How to Avoid Fleeting Fashion Styles

Though you don't have to avoid all fads, try not to be a slave.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Women's Casual Tops
• Women's Dress Coats
• Women's Dress Pants
• Women's Dress Shirts
• Women's Dress Shoes
• Women's Sandals
• dresses and skirts

1. Develop and keep your own style. Trust your instincts about what looks best with your coloring, habits, personality and place in the world.

2. Adopt what you truly like, but recognize that it may not be the last word forever.

3. Understand the process. Be aware of why, as well as when, a trend is cooling. Fashion trends and fads can happen because a style is cool (heavy-soled shoes) or fun (temporary tattoos) or even shocking (lingerie as outerwear).

4. Adapt the style you want to adopt. For example, is everyone wearing short shorts but you just can't? Add a piece of fabric or ribbon to your hems so you can wear them short but not as short as everyone else.

5. Mix trendy pieces with classic ones.

6. Break some rules; bend others. If the fashion is large breasts, get a maximizer bra and avoid the more radical surgery route. If straight hair is in, use large rollers and blow-dry your hair before you chemically straighten your ringlets.

7. Develop confidence: Take a class, read fashion magazines, get a makeup lesson, get your colors done.

8. Learn about fashion, style, tips and tricks, then go out and make your own fashion news.

Tips & Warnings

• Take a long look at yourself before you go on a shopping safari. Will those capris go with your voluptuous body type and your weakness for biker boots?
• Realize that a stylish woman with purple hair can carry it off if she's confident.
• Impulse buys are for gratification in haste and repentance at length.

[missamouse]

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[annhoward]

on 4/18/2009 Hello. I guess that's why I like classic tailoring and styles. They are always in style. However, everyone is unique and has their own sense of style. That's what makes the world, at times, so interesting. Nice article. All the best. . .Sincerely,Your friend, Ann Howard

[bbq12]

on 2/20/2009 You are absolutely right. Lets add one more sentence classic and basic are forever.

[Sopaipilla]

on 1/16/2009 Yo, don't pay attention to trends like "large breasts" that tell you that the way your body is shaped is wrong. Just go with what you have and you'll look great! Forget current fashion; play with personal style.

on 1/30/2006 If it's something you honestly like and think you'll wear it even after it's fallen out of style, buy it. Dressing stylishly doesn't always mean wearing what's current. If it's something trendy that you're dying for, price it! I wanted a bohemian pair of earrings but didn't want to spend too much, so I waited and got this great pair for five bucks! Chances are that the knockoffs and copycats will be as good, or that they're so many of that kind of item you can find one at a lower price. For example, I have these great cowboy/biker boots that I got on sale for 25 dollars. They're trendy, but different enough that I'll wear them years from now.