How to Elevate Your Style
Rakstars, have you ever felt that you don’t have anything to wear but you can hardly step into your closet? We get it! It’s not your fault! Your closet is just small.
5 Ways to Choose the Right Outfits
- Personality: Your clothes have to work for you. You have to let it shine on you and make heads turn. Unless you don’t like attention, that’s totally fine. A soft look will do you just fine. In order to understand yourself, go to the mall or your favourite clothing store. Take a bunch of items off the rack to the change rooms and voila! See what you like? See what you don’t like? Play with different styles, colours and of course textures. See what makes you feel authentic and confident. There is nothing like walking down the street, feeling awkward. You can mix and match different styles – there are no rules.
- Quality: Clothing is fun when it doesn’t rip, unless that’s the style you like. Invest in timeless pieces that can be used again and again with different outfits such as a tailored blazer, the black dress and a good pair of jeans. You will often wear them, so price per wear does come down. In the long run, it’s worth it. Take the stress off of finding a good impromptu outfit minutes before you leave the house because you have timeless pieces that look good with anything. A win-win.
- Your Fit: Not everyone is going to look good in a type of clothing style. What may suit your friend, may not suit you. Have you ever had those moments where you think that you look bad in clothes? Honey, it’s not you – it’s them! Clothing is based on your body shape. Some people are tall and some are short. Having long wear or petite wear can help benefit your look making you slimmer or less baggy. Remember, when you dress, you are dressing for yourself and your body – nobody else.
- Accessorize and Glamorize: In order to elevate your outfit, it is important to add a touch of sparkle with pieces including jewelry, headphones, watches, blazers, scarves, handbags, sunglasses and hats to put it all together. Don’t be afraid. Do what feels right. Wearing an all white outfit with a pop of an orange handbag, can be just the right touch to transform your outfit from okay to Fab!
- Groom: Not the groom at the wedding, unless you want to attract him. You do you boo. No judgment here! What we mean is personal hygiene. Make sure to take care of your skin, hair and nails. Look like a person and not a zombie. Keep your hair groomed, styled in a way that you love and feel confident in. No one likes a bad hair day. Find a skin care routine that makes you want to dance and make sure your nails are clean and well-trimmed. This will tie in the whole look.
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2 Types of Colours in this World
- Neutrals: Easy to work with and can create many many outfits. You can pair each item easily. Black top with white pants or white top with black pants. What about a beige sweater and a white top? With neutrals, it’s easy to pair and it looks like you just walked out of a magazine.
- Colours: Colours are good. Don’t be afraid. Look at a colour wheel. Any colours that are directly opposite of each other are complementary colours. They give off a bold statement. Colours that are next to each other are analogous colours. They blend together and give off a cohesive look. Colours are fun to play with.
Proportions
If you think your outfit looks off – it may be the proportions. Break the outfit into threes. Are they all looking good? For example, are you wearing a long t-shirt covering your thighs? Don’t like it? Tuck the top in. You have now created a proportion. Does it look better? Maybe? Play with the proportions of your outfits. If you are wearing a sweater, you can fold it up to a quarter away from your wrist or, if you are feeling fancy, pull it to the elbow. See how you can make your outfit feel like yourself.
You can create an illusion to look taller and leaner by wearing high fitted waist pants. You can wear a belt to separate your top from your pants to look proportionate. The options are endless.
Match your shoes with your pants, it gives off the illusion that they are one, thus making a flow of one colour and making you look taller.
Baggy clothes are comfortable but can make you look like grass. No offense! Tight clothes – can you even move? Try splitting up the bagginess and tightness. Wear a baggy top but tight pants or a regular fitting tight top with baggy pants.
Rakstars, remember that elevating your style takes time. There is no one size fits all solution. Combine your fashion, confidence and your authenticness. There are going to be days where your style changes. That’s fine. What you liked before may not necessarily be what you like now? It’s all part of the growing process. Grow and live your life, the way you want it. If you’re happy, then no matter what you wear, your happiness will outshine everything.
So Rakstars, are you ready to shine?
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- Photo by Godisable Jacob
