How to Buy Flattering Clothes

How to Wear Clothes: Part Three

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Find what colors look best on you.

Be honest with yourself about what looks good on you. Use a three-way mirror to find out what looks good on you. Heed friends’ advice.

Invest in quality wardrobe essentials. Have them tailored to fit properly.

Update your look with accessories. Seasonal and trendy belts, handbags, scarfs, and jewelry can make a look. Focus on your physical assets.

Use the fashion archetype quiz to help you find what honors your inner goddess and feels good to wear.

Here are some more tips for how to wear clothes and dress with style.

Don't Recycle Retro Looks

Don’t try to relive your youth. Find something new to do and show you know how to wear clothes in your own special way.

One secret of how to buy flattering clothes is to to move forward with grace and imagination. Don't go backward.

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Dressing Too Young
Is Not Youthful

The style line between out-of-date and in-fashion is one each of negotiates in front of a mirror and with honest feedback from other people.

A wide range of clothing styles, fabrics, and prices makes it easier than ever before to cut a fashionable swath after we reach a certain age.

Clothes look fashionably retro on younger women may look like something we decided to pull from our donations box.

There is no need to wear our nostalgia out to dine.

Have Fun with Fashion

Buy a color you never wear, a piece of jewelry you crave, or stick a Christmas ornament on your straw hat.

Thrift and consignment shops are great places to find unusual and accent pieces that you would never otherwise consider.

Wear a dressy jacket or blouse with casual pants. Pair two colors that you’ve never tried together.

Shake it up, mix it up.

Learn how to dress with style by experimenting and having fun with the whole thing.

Invest in A Good Haircut

As our hair thins and chins sag, an entirely new style may be in order. Be bold. It will grow out if you hate it, and you can wear hats until it does.

You’ll feel better just by making a change in your hairstyle. No look lasts forever.

Don’t feel that you must wear your hair short because you are older. It’s a myth that unnecessarily robs some of us a feminine touch, and it does not make us look a day more youthful.

How to find a good stylist:

Whenever you see a woman with a haircut you like, ask her where she goes. She will be flattered for the compliment. If she’s not, that’s her problem, not yours.

A stylist who gives or takes workshops invests time and money in his or her professional development. A good hair stylist is as necessary as a good auto mechanic.

Lipstick: Don't Leave Home Without
A Dab of Color

This is a do-as-I-say-not-as-I-do statement. When I remember to put on make-up, I like Revlon’s Colorstay. It’s a two-stage liquid application – color followed by a gloss.

If you use lip liner, there’s a third stage. ColorStay is slightly drying, but it really does stay on all day. And once a day is all the time and effort I’m willing to spend on make-up.