Unlock Your Rebellious Style Essence And Say Goodbye to Fashion Mistakes Forever
Let’s face it, as women, we are used to being our own worst critics when it comes to our style. We try to fit in to what we feel we ‘should’ wear or try to copy fashion trends and influencers but most of us don’t have a clue what suits us or what is appropriate for our age or how to dress our own body. With so much outside noise from the media we have lost touch with who we are at our core and what our true style essence is. We’ve never been taught how to harness our own personal brand through style and colour. We only view ourselves through a subjective often very negative lens. As a trained image consultant in my fifties I know firsthand through my own style transformation and with my clients how lost we can be. We don’t have a clue who we are on the inside and how to express it through our clothes on the outside. This is so sad and such a waste to spend out lives hiding away in drab boring clothes to dress as we think we ‘should’ dress for our jobs or to blend in with the crowd. As a Rebellious women in her fifties my passion and purpose is to help women show up as who they really are and in their full technicolour goddess era. When we have this knowledge we will never make a fashion ‘mistake’ ever again.
Here are my five Top tips to create your signature style and unleash your technicolour goddess:
Sticking to “Safe” Colours
Mistake: Over-reliance on beige, black, or grey can wash you out and feel uninspired. One myth I am here to dispel is that black suits everyone or makes you look slimmer. Black is the absence of all other colours and can make us look old and tired or actually bigger than we are.
Fix: get you colours professionally analysed and you will never look boring ever again. Armed create the freedom to wear a quarter of the worlds colours that make your eyes pop, your skin glow. Everything in your wardrobe will go together no more fashion faux pas or having a wardrobe full of things you’ve never worn.
Dress the body you have now
Mistake: Buying things to slim into is just personal torture and will make you feel bad about yourself every time you open the wardrobe doors. Clothes that are too tight or too loose can distort your silhouette and age your appearance.
Fix: Prioritize fit over size. Forget the size label. As we know every brand has different sizing systems so don’t get hung up on the number, get it so it fits you now. Clothing brands make for bodies that are perfectly in proportion and we all have unique bodies so let’s celebrate that.
Accessories are the icing on the cake
Mistake: Forgetting about your accessories can make a beautiful outfit look boring and lacks interest or style.
Fix: Belts, jewellery, hair accessories, shoes and bags that represent your personality and that you love can add the finishing touches, the talking points that make you look pulled together and stylish.
Blindly following trends
Mistake: Buying trendy items for likes or because everyone else is wearing them rather than choosing items that are your style and will be with you for the long run leads to a disjointed wardrobe and wasting money.
Fix: Invest in timeless pieces that reflect your essence not algorithms. Add the odd ‘on trend’ accessory that keeps your look fresh but only of it really is your style.
Wearing Clothes That Don’t Reflect Your Energy or who you are
Mistake: Dressing “appropriately for your age” often translates to dressing small, safe, and invisible. Forget anyone who says do I look like mutton dressed as lamb? ! they are not your people.
Fix: Dress from your Rebellious Essence. Do you think Helen Mirren worries about whether she’s too old to wear what she wants ? NO ! When your style aligns with your energy, you don’t make mistakes, you make MAGIC.
