MY STYLE TEST
Having trouble honing in on your style? Have your ideas about how you’d like to look changed over the years but your wardrobe hasn’t? Are you having too many ICM’s? That’s what I call it when you have an immobilizing closet moment, you stand there surrounded by clothes feeling like you have nothing to wear.
I came up with this test years ago, (when my then teenaged daughter used to literally send me back to the closet), and I urge you to try it. The next time you’re dressed and ready to go out, stop and take a long look at yourself in the mirror. Ask yourself this very telling question. "If I saw a women on the street today in this outfit would I think she looked fabulous or would I send her back to the closet?"
If the answer is the latter take off that outfit and toss it into the charity pile! It’s time to purge, I know it’s hard but if you have a vision of your style that doesn’t match your clothes it’s time for a change. Start by making a Pinterest fashion board, your style will reveal itself by the pictures you are attracted to and pining.
And changing your wardrobe doesn’t have to be about spending a zillion dollars because there is something for every budget. I like mixing high and low end, and if you’re into designer clothes you can’t afford start checking out your local thrift shops or on line sites like The Real Real. Some of my best designer pieces have been thrifted and many still with the original tags. So in the words of that famous fashion philosopher, Tjmaxx, 'Never Pay Full Price For Fabulous!’
