These are easy tips anyone can follow to make things easier!
1. Try on all of your favorite clothes. Take notes on how they fit and flatter you. Then shop for similar colors, fabrics, shapes and lengths.
2. A slim v-neck makes the neck appear longer and is usually very flattering.
3. Stilettos make your legs looks long and lean. Find a comfortable pair! It is worth it.
4. Shoulder bags are the easiest to carry around and the most flattering.
5. Yes, black is slimming, but it is OK to buy colors and actually wear them.
6. Go to a department store or Victoria Secret (or same type of store) and get measured for your proper bra size. Most women are not wearing the correct size. You will see a difference in support, comfort, and you will look better in your clothes.
7. Wear a belt around your mid-section. It is an added accessory and breaks up the stomach area.
8. Don't buy the first thing you try on. Most likely you will find it cheaper somewhere else. You may also find a similar look somewhere else that may be more flattering. If not go back to the original store.
9. Panty lines. No one wants to see them. Invest in a good pair of panties, or maybe a thong.
10. You don't have to look like everyone else. Fashion is all about personal flare. Find your fashion nitch and rock it!
Also, check out TLC's What Not to Wear. Love this show!
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Monday, January 26, 2009
My favorite store
This is my favorite place to shop. The prices are resonable, but some stuff is kind of expensive in my opinion. The sale prices are normally awesome deals and who doesn't like buying things on sale!
Check it out: http://www.express.com/
Check it out: http://www.express.com/
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Get this Look!
Hello All! I was browsing through one of my favorite dress designers Elie Saab and came upon a dress I fell in love with. Of course no one in their right mind can afford to buy it. But that is okay!
A quick background session on Elie Saab. He is a red carpet favorite for many celebrities. He began designing dress at age 9. End of story... He is AMAZING!
The dress is to the left, obviously. This is why I love it: a very unique color, it can be "classy" with the black tights, but can also be "sexy" with a bare leg and different shoes (say silver stilettos!).
Friday, January 16, 2009
Does this make me look fat?
I was talking to a friend recently about my idea for this blog and she told me a story about a first grade little girl. The little girl was expressing to her sister (who is my friend's friend, confusing I know!) that she needed to go on a diet. Really? A six year old on a diet. Although the rates of childhood obesity have sky rocketed, this little girl does not fit in that category.
To me, that is sad. Growing up I was a little "chunk." I was not born with the body shape to ever be a size 2, nor do I have the desire to be that small. By middle school I naturally had grown out of most of my "baby fat." To think that a six year old feels she needs to change her body image makes me sick to my stomach. How does someone of that age even know what a diet is, let alone feel she needs to already conform to society's norms of what makes a woman "pretty."
I really have enjoyed the Dove campaign for "real beauty." Not only does the campaign target middle aged women, but currently the home page of the Web site has children pictured. I feel strongly that more campaigns of this type would be hugely successful because this type of message, "real beauty," is not heard of very often.
Everyday women are exposed to air-brushed women on magazine covers, people who have had plastic surgery to look the way they do, and dangerously skinny actresses. Being exposed to so many of these images make women feel as if this is a reality when really it is a Hollywood perception of what makes someone beautiful.
I am all for living a healthy lifestyle, eating proper foods, and exercising regularly. There comes a point though when "heredity" takes over and it is out of your control.
The fashion industry also plays on this "be skinny" theme. "Skinny jeans" and "slim fit" are terms used in every store I have ever been in. I own skinny jeans and slim fit shirts, but I do not look like the models shown on store Web sites or the manakins displayed throughout the store, proving a woman does not have to look like that to wear the style. (I will continue this topic another day!)
The bottom line is young girls need more positive role models in their lives to tell them it is acceptable to be different and that not everyone in the world looks like the superstars they see on TV everyday.
Check out the Dove campaign Web site! http://www.campaignforrealbeauty.com/
This video is also amazing to watch! www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYhCn0jf46U
To me, that is sad. Growing up I was a little "chunk." I was not born with the body shape to ever be a size 2, nor do I have the desire to be that small. By middle school I naturally had grown out of most of my "baby fat." To think that a six year old feels she needs to change her body image makes me sick to my stomach. How does someone of that age even know what a diet is, let alone feel she needs to already conform to society's norms of what makes a woman "pretty."
I really have enjoyed the Dove campaign for "real beauty." Not only does the campaign target middle aged women, but currently the home page of the Web site has children pictured. I feel strongly that more campaigns of this type would be hugely successful because this type of message, "real beauty," is not heard of very often.
Everyday women are exposed to air-brushed women on magazine covers, people who have had plastic surgery to look the way they do, and dangerously skinny actresses. Being exposed to so many of these images make women feel as if this is a reality when really it is a Hollywood perception of what makes someone beautiful.
I am all for living a healthy lifestyle, eating proper foods, and exercising regularly. There comes a point though when "heredity" takes over and it is out of your control.
The fashion industry also plays on this "be skinny" theme. "Skinny jeans" and "slim fit" are terms used in every store I have ever been in. I own skinny jeans and slim fit shirts, but I do not look like the models shown on store Web sites or the manakins displayed throughout the store, proving a woman does not have to look like that to wear the style. (I will continue this topic another day!)
The bottom line is young girls need more positive role models in their lives to tell them it is acceptable to be different and that not everyone in the world looks like the superstars they see on TV everyday.
Check out the Dove campaign Web site! http://www.campaignforrealbeauty.com/
This video is also amazing to watch! www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYhCn0jf46U
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
WELCOME!
Hi everyone! Welcome to "Spitting Image!" I am excited to start this new experience of blogging. I have to say I am a little nervous