You & Your Style

Take an honest look in the mirror and be realistic about what you look like.

Coming to terms with your body can be liberating.

80% of style is having the right clothes for the occasion.

You&Your Body

Pear Shape Apple Shape Hourglass shape Rectangle-Shaped Inverted Triangle

Shape

The ideal body is X for female and Inverted Triangle for men

Pears Shape

Pear Shape

We want to give the appearance of wider shoulders and bigger bust

What you need to do is to over play your upper body and give your lower body a slimmer sleeker look. Do this by using color on top, wide neck lines, accentuate your waste and wear dark colors on the bottom.

Pear Shape

Do wear...

Accessories and designs to draw attention to your upper body

Short-sleeved tops

Shoulder pads to broaden your shoulders.

Medium to high necklines

Boot leg and straight pants

Pear Shape

Don't wear... Baggy garments

Stiff fabric

Garments that add bulk to your hips

Open pleats on skirts or pants

Tapered skirts or pants

Apple Shape

Apple Shape

Balance is always the goal. Our main goal will be to lengthen or elongate your torso.

We want to give the appearance of slimmer shoulders and waist

We need to draw attention away from the tummy, and draw attention to your best attributes which include your much envied breast and legs.

Apple

Do wear...

Ear-rings, necklaces to draw an observer's eyes up towards your shoulders and face

Shoulder pads to emphasize your shoulders. Semi-fitted and loose fitting clothes

Good fitting, well adjusted bras

Tops and bottoms in the same colors

Apple

Low necklines

Un-tucked tops

Tops and dresses that flow through the waistline

Straight flat-fronted pants in soft, flowing fabric

Straight and slightly flared skirts

Apple Shape

Don't wear... Clingy fabrics

Fitted clothes

Fabric with large patterns

High necklines

Large lapels

Belts

Hourglass

Hourglass

If youare one of the ladies whois blessed with an hourglass figure, then you are very fortunate.

Our goal is to draw attention to your waist and accentuate those feminine curves without adding size to your hips and shoulders.

Hourglass (short list)

Do wear... Fitted and semi-fitted clothes

Low to medium-low necklines

Dresses with defined waistlines

Straight and gently flared shirts

Hourglass

Don't wear... Stiff, bulky, fabrics

Baggy styles

High necklines

Skirts with open pleats

Rectangle

Rectangle-Shaped Figure We need to create the appearance of a curvier

waist and bottom to enhance your femininity, and draw our focus to your great legs and thighs.

Rectangle (short list)

Do wear... Shoulder pads to emphasize your shoulders.

If you have firm upper arms, short-sleeves and sleeve-less tops and dresses

Medium to high necklines

A-line shirts

Rectangle Shape

Don't wear... Clingy fabrics

Fitted clothes

Low necklines

Baggy tops

Baggy pants

Narrow skirts

Inverted Triangle

Inverted Triangle

Your main style aims is to create the illusion of the perfect hourglass body shape by balancing your lower body to your upper body and to draw attention away from your upper body.

Inverted Triangle Shape

Do wear... Flowing fabrics

Low to medium-low necklines

Three-quarter length sleeves

A good fitting, well adjusted bra

Tops and dresses that flow through the waist

Inverted Triangle

Don't wear... Stiff, bulky, fabrics

Styles that emphasize your shoulders

High necklines

Big collars

Hair and fashion

Maybe you have never thought about it, but changing your hair color has the same importance as choosing a dress or matching the right jewelry with your outfit

The hair is a very important accessory and its color plays a crucial role

Choosing the hair color

Changing the color of your hair can transform your appearance, making you look younger and attractive.

There are three main ways you can change your hair: by choosing a striking new color (going from blonde to brunette), by lighting or darkening your natural color or by covering up the grey.

Choosing the hair color

Choosing the right color can be very difficult, especially the first time you try something new.

The most important thing is to take into account your skin tone, to make sure that the color will look natural on you.

Choosing the hair color

This is especially important as you age, due to the fact that the skin tends to get paler as you grow older, and dark hair that looked stunning in your 20s can look to harsh when you reach your 50s.

Choosing the hair color

In the daylight, hold a card with the potential hair color directed up to your face, so that the color reflects on your skin.

Often a contrast looks good: skin that is red in tone will look redder with red and may look even better with dark, more bluish-tinted hair.

Choosing the hair color

SKIN TONE COLOR CHOICE

PALE OF IVORY Any hair color will look good when young, when older avoid dark or intense colours.

ROSY Avoid red or golden-blonde: choose ash tones to neutralize your skin tone

Choosing the hair color

YELLOW Avoid yellow, gold or orange, go for deep reds and rich burgundies

OLIVE Stay dark, adding richness: warm chestnut or burgundy will look good.

Choosing the hair color

Coloring your hair close to your natural shade is much easier and prevent problems as the hair grows out.

When you change your hair color you may have to change your wardrobe and make-up.

Find the RIGHT colors for YOU

You have surely had the experience of a day when everyone noticed how well, relaxed and glamorous you looked. Or, when you were wearing something red and you noticed that you were the center of attention, that you seemed more svelte and full of life.

Find the RIGHT colors for YOU

The secret of such a look rests in finding your natural color and harmonizing your whole look in order to obtain a natural, uniform brilliance. On the contrary, colors that put you at a disadvantage makes you look older, tired and dull. This is what you have to do:

Find the RIGHT colors for YOU

There are the following major harmonies. You just have to choose whats right for you.

