Style Tip - Dress ME - Allocate your Assets

Let's talk about assets...our assets and how to make the most of them. Baring skin is a tried and tested trick for drawing the eye - but remember to keep it classy and stay classy. Invest in a good support system and nothing so tight it creates visible muffin top or boob bulge under your blouse or shirt. Turn up the heat on your terms. Sophia Loren said "style must be adapted to the woman and not vice versa"

What stands between you and looking like a superstar are tough decisions. Choosing luxury materials and fabrics that elegantly contour or hint at your curves are the best choice. Expensive? Yes, but well worth the investment. Bare arms are super stylish and strapless is not off limits, providing you have invisible support.

Great style is about diversion tactics no matter what your size or figure, that means steering the eye to what you want to show off and away from the rest. The goal is getting your top-to-toe look in proportion. Whether its the latest trends, its up to you to tailor your outfit to your body.

There are no perfect colours to downsize your silhouette, but in general dark colours and solid-colour palettes are best to minimise areas you are not so in love with. Don't forget the power of "naked"...naked arms, legs and bare shoulders will literally "air" out your look.

Everyone know's that the street is life's real runway...here we can excel in being inventive, chic and ourselves. I like to refer to this as Runway to Realway.

Diane von Furstenburg's advises -  Animal prints are best. They are fun, feline and move with the body, accentuating all of the right curves. The best advice ever...

Till next week, stay Glamorous xxx

 (Inspired by the book Marie Claire: Dress Skinny: Perfecting your Style, Flattering your Body and Looking Fabulous. Images courtesy of Pinterest)

Style Tip - Dress ME...

This week I'm starting a new series called Dress ME...a celebration of woman, any shape and size. I will help you achieve your personal best look. We will look at insider tips and words of wisdom from world renowned fashion designers and stylist who know how to dress woman and what woman should look like wearing their clothes...

Everybody has those days when you think you have nothing to wear or you just feel and look "horrible"...what if you had a closet full of clothes that actually work and make you look good everyday? Impossible you might think? I want to help you build a wardrobe that makes you feel fabulous everyday...We all deserve to feel that confidence which allows us to get on with enjoying life and being ourselves.

Perfection is overrated...no one is perfect, not one single person. The key is to figure out what works for you, your personality and lifestyle and what highlights the best of you. If you haven't quite figured it out yet...allow me to guide you. 

Before we start this journey, I have rules...

1. Accentuate your positives.
2. Don't compare yourself to anyone else. 
3. Positive body image and self talk.
4. Make the effort to look good.
5. Feel fabulous everyday.

Great style is born out of confidence. Perfect-fit clothes should skim your body, never squeeze. Neither should you hide your body under shapeless clothes, but rather celebrate your curves. Keeping proportion in mind when dressing goes a long way towards creating a sleek and modern look...

Legend has it that the broad rimmed champagne glass was moulded on Queen Marie Antoinette's own breast - a confirmation that woman and our curves should always be celebrated! 

Remember the "new" sexy is confidence...

Till next week, stay Glamorous xxx

(Inspired by the book Marie Claire: Dress Skinny: Perfecting your Style, Flattering your Body and Looking Fabulous and images courtesy of Pinterest)

Style Tip - FAB Happy Ever After...

Welcome to the last and final chapter in the FAB series...this week I'm talking about how to not only look good, but to stay fit and healthy. Having control over your body allows you to feel relaxed and in control of all the other aspects of your life...in a way exercise is the new clubbing! 

We also have to try and calm our minds - one way to do this is to give social media a rest...at least a few hours every day. Social media can seriously interfere with our rest and sleep patterns, which in turn can affect our mood and appearance...

As we get older our hormones change...we can help ourselves adapt easier by eating a nutritious and balanced diet with everything in moderation. To look good, stay vital, independent and enjoy life to the max, as we get older exercise unfortunately becomes non-negotiable. We need to try and cut down on stress, keep up our social life, stay open minded, laugh and find a passion to enjoy life to the fullest.

Our health depends on positivity. Our own negative comments can make us feel as low as if someone else is insulting us. As older woman, we are the new power generation - we are very much engaged in life and like to look good, not just look good "for our age." 75% of woman over 40 have more fun, 76% said they were healthier than ever and 65% of woman in our age bracket said they are happier than before. How chic and fabulous is that?

I hope you have enjoyed reading my FAB series. Being Fabulous & Beyond is a life journey that starts now...even I have to work on all these aspects myself every day...just remember "old is the new black!" 

Till next week...stay glamorous xxx

(Inspired by the book Stylish Forever by Alyson Walsh and images courtesy of Pinterest)