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.

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.

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.

Every time of the year has clothing requirements and items that can only be worn during that time. EX: ski clothing is worn in the winter months and if you are going to try to ski in the summer you will have to search for somewhere in the world where snow is even available and skiing is even offered.

On the other hand swimming is available indoors and outdoors so a swimsuit can be used fairly easily year round.

See what kind of activities you enjoy and then locate the clothing that is needed for that activity. Look around and purchase new clothing items for that activity when they are being sold in the stores. While the activity might be something you can do year round, the garments may not be available year round.

Seasonal garments need to be purchased ahead of that season if you want to have a choice in the selection.

So, are you ready for the air conditioning for the summer months? Know what will work for you so you can be comfortable.

Temperatures influence they way you dress so be prepared for extra cold in air conditioned spaces such as stores, restaurants and at work.

The air conditioning in many businesses, stores and restaurants can be really quite difficult to deal with if you get cold easily. For these occasions, it is especially important to carry a jacket or sweater in the car so you can take it with you or slip it on before you go into the location.

For those places you work you can request a small heater that you can turn on during the hours you are at work to make it more comfortable for you. It is hard to do your job when you are shivering with cold so it is a productivity issue for you.

It also is difficult to enjoy a meal or shop when you are uncomfortable. Because of the number of other people in the store or restaurant at the same time you are there, the air adjusts to keep the space at the temperature the store or restaurant feels will be the most comfortable for everyone. This is a perfect time to take that jacket or sweater in with you to shop or to eat. If you find it still is too cold for you, ask for take-out from the restaurant and enjoy the meal in the comfort of your own space where you can monitor the temperature to suit your needs.

Be on the alert for ways to be prepared so you can enjoy your activities in and out of air conditioned spaces.

There are so many things we could wear to different events that it makes it harder to make a choice. When the event comes closer and we have to do the final selection it can be a closet challenge of monumental proportions if you wait until the last minute to decide.

To avoid all of that stress, select the top possibles and have them set aside in another part of your closet so the final selection is narrowed down to those you pre-selected. You can always add to that short list of choices at the last minute if weather or other events are added to the original activities that will need other clothing options than you pre-selected.

You will find this makes going to the closet so much easier and you will also enjoy the activities you are attending more because you are less stressed in getting to the events.

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.

The change in the weather can change the clothing choices you make. Occasionally, you need to layer so during the day as the temperature increases you can take off jackets or vests or push up sleeves to be more comfortable. You can look at your temperature preferences and then select your clothing to match what you like.

My body temperature has always been to the cool side so extra jackets or sweaters have just been a way of life to handle the extra air conditioning in summer that is common in stores and restaurants. You will be able to quickly notice what is happening around you that might influence your clothing choices for the day.

Have you ever gone shopping just to take a break and feel better about your life?  I think everyone at some time or another has done that. The importance of knowing what to add and how it will go with the other things in your wardrobe become even more important in that instance so you do not get talked into something that will not work for you in your lifestyle or with your current closet items.  Putting things together can give you a much larger closet choice if you just know how.

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