Fashion Tabu

Clothes make a visual statement about how we view ourselves and reinforce our image and help to define our true selves.

Wearing the right colour and style of clothes makes us look younger and healthier.

Fads come and go every year but trends stay for at least half a decade.

For any professional woman, it is important to acknowledge that clothing and personal appearance are a vital means of communication.

Managing our appearance is something that we should incorporate in our daily routine as it is an important part of who we are.

The right time to buy your footwear is in the evening, when the feet are generally swollen to their maximum.

To test colour fastness of a fabric, keep the cloth half in sun and half in shade. Wash a corner with soap and see if the colour bleeds. Also you can rub on a white cloth, after soaking in water and check if it bleeds.

The beauty of true versatility is when we can wear different jewellery or accessories each time we wear a dress in similar style.

Wrap the clothes in white cotton or muslin before storing. This preserves the colour and the shine on the dress.

The key to being well turned out has a lot to do with the comfort level in the clothes we are wearing.

Colour look different on everyone. What looks good on someone may not look good on us. We must be smart to analyse a shade when it is not meant for us.

Our wardrobe helps dictate our professional prosperity by helping us to manage our image in the workplace and by reinforcing our confidence and self esteem.

Fashionable is how we oirselves dress, it is the others who are out of fashion.

Charm is ego friendly, maintenance free and compact enough to carry around with you everywhere.

Different jewellery or accessories can change a dress dramatically each time you put it on.

Our personal style evolves as an extension to our character.

We must always buy clothes that make us feel comfortable.

Light colours are flattering around the face and attract attention to it.

Anything fancy worn downwards like attractive footwear, will attract the eye down making you visibly lose inches. Similarly an accessory like a statement neck piece will attract attention to your face and add inches to your height.

Wrap heavy clothes in white cotton or muslin before storing. This preserves the colour and the shine on the dress.

Being fashionable does not mean having a new wardrobe every six months. It could however mean, mixing your colours a little differently or accessorising your outfit differently each time you wear it.

It may surprise you to know that we can all wear any colour to look and feel great. The secret is to find out how we can personally wear each colour best, enabling us to be as creative as we want.

When buying a real stone, always check under a magnifying glass for blemishes, cracks, smoothness and regularity.

The secret to remaining fashionable includes watching fashion trends and then finding styles within those trends that fit our body type and budget.

A modern fashion staple, leggings, have established themselves as a necessary accessory in every woman’s wardrobe.

An occasional splash of vibrant colours in our wardrobe, will bring out the zeal and youthfulness in us.