by Kathleen Audet, AICI You can count on patterns to add visual interest and variety to your wardrobe. So what kinds of patterns are there and how do you mix them? There are over 250 patterns in the world of prints and patterns and motifs–with…
If Not, Run (Don’t Walk) to Your Favorite Seamstress When it comes to your wardrobe, fit not only flatters, it matters. Much more than you think. Last week, I shared the best and brightest 2015 Fashion Trends. They’re fun, they’re formal, they’re funky and they’re…
Last week we took a peek at five of this season’s Top 10 fashion trends. Let’s round it out with the remaining top five fads to ratchet up your red carpet finesse and max out your wardrobe street savvy. Ruffle it up Ruffles are everywhere,…
In this dizzying, distracting year of politics and polarization, the ever-changing world of women’s fashion seems positively stable. Let’s take a look at five of the season’s Top 10 Fashion Trends that can help pull your current classic wardrobe back to the future. 1. Check,…
Hourglass Body Type You’re The Top To stay tops in the fashion department, choose shirts and blouses that enhance your waist and bust line and help lengthen your torso. Perfect are V-neck or scooped neck silhouettes, halter tops that show off your shapely shoulders, wraparound…
Rectangular Body Type
Lucky you! A rectangular body shape makes you part of the fashion elite: today’s top models.
If you have a rectangular body shape, often described as “boyish,” the goal for dressing your lean and athletic figure is simply to create the appearance of a curvier waist and derriere to enhance your femininity and draw attention to your great arms and legs. Assets of a boyish figure are:
- Full neck
- Broad back
- Small to medium bust
- Balanced shoulders and hips
- Square hips
- Undefined waistline
- Flat derriere
- Great legs and arms
- Few or no curves
How to Dress for Your Body Type Pear Body Shape Although every figure is unique, this shape is probably the most common for women. If you are a Pear, you probably have a slender face and neck, narrow but shapely shoulders that slope downward, a…
Apple Body Shape As an Apple, you have soft feminine curves and a much-envied bustline–not to mention great legs! That’s why you want to draw attention toward those A-plus attributes. To do that, choose simply designed clothing that visually lengthens and elongates your generously rounded…
10 Ways to Mix Wardrobe Patterns & Prints with Style This week’s post was written by Ginger Burr, president of Boston-based Total Image Consultants. A treasured and well-respected friend and colleague, Ginger has done a masterful job of explaining how to mix and match prints.…
It Promises to be More Than “In the Pink” It’s a first for Pantone: The 2016 Color of the Year is actually a blending of TWO colors: Rose Quartz pink and Serenity blue. Never before has the world-renowned Pantone Color Institute chosen two colors to…