Having your own style, recognizable and admirable, is the dream of every girl, girl and woman. No one is born with a perfect sense of style. It comes as a result of painstaking work on oneself and understanding oneself.
But there are 5 steps that, if you carefully follow, you can put together your own stylish wardrobe and develop a sense of taste:
- Analysis of lifestyle and preferences.
- Determination of color type, figure, analysis by type.
- Choosing a style direction, color scheme, selection of clothes.
- Wardrobe analysis.
- Changing attitudes towards shopping.
Analysis of your own life
This is the first point that is aimed at understanding yourself. A girl must understand what takes up more time in her life and what takes less time. To do this, you can draw a pie chart with different activities and note their percentages. So, a housewife will spend most of her time doing household chores and walking with her child. And attending events where evening wear is required, – already less. Girls working in an office will have a different situation.Understanding your own lifestyle is the foundation for your developing sense of style and wardrobe.
To better understand yourself, you can ask yourself 2 questions:
- Who do I feel like?
- How do I want to see myself?
Next, you need to understand your own preferences. Some people prefer delicate images, others sporty ones. At this stage, you can use Pinterest, study the looks of fashion bloggers and save the ones you like. You can save pictures of individual items, capsule wardrobe layouts, or photographs of people in ready-made looks.
A notepad in which your preferences will be written down can also help.
Determination of color type, shape and analysis by type
There are a lot of classifications of people in the world that can help or confuse in the formation of style. But for yourself it is advisable to highlight and understand three:
- color type;
- figure shape;
- type.
The color type is divided into autumn, spring, summer and winter.
Autumn type girls have golden skin, dark brown hair and bright eye color. Their overall appearance is warm and reminiscent of this time of year.
Characteristic of “spring” fair skin with a slight blush and blond hair. This type has minimal contrast.
Summer girls have almost transparent thin and light skin, blond hair and blue or gray eyes.
"Winter" in appearance more contrast. It can be very light skin and almost black hair. Sometimes there is a “winter” with snow-white hair and bright eye color.
The shape of the figure is found:
- hourglass;
- apple;
- pear;
- rectangle;
- triangle.
Determining your type on your own is a little more difficult; you may need the help of an uninterested outsider.
One of the popular classifications is types according to Larson. Here they highlight dramatics, straights, romantics, gamins. Each type has its own figure, facial features, body structure and other details. In their pure form, these types are rarely found in life; usually girls combine 2-3 types at once. Understanding your own type greatly facilitates the formation of a wardrobe and style, and helps to emphasize the advantages of your figure.
Choosing a style direction
A list with preferences and visions of yourself in new images is already ready. There is information about suitable silhouettes and colors. It's time to combine all this information into a common concept.
The main styles include the following:
- classical;
- romantic;
- sports;
- retro;
- ethnic;
- casual.
You don't have to use just one style in your wardrobe. In life you have to deal with different situations and it is not necessary to always, for example, be “at sports”.
The chosen direction should be as comfortable as possible and correspond to preferences and type of appearance.
Wardrobe clearance
You shouldn’t rush to the store immediately after completing the previous step. To fill your life with something new, you have to give up the old. This will require a radical wardrobe cleanout.
It requires unloading all clothes, including outerwear, shoes, bags and jewelry. You need to try on each item and understand whether it fits into the concept of the future style. It is worth giving up all things that are no longer relevant for your wardrobe or that bring a feeling of discomfort. You can take all unnecessary clothes to stores and get a discount or give them away to friends.
From the remaining things it is worth putting together the first images. For this purpose, shoes, outerwear, and accessories will be used. You can immediately write down or photograph completed images and mark what is missing before completing others.
After a thorough analysis of your wardrobe, all that remains is to write a shopping list of new things and go to the store. The list should include new bags, jewelry, hats and other details to complete the look.
Changing attitudes towards shopping
It's a rare person who can resist sales and promotions. Seasonal sales beckon from every banner and promise profitable purchases. Because of them, the sense of taste is often confused when, in a rush, things are bought that are irrelevant for the wardrobe. Some girls buy dresses that seem inexpensive at first glance, thinking that they will lose weight or use it for a holiday, or maybe find a new job.
This is not a reason to avoid sales; they can often buy things you really need. But before any trip to the store, it is recommended to make a list of things that are needed or that can complement your existing wardrobe. Trying on clothes, even if they are very inexpensive, also needs to be done slowly and responsibly. Imagine it with other things, evaluate the quality of tailoring and the service life of the item in the wardrobe. This will protect your budget from unexpected purchases, and your closet from the eternal problem of “nowhere to hang it.”
After going through five steps, style will not appear by magic wand. Probably, someone will stop at one of the stages and start working on themselves at a deeper level. Style is not only the outer shell of a person. This is his attitude, comfort and understanding of his nature. The better a person understands how he wants to see himself, the easier his taste and style are formed.
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