On the papers you have in front of you please put down which is your color harmony

Deep/Bright&profound

My eyes and hair are dark colored. My skin is either light or dark. My color scheme resembles: Gloria Estefan, Cindy Crawford, Cher, Angela Basse>, Sandra Bullock, Michelle Kwan, Winona Ryder, Sophia Loren.

Light/Bright&delicate

My hair, skin and eye color match perfectly. My hair is light colored, my skin is bright, my eyes are light colored and bright. My color scheme resembles: Sharon Stone, Charlize Theron, Michelle Pfeier, Meg Ryan, Vanessa Williams, Claudia Schier, and Gwyneth Paltrow.

Warm/Golden glow

My color is neither too bright nor too dark; my hair color is gold, dark blond, golden brown or has a reddish shade. I dont have freckled skin. My eyes are blue, green, hazel brown or topaz -colored. The color scheme resembles: Tyra Banks, Nicole Kidman, Sarah Ferguson, Gillian Anderson and Julia Roberts.

Cool/Cold & delicate

My color scheme is neither too light nor too dark. My skin is beige, pink-beige or beige-pink. My eyes are blue, blue-grey or grey. My hair is brown, cinder blond, grizzled or grizzled black. My color scheme resembles: Princess Caroline, George Clooney, Barbara Bush, and Elizabeth Hurley.

Bright/Clear & Contrastive

My hair is dark, my skin is translucent, and my eyes are luminous and bright like a jewel. My color scheme resembles: Tea Leoni, Elijah Wood, Courtney Cox, Elizabeth Taylor, Demi Moore, Julie Andrews & Daniel Radclie.

Soft/Tender&Discreet

My colors are neutral, my skin is opaque and my eyes are full of color. My color scheme resembles: Helen Hunt, Jennifer Aniston, and Barbara Streisand.

Wheel of Color for Fashion1. Colors directly next to each other (i.e. yellow and yellow-orange; yellow and yellow-green; violet and blue-violet, etc.)2. Colors that form right (90 degree) angles with each other (i.e. yellow and red-orange; blue and violet-red; green and orange, etc.)3. Colors directly across from each other (i.e. yellow and violet; blue and orange; red and green, etc.)4. Colors that form a T (i.e. blue, orange, and violet-red; yellow, violet, and red-orange; yellow, blue-green, and red-orange, etc.)5. Colors that form an X (i.e. blue, orange, violet-red, and yellow, violet, blue-green, and red-orange, etc.)

3 Steps

1. Avoid the mistakes

2. Know yourself and your body

3. Create your OWN fashion style

Age vs. Age

Age vs. Age

Dress according to your age! Fashion can help you look younger, but dont expect it to work wonders.

Keep in mind that when you dress too youthfully for your real age, paradoxically all you manage to do is put your age forward.

You can be sexy at 40, at 50 but that doesnt mean wearing generous dcolletages and short skirts.

The time and space rules

Match your ouMit with the occasion and the moment of day. It isnt by chance that clothes are divided into evening / day ouMits, casual / elegant ouMits.

Quantity vs. Quality

Choose to wear and to invest in quality clothes rather than in quanRty. In the case of clothes, quality means quality fabrics, excellent design, and almost perfect workmanship.

It doesnt mean youll have to shop only in the most expensive stores. For starters you can invest in the basics: jackets, a pair of jeans of a neutral color, quality accessories.

Ruined accessories

Theres no point of having a perfect ouMit if the accessories are not of good quality or in a good stage. We have the tendency to always analyze accessories.

When we analyze someone, we always greet him or her from head to toe, so the shoes are an important element in the nal conclusion. Thus, even if your ouMit is faultless and ts you perfectly, it will be cancelled out by a pair of dirty or ruined shoes

Unfinished details Lets start thinking about

our nails as if they were accessories: its not by mistake that there is a whole beauty industry just for nails. Cracked nail polish, broken or bitten nails, and overgrown toe nails, all this is bound to create a sloppy, grimy image.

When you give these details the attention they deserve, you will automatically feel surer of your ground because you have nothing to hide and nothing to be ashamed of.

Fashion victim Armed with tens of magazines, you went shopping wanting to look exactly like a model or a star. I already explained the rules to you, but let me add one more: dont become a fashion victim, dont let fashion rule your life. The difference between a fashion victim and yourself has to rest precisely in the personal filter that you apply to every piece of information.

Uniforms Short skirts, high heels, white and pink are in fashion. Ok, choose whats right for you considering your personality, skin color and physical data. But if you see the same outfit worn by another 30 persons, its time to move on. Transforming fashion into a uniform is a symbol of trivialization.

The BIG secret

You look good you feel good!

A well defined style makes you confident in yourself.

We tend to analyze people form the look point of view and of course people analyze us from the same angle.

Really, IMAGE matters!

You & Your Image

For the best picture start by relaxing the muscles in your faceyour forehead, your eyes, your cheeks, your lips, your nose, your neck, and your shoulders.

You & Your Image

When you smile for the camera, smile not just with your lips but with your eyes.

Put your chin down. What is being photographed is your face, not your neck. You become more photogenic.

You & Your Image

Shrug your shoulders and roll them down and back for good posture. You'll appear taller.

Want to look thinner? While your head faces the camera, turn your body slightly to the left or the right to stand on an angle (you can place one foot behind the other if that helps).

You & Your Image

Check out any celebrity magazine, and you'll notice a number of starlets turn their bodies about a quarter away from the camera to appear slimmer.