10 Tips for Looking Your Best

  1. Add Some Color. Wear colors that complement your natural coloring. Your eye, hair, and skin tone determine whether you are cool or warm and that determine what colors look best on you. People with warm coloring look best in yellow-based colors like gold, warm reds, golden browns, and rich ivory. People with cool coloring look best in blue-based colors such as silver, true reds, royal blues, and pinks.
  2. Watch Those Lines. Every day that you get dressed, you are sending a message. Wear clothing that complements your body frame and accentuates your best features. The right proportions of clothing can make you look younger and thinner (or fuller, if you want that!) or they can make you look dowdy, matronly, or unfinished. Choose to look your best in clothing that flatters your silhouette, body frame, and size.
  3. The Perfect Fit. Make sure your clothes fit you properly. Why? Because it can make a huge difference in how you look. It fits if it conforms to the contours of your body without pinching, sagging, bunching, or straining.
  4. The Magic of Make-Up. The most cost-effective way to update your look is through make-up. Make-up done well can transform you. Select make-up colors that complement your natural coloring. Your best clothing colors depend on whether you are cool or warm and so do your best make-up colors.
  5. Accessorize, Accessorize, Accessorize. Express yourself by selecting accessories that reflect your personality. Accessories are a great way to maximize and update your wardrobe.
  6. Putting it Together. Choose similar fabric weights and textures to avoid looking "thrown together". You want to have a consistently great appearance every day not hit or miss.
  7. Avoid Trendiness. The trend of the moment may not be right for you. Though trends may be fun to look at, they are often impractical for everyday wear or simply not affordable. Choose items for your wardrobe that can serve multiple purposes and will not look dated soon after they are purchased.
  8. Organize Your Wardrobe. Figure out what does not work in your closet and discard those items. Just let them go. Set aside time to try on everything in your closet. Eliminate everything that makes you feel less than you want to be. Organize what is left in a system that makes sense to you so that you can easily put together an outfit every day. Remember to create a shopping list of any items you need to replace to make an outfit perfect, and set a time to take any necessary mending to your tailor.
  9. Spend Well, Not Often. Use the principle of Capsule Wardrobing by selecting several colors that look great on you then mix and match pieces within those colors to create a workable, professional, and easy-to-wear wardrobe. You can purchase just 12 garments in 3 basic colors, plus 1 or 2 accent colors, and create 35 - 40 different outfits!
  10. Take Care Of Yourself. Exercise, maintain your ideal weight, get regular haircuts, manicures, pedicures, read, relax, and do anything and everything that makes you feel your best. When you feel great, you look great; when you look great, you feel great.