10 Fashion Tips To Ensure You're Always Stylish
It is true what they say; first impressions last longer. And the first thing people see most times when they lay their eyes on you are your clothes, your outfit. What you wear and how you wear it says a lot about you.
The way we dress plays a huge psychological role in our lives. It ties into our self esteem and confidence.
Dressing nice not only makes you look good, you’ll also feel confident and feel great about yourself. Fashion gives us strength, courage, and confidence. So, it’s safe to say that it’s important to try our best to dress well and stay stylish.
But how do you do that? How do you ensure you’re always stylish and look your best, no matter the size of your wardrobe?
Being stylish goes beyond the outside appearance where you get accolades and second looks, wearing clothes that will get you attention and get heads turning. Part of the process is what happens in the backend, what happens in your wardrobe, your process of choosing what to wear and how to wear them.
In this article we’re going to discuss 10 fashion tips you can implement that will help you through the process of becoming stylish and staying stylish.
1. Find Your Personal Style
Your body is unique to you, so it’s important that you find what looks good on you and what works best for you. This is going to require experimenting and paying attention to what you look and feel good in.
The experimenting process might take some time, but with time you’ll find what works best for you, then you can stick to this and remain effortlessly stylish. During the search, you want to be free and open-minded, be wary of categories and classifications.
There’s no telling what will look great on you or what’ll you love so much that it’ll become a staple in your wardrobe. Finding your personal style makes it easy for you to consistently look effortlessly stylish.
2. Become a Better Shopper
Filling your wardrobe with items you don’t need or wear isn’t going to help you be stylish or remain stylish. It’s actually going to make it hard for you to style an outfit.
This ties into finding your personal style. As soon as you find your personal style and know what works for you and what you love, it’ll be easy for you to only shop for items that are for you. This way you won’t have unnecessary clutter that’ll make dressing up a herculean task for you.
Develop the habit of shopping for only the things you need.
3. Make Sure Your Clothes Fit Perfectly
Before you start an argument in the favour of oversized clothes, which can be fashionable if not done in a sloppy manner, understand that it’s important for your clothes to fit.
You need to make sure you hire a good tailor to make sure your clothes fit. Any piece of clothing can look great on you if it’s well sewn. You won’t look stylish with crooked and uneven spacing on your clothes.
You can eventually start experimenting with oversized clothing, but making sure you build from a foundation where you make sure everything fits will make oversized clothing look fashionable, not sloppy.
4. Learn How to Balance Proportions
Creating harmony between the pieces you’re wearing is a good way to look stylish. This is heavily dependent on your body shape.
The goal here is to make your outfits more cohesive and flow nicely together. If you want to incorporate anything in the oversize category, make sure to wear another fitting item to balance it out.
5. Tap into the Power of Building a Capsule Wardrobe
A capsule wardrobe is a simple solution to staring at a wardrobe full of clothes and feeling like you have nothing to wear. Some of us are all too familiar with that feeling.
A capsule wardrobe consists of a carefully selected array of classic pieces that do not go out of style and that complement each other. With a capsule wardrobe you can create a wide variety of stylish outfits without having too many clothing items.
With a capsule wardrobe you can put together a stylish outfit without experiencing decision fatigue or wasting time.
6. Swap Clothes With Your Stylish Friends
You can keep your wardrobe interesting and remain stylish without spending too much money or spending money at all.
You can get new pieces and inject some freshness into your wardrobe by exchanging clothes with your stylish friends. A great way to do this is to trade a clothing item you haven’t worn in a while for a piece from your friend, a clothing piece you love and would love to wear.
This way you don’t spend money at all, all you have to do is set up a swap meeting, it could be you and just one friend or it could be something like a party where you invite more than one friend.
7. Tuck in Your Shirt, But Not all the Way
Tucking your sweater, tank, or collared silk shirt can instantaneously make you look more stylish. But the trick is in how you tuck it in.
The idea is to put less effort into the tuck, it doesn’t have to be perfect. Grab the front and loosely tuck it down and you have an effortlessly stylish look.
This is great for both tall and short people but it works great at making short people seem tall. Tucking your shirt in the front gives your jeans and your legs visibility, making you seem taller than you actually are.
8. Add a Scarf, Hat, or Neckerchief to Your Look
Adding a neckerchief is a fun layering piece, it gives a sophisticated vibe to any outfit. You can also add a hat to spice up your outfit even more.
Scarfs, neckerchiefs, and hats all fall in the same category, they are like the icing on top that adds a touch of class, style, and sophistication to any outfit. They are a great way to add a fashionable statement to your outfit.
9. Mix Fabrics, Patterns, and Textures
Making bold statements can be very stylish if you do it right. And a great way to make bold statements is to combine clashing textures and prints.
Putting together different fabrics and textures makes you look fashionable and stylish, it says you know what you’re doing and you’re bold enough to put together your own outfits and styles to display your personality.
An example is wearing a silk shirt with a leather shirt, it creates a pleasant and interesting contrast. Mix things together until you find something that works for you.
10. Colour Coordinate Your Outfit
A fantastic way to colour match your outfit is to pick one colour and wear different shades of it. Maybe wear one shade of red and carry a purse or handbag that is another shade of red that complements your red dress.
The simple tip here is, pay attention to the colours you wear and how you combine them. Don’t be afraid to try out different combinations, over time you’ll find the colours and colour combinations that match your style.