7 Simple Ways to Improve Your Style and Look Polished
Discovering new ways to simplify our lives, while maintaining a strong sense of personal style, can be incredibly liberating.
Here, I’m going to show you how to improve your style with seven easy fashion hacks. Let's dive right in.
1. Wear more classics
As women, when we feel like we have nothing to wear or think our outfit is off, it’s often because our wardrobe lacks a solid foundation of classic pieces.
Classics serve as the foundation that helps ground and balance the more experimental items we add to our closet.
Dressing well involves mastering the art of balancing experimental pieces with classic ones.
A perfect wardrobe is built on a strong foundation of classic items, enhanced by statement pieces, and infused with your personal style.
2. Know your flaws and assets
Every stylish woman understands her body well enough to know where to highlight their best features and where to keep things simple to downplay less flattering areas.
Take Miroslava Duma, for example.
At 5 feet tall, she expertly elongates her legs to make the most of her height.
Despite her height, she can also confidently wear ankle pants and flats because she understands her body and knows how to highlight her strengths.
If you have amazing legs, go ahead and wear that mini-skirt.
If there's a part of your body you don't like, shift the focus to the areas you love.
In this picture, she's enhancing her features and minimizing her flaws by using a V-neckline and structured shoulders to balance her upper body. She highlights her waistline as an asset and draws attention downward with red shoes.
3. Get rid of the mirror
One of the most freeing actions you can take is to remove the mirror - as symbolically or literally as you want to interpret that.
We often judge ourselves too harshly based on how we think we should look at a certain age or how our bodies are 'supposed' to appear.
By shifting our focus to how we feel rather than how we look, we can improve our self-image and feel better about ourselves.
4. Stop buying high-end skincare
Working in the fashion industry, high-end skincare was a major part of my life.
I used to test various luxury skincare brands, but this constant change prevented me from sticking to a consistent routine, and often these products weren't effective.
Now, I focus on active ingredients tailored to my skin's specific needs. Healthy, hydrated skin can reduce the need for heavy makeup and enhance your appearance.
Good skincare and daily sunscreen are essential for maintaining healthy, youthful skin.
5. Be aware of sales traps
We are often overwhelmed by constant sales alerts and in-store promotions, which can make it tempting to buy something simply because it's on sale or looks cute, especially if we see someone else wearing it.
However, we might later realize that it doesn’t suit our style - this is a common fashion mistake that we all fall for from time to time!
To avoid this, when shopping, focus on items that reflect the core attributes of your personal style.
Look for versatile pieces that enhance your wardrobe and fit into various aspects of your life, such as work, social outings, and weekends.
Also, consider if you’ll be able to wear the item throughout most of the year, not just in a specific season.
6. Express your creativity
When women say, “I have nothing to wear,” it’s often not a lack of clothing but a failure to fully utilize what they already have. The solution lies in creativity. Set aside an afternoon, either alone or with friends, to refresh your wardrobe by reimagining how to style your existing pieces.
We tend to wear clothes the same way repeatedly, so experiment with items you haven’t worn recently and ask a friend for new styling ideas. This process will help you rediscover pieces hidden in the clutter, identify items you no longer love, and keep your style fresh and exciting. Regularly engaging in this practice can transform your wardrobe and boost your creativity.
7. Bring the awareness
My final fashion hack encapsulates the core message: Bring awareness to your choices.
Only by being fully aware can you make informed decisions about your purchases. The goal is to avoid wasting money and time on items that don’t fit well or are difficult to style.
Start by learning the basic rules of fashion, then use that knowledge to break the rules creatively and develop your own unique style.
How to improve your style
There we have seven actionable fashion hacks to improve your personal style.
I hope you find these suggestions helpful and inspiring and that you now feel you have a better sense of how to look sophisticated and avoid common fashion mistakes that plague us all from time to time.
Feel free to share your favorite fashion hack below!
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