Prologue…….

Those of you who were following my wardrobe cull posts will know I was a little undecided about keeping this dress. I decided in the end to keep it as I think I can make it work for me.

Not every style is the best style for your body shape, nor will every colour make you glow and your eyes glisten, but if we only wore what suited us to a tea, we would find style and fashion a bit restrictive and boring.

What  Nat from Defined Image teaches, what she is so brilliant at doing, what I love about her and what I am learning, is that you can make things that are not your perfect fit still work for you. Don’t get me wrong she will tell you what your best shapes, lengths and colours are, and those items should make up 85% of your wardrobe, but there is a little room for eccentricity in everyone’s wardrobe.

I didn’t particularly enjoy doing the wardrobe cull posts, not only did they take me hours (like litterally 3-4 hours) but at the end of them I wasn’t standing their in my cutest combo, I was standing there in the absolute worst things in my wardrobe, with no make up, poor lighting (because it had gotten so late), thinking ‘Oh God I have just ruined my image I have worked hard over the past 6 months.’

Some of my cull was successful, I got rid of a heap of bags and shoes (pats back)!

Other things like my dresses, were not so easy. I knew these items weren’t ideal, that is why I was showcasing them as examples. I knew I should let them go as they were taking up valuable real estate but I had an attachment. Unfortunately  a lot of this commentry was lost, many people only saw the images, only saw me in an awefull dress, and instead of laughing with me at my hopeless ability to let things go, decided to give me a lesson in how to dress.

So with that and a little reflection, I feel I have a lot to give in everyday style insperation, perhaps not so much in how to declutter your wardrobe, I’ll leave those top tips to the Define Miss N! x

So……….

Blue loves orange, tan is pretty much a version of orange. I imagine a blue and charcoal print scarf or blue statement necklace would have looked amazing with this outfit. I had neither 🙁

I also thought a leopard print scarf comprised of tan, blonde and black/dark brown would have also looked amazing…..I’ll put one of them on my list too.

What I did have was a lot of other black and tan items, which is fine they work well too, they are just not as exciting. I have paired my black and tan dress with black opaque tights and tan boots. Both items calmly work with the outfit as they are repeating the colours in the dress.

The tan jacket, divides the stripes and elongates my torso making me look thinner.

The thing that stands out the most is my necklace, while the black (curved) horizontal stripes tie in with the black (curved) horizontal stripes in the dress the white on the other hand stands out and makes this necklace the star of the show. The necklace also lowers the neckline of my outfit as the neckline of the dress is too high.

G xx