one will trust them if they look like bad guys in an action movie. Looking ho hum one day and knock out the next day will leave your audience wondering who you are the ho hum person or the knock out person and how will you take care of them if they decide to do business with you.

The way to start cleaning up your act (image) is to know:

• what styles of clothing are the best for you based on your body type, age, weight and lifestyle
• what combinations of clothing are worn
• if those combinations are appropriate for the event they are worn to

You can get current information by going here Image Styling Portfolio

Apply this information to your closet and change as needed to have a working wardrobe with the styles working for you instead of against you. Consistent attention to this will allow you to bring your image back to visually credible and consistent which will give you a big payoff in the way you are treated by others.

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There are many things that influence our choices in clothing and accessories.

    * Start with your body shape
    * Continue with your skin undertone coloring (the pink or peach you see when you look at your fingertips when you turn your hands over)
    * Then look at your hair color (is it your natural color or are you having it colored)
    * Then look at the color of your eyes

Out of these items which people commonly check when purchasing clothing, the only ones that are needed are your skin undertone and body shape.  Dressing to match your hair or eye color are secondary to these things.

Select a true turquoise and hold that color up to your face then duplicate the way your face looks when you try on other items of clothing.  This is what it means to support your skin tone and when you look your very best. This is the only color that everyone can wear.  Your shade might be lighter or darker and you can play with that so the color gives your skin tone the best overall look with no shadows or dark lines.  Then use that as your guideline for every color you try on to be sure you continue to look your very best.

Then the style of clothing for your body shape is the next thing to consider.  You can get amazing information from a new online source for giving you this information.  Check here: to get a nice 1/2 price coupon so you can have your information before you go shopping the next time.

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