I prepared a step-by-step algorithm on how to change your style and look more fashionable. Moreover, it is equally suitable for both teenagers and adults.
Understand Your Body
Do not rely on the information the “type of a body” quiz gives you. Instead, I recommend you pay attention to the geometry of your body. This will allow you to work with your specific proportions.
The next thing that is important is to emphasize the advantages and hide the disadvantages.
Know Your Color Palette
You are a follower of neutral shades because you do not know how to combine others? You might deprive yourself of something that would go well to your complexion. Have you noticed that people give you more compliments when you wear a specific color that suits your eye, for instance? Keep it in mind for your next purchases. Establishing your color palette has multiple advantages. You save time during your shopping sessions because you can easily identify the pieces that can be suitable for you. You enjoy yourself by treating your aesthetic sense with colors and shapes that bring you joy and build a perfect wardrobe. Everything goes together, garment by garment.
For starters, open your wardrobe and notice the dominant colors, the ones you wear most often and those, on the contrary, you cannot combine with other clothes. These observations will allow you to identify your main, neutral, and complementary colors.
Accept Your Weight and Morphology
Running after the thinness often becomes an obstacle in a quest for style. We dream of an outfit, thinking that it would go so well if we dropped kilos or so. We can even postpone a purchase while waiting to lose weight, or on the contrary, we buy a skirt too small by seeing a good way to motivate ourselves to “lose a little.” In all these cases, while one fixes their attention on their weight, they lose the possibility to find their style.
Going with the flow and accepting your body type allows you to start living a more conscious life. Instead of trying to hide what we do not like, it can be more practical to learn to play with our proportions and morphology in order to restore the balance if needed.
Analyze and Sort Your Wardrobe
Before a shopping trip, take the habit of reviewing your closet. Define the type of clothes you like and the materials and colors that you come across in your closet most frequently. Once you understand what type of clothes you feel good in, you can find the essence of your style.
To see more clearly, it can be helpful to keep out of sight things that do not belong to this season or things that you haven’t been wearing for a while or haven’t worn at all.
Find the Right Trends
You may have pinned dozens of clothes on Pinterest, but you also need to keep it all up with reality. Some trends come and go, and some trends stick. So keep in mind that you might need to rethink your favorite trends and keep them up-to-date at all times.
Fitting Room
Do not underestimate this crucial time. Spend some time at the fitting room trying on different clothes, and take to the cashier only the clothes you actually intend to wear! How many outfits lie in your wardrobe without being properly used?
When facing the mirror in an outfit, several questions need to be asked:
- Do I feel comfy?
- Can I wear this garment on a daily basis with the rest of my garments in my closet?
- Is the material good enough and resilient?
- What will be its cost per wear?
Choose People You Can Always Rely On If You Need an Honest Opinion
Ultimately, there are two types of friends: those who are too polite to tell the truth and those who are blunt enough to tell you that you wear garbage. Rely on the second type of a friend who can always tell you whether your outfit is good enough to be worn in public, and keep in mind that even if your friend tells the truth and you don’t like it, it’s not personal.
Prioritize According to Needs and Opportunities
Unless you earn exceptionally good money, it isn’t easy to afford everything you want at the same time. Therefore, it is necessary to prioritize according to your needs and specific opportunities (sales period, travel, etc.).
In order not to be reckless and buy what you don’t need in a store or on an e-shop, establishing a wishlist that you update throughout the year can prove to be quite valuable. Planning your purchases allows you to become aware of what you need to ensure basic supplies before giving in to a strong desire to buy a dress that you can only wear a few times a year.
Also, learn to distinguish the priorities dictated by your tastes and those imposed by your job. Depending on your company’s dress code or your sector of activity, some purchases can be way more suitable than a new pair of Nike!
