You always hear people say, “I don’t have any clothes.” If that really meant what it said, I wouldn’t want to be your friend. I prefer my friend’s fully dressed. My instincts tell me this just means you are tired of the wardrobe your have in your closet and feel like you have worn each article of clothing one too many times. My gut tells me you’re genuinely ready for some new looks and styles.
I am the same way. I actually do think I need to go clothes shopping because I have had some of the same clothes for years, including a pink Roxy sweatshirt that I bought when I was practically in high school. Some things you just never want to give up. But, I have a fashion secret: all you need is a little accessorizing. Accessories, non-fashion speaking, are the little balloon designs on top of birthday cakes. They’re the pictures hanging on the walls in your house. They’re the wine charmers on your wine bottle. They’re the shiny new glass knobs you installed on your dresser drawers. They’re the spoilers (ugly) on the back of your cars. They’re the cute strawberry hand towels you have hanging on your refrigerator door or the blanket you have thrown over your couch. All these things add a little “something” to the dullness that is.
The same way you decorate your house, your car, or your food, you can decorate yourself. But please don’t take a tube of frosting and draw balloons on your favorite sweater or drape a strawberry towel over your shoulder. I said accessorize your clothes, not wear your bedspread to work.
What I am suggesting is simple. If all you have to wear are black shirts, you can rotate them out every week. Wear a scarf with one Monday, earrings with one on Tuesday, a necklace with one Wednesday, a belt with one on Thursday, and a vest over one on Friday. No one will ever know that you are wearing the same shirt over and over again. The following week you could wear the scarf with the earrings and the belt with the necklace, or the belt and the scarf together. Making sense?
Let’s say you don’t have a belt. Wear your scarf as a belt. If you have two necklaces, wear both of them together to make a cosmopolitan look. I will say that less is more, but you can wear lots of different things and still make your outfit look simple. Do your hair different too. Wear it up in a clip on Monday, down on Tuesday, half up on Wednesday, in a bun on Thursday, and put a headband it in on Friday. People will appreciate and value your sense of fashion and respect you more. Trust me!
People always ask me where I get my clothes or my jewelry or where I got a certain purse. The truth is, I’ve gotten a lot of things at Target and even Wal-mart (alright, not a whole lot at Wal-mart, I’m a Ross and Marshall’s girl). But, the key is to dumb it down and play it up with embellishments and add-ons. You can buy so many cheap things and make them look fancy by creating different looks. Adorning your outfit with different things is the key to a successful and sassy wardrobe.
Rings are good accessories too – even fake ones. People kill me when they think that only real jewelry is classy. True it might be “classy” and classy is good. There is a time and a place for classy. But sexy and flashy can be good as well. If you are concerned with being too sexy at work, you should be. That’s good. It shows you have a good sense of awareness. But there is a way to be sexy and classy at the same time. For instance, wear one of those black shirts we talked about, but find one that is slightly more open in the front than the rest – one that shows a smidgen of your shoulders, but not too much. Make sure it is fitting to your stomach. Then, drape your neck with a shiny, silver, slim, and sleek chain. Simple. Wear a pencil skirt with a belt that wraps your waist at the midline. Throw on some stilettos and you are good to go! People respect classy and sexy together. They think it’s a smart and sophisticated look.
Baggy is good too. I love my baggy sweaters. But, pair them with skinny jeans and accessorize them with boots and a long pearl necklace so it gives your outfit variety. Or, drape that baggy sweater with a low-hanging belt.
If you wear your hair up, offset that neck, again, with a necklace. If you wear your hair down, offset your hair with a belt or a scarf. And remember, black goes with everything. Though, too much black can be Goth-like. Also, pink is not child-like. It’s sexy, if worn with the right piece of something else. It can represent softness and a sense that you like to feel pretty. But, make sure you pair it with something to offset the pink or else you may be labeled too flashy.
Earrings, necklaces, headbands, belts, scarves, bracelets, bobby pins, clips, barrettes, rings, boots, stockings, leggings, heels, and even makeup, in my opinion, are all forms of accessories. Use them, take advantage of them. Spoil yourself with what they can do for you. Dress yourself up, or dress yourself down. Add a big or small touch of flair to anything you own, but remember – play it smart by not always playing it safe. Take a risk!
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