Yep, I’m going there. However not the way you suppose.
I’ve thought lengthy and exhausting about find out how to write this publish with out ‘yucking on another person’s yum” and I don’t prefer to s*$t on one other girl simply doing what she thinks is correct, however I noticed a caption on social media the opposite that REALLY aggravated me.
It was one other stylist mainly telling everybody to put on the identical factor. She had a go at “shiny colors and kooky prints” , calling them outdated and outdated and just about stated everybody ought to put on outsized neutrals. and it received my again up.
I didn’t like being informed that there was solely ONE look that was ‘cool’.
That my love of color and print is by some means ‘much less fashionable” than greys and blacks.
SO It made me suppose, I needed to put in writing my very own record of issues that you need to be desirous about while you dress, and word, this doesn’t apply to simply us over 4o’s – this is applicable to everybody (however I needed to put in writing a click-bait headline so that you’d learn the weblog haha!)
1 Put on garments that convey you JOY!
Who cares in the event that they aren’t ‘in style’. In case you love color, and it makes you are feeling good, put on it! If loopy prints make you smile, rock them each single day lady!
Solely put on issues that offer you that heat fuzzy feeling inside – be it black and gray, or denims and jumper, or sequins and heels! So long as it makes you are feeling good, that’s all that issues.
2. Gown for YOU, not anybody else
I believe that’s what aggravated me about that social publish the opposite day…. this stylist was telling us what SHE cherished to put on, and what she thought was ‘cool’. Nice! In case you actually love that look, put on it, however don’t put on a pattern as a result of another person informed you to.
And for that matter, don’t cease carrying one thing that another person doesn’t like – what you put on is what you are promoting and ONLY what you are promoting. Nobody else will get a say, and also you don’t have to impress anybody else.
3. Put on garments that FIT you effectively
Ignore the quantity. If it’s important to go UP to get the match proper, then get the match proper. In case you go down a measurement, does it look good? Or are you simply happening a measurement to honour some kind of false magnificence customary that smaller is healthier?
Take note of how issues suit you – are these skinny denims uncomfortable your tummy? attempt a large leg pant. However in case you ROCK your skinny denims and so they look wonderful, maintain rocking them.
4. Put on good (and supportive) underwear
Good supportive underwear can fully change not solely your outfit, however your posture and confidence! Get correctly fitted on your bras no less than every year (they will actually stretch out and cease providing as a lot help in case you flog them like I do!).
Put on lingerie which might be snug, and that breathe. My largest underwear tip is to put on lingerie that sit on the identical top because the waistband you’re carrying. It provides a terrific line, you’ll really feel supported and garments will look higher.
5. Put on developments, ONLY in the event that they work on your distinctive type
Now I like a pattern as a lot as the subsequent stylist (good day neon for Spring, however that’s one other weblog), but when the pattern don’t match into your distinctive private type, you don’t should do it!
So a lot of my purchasers are apprehensive about not “trying cool” of their skinny denims as a result of some Gen Z made a tiktok about how straight leg denims are in, and skinnies are out. Bugger that! Put on what YOU love!
On the flip-side, if a pattern actually talks to your sense of fashion, GREAT! go for it! work it into your on a regular basis seems to be and get pleasure out of it.
Now I hope you don’t really feel like I’m now being patronising (like I discovered the social media stylist) by telling you what to put on. However in the end, it’s so simple as this….
Cait xo
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