Style Workshop

Last week I ran a Style Workshop with Made Easy 4 U Events (www.madeeasy4uevents.com)  for a group of ladies interested to learn more about how to dress to suit their body shape and personal colour characteristics.

Such good fun (is this really my job?!) and very interactive including practical colour and body shape analysis and lots of visual examples of celebrities getting it right and wrong!!

One lady in particular looked so great in a vibrant shade of red that everyone gasped! (If you too look good in bright red then I’d recommend the Red Button Back Trench Coat from Wallis http://bit.ly/b2YZ0F.) It really is true that when you wear what I like to call a “wow” colour the affect can be dramatic.

You know you are wearing the right colour if:

—  Your face appears to be lit from underneath

—  Your skins appears smoother, fresher and younger

—  Your eye colour is enhanced

—  You notice YOU more than the colour

One of the ladies was a slim pear shape and was wearing a cowl neck top much like the one shown here.

The style of it meant that her narrow shoulders were emphasised and so by default her hips looked wider. When lifted up and pulled across the width of her shoulders in the style of an off the shoulder top (like the one shown below) her shoulders immediately appeared broader thereby bringing the width of her hips into proportion and creating an hourglass silhouette.

It was a great example of how clearly style affects our appearance and how minor adjustments to the way in which we wear our clothes can quickly make significant improvements. No need to buy a whole new wardrobe then - you just need to be creative with styles, accessories and how you put outfits together.

The morning ended with how to effectively declutter your wardrobe – not just chucking stuff out that you haven’t worn in the last year but being really thorough so that when you open your wardrobe doors you love everything you see! Some of the key advantages being that:

·       -  Never again will you arrive at work and/or social function and wish you were wearing something else

·        - You will always look great as anything that doesn’t suit your body shape or personal colour characteristics has been removed

·        - No longer will you waste time or become stressed by trying on countless outfits

Next time you open your wardrobe have a think about how it makes you feel. Are you happy with your clothes? Do you really know what suits you? Do your clothes make you feel confident? If not then perhaps it’s time to take some advice....

© Alice Treanor 2010