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.
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The importance of getting your wardrobe ready in advance is priceless!
Getting your wardrobe ready for all of the parties and events that are often a part of special events celebrations, allows us to share the joy of the event and spend time more comfortably with others in a less formal setting. Be sure you and your wardrobe are ready for all of the different events and activities you are going to or might be invited to. That way if an unexpected invitation comes along you can have an outfit that you can choose to wear already on hand. Plan several wardrobe additions just in case some of those unexpected events pop up at the last minute.
Your special occasion events calendar is an important item to set up in advance so you are prepared for the season. Think about all of the parties, plays, shows and other celebrations you might be invited to or asked to go to and see what is in your wardrobe that can be worn another way or have something put with it to give it a new look.
How To Add Items To Your Wardrobe
Prepared with your list of what you have, go looking to see how you could add to what you have in your wardrobe already or purchase new items to wear for your event schedule. It is fun to see how many unique ways you can wear the same items from your regular wardrobe and have them look entirely different. This mind-set will allow you to expand on the clothing in your closet and it will also keep you from adding things that are not a fit with the wardrobe and image you want to maintain.
Looking great every day in your wardrobe choices gives you consistency and that gives you visual credibility with those you know and meet. The importance of this needs to be in the front of your mind when shopping, before buying or adding any new wardrobe pieces with an item you might find. Does the new prospective wardrobe item look like what you know you like or want to look like with the way you dress regularly?
Now, you are going to look different than the model you saw the garment displayed on when you entered the shop where the items were being sold, in the windows of the store or in the visual departments displays around the store. Observe them, but stay true to your own wardrobe style. Occasionally they are meant to be pretty but are impractical to add to your wardrobe or to actually wear. Be on the alert for wardrobe items that could only be worn for limited occasions and decide if that wardrobe purchase would be a good investment or not.
If you can be an smart shopper by knowing what you would look good in for your body type and size, it will save you hours of looking and being disappointed after trying something on and then finding it did not work for you. You have a good idea of what you liked from the past clothing purchases, the items in your wardrobe you wear regularly and what you passed on. Bring that memory to the front of your thinking as you are evaluating new additions to your wardrobe. Occasionally, try on things you have not tried in the past, you might be pleasantly surprised at what might be added to your favorite look list and can laugh at what you find not working for you.
Being consistent with your wardrobe choices will also allow others who might choose to buy you gifts of clothing to select things that will actually work for you. Nothing more frustrating than to open a gift you do not like and then have to take time to take back. Be real with your gift givers about your size. Oh my! Did I just say that? Yes, I did.
Save them the embarrassment of getting you something that does not fit. If you really like the item they gave you but it does not fit, when you go to return it or exchange it you are now going to be annoyed if your real size is no longer available.
How To Have Fun Adding Items To Your Wardrobe
Make special celebrations dressing this year an exciting event in itself. Then when you go to the activities you have on your calendar you will be doubly blessed. You had a ball choosing the outfit from your wardrobe to wear, then had fun going to the event because you knew you looked fabulous in every garment you selected from your wardrobe and then the extra bonus: getting compliments!!!
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We’ve all been there…standing in front of a stuffed closet with nothing to wear, wondering what the real secret is to dressing well. You might think that not having a supermodel body, an unlimited budget or a personal stylist are the reasons for your wardrobe woes.
Take heart, your closet only seems to be filled with a chaotic clothing mess that no force of nature could ever squeeze a decent outfit out of. But, with The Body:Gram Fashion Tool, that very same closet will soon be ruled by your personal mathematical principle of harmony, beauty, and proportion.
Yes, for the first time ever, the constants which have governed the universe since fig leaves were in fashion, can now easily be used to create the wardrobe of your dreams….. By following our simple formula, you will look 10 pounds thinner (or more!), 10 years younger, and without a doubt 10 times more stylish.
Well, if much of what we consider beautiful in the world around us is made up of proportion, including our own bodies, doesn’t it only make sense that the clothing that makes us look our best should be based on proportion as well?
To that end we developed “The Body:Gram Fashion Tool”; an amazing formula based on Your Personal Proportion, which empowers you with the secret to knowing the most flattering way to wear every article of clothing in your closet. From the best length of a skirt or top, to the ideal dress or accessory, its power to create the perfect outfit is truly extraordinary.
So whether you’re “shopping in the back of your closet” or buying something new at the mall – the Body:Gram Fashion Tool will take any outfit from frumpy to fabulous in record time. It will also make you look sizes smaller – and all without breaking the bank!
The World?s Best Kept Secret to Dressing Thin, Young & Beautiful
at Any Size, Shape or Age
The ideal clothing proportions for your unique body will be instantly calculated, using a timeless equation for beauty. With this revolutionary & EASY to use fashion secret you will discover how to look 10 pounds thinner, 10 years younger and 10 times more stylish in all your clothes. Act now
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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.
- 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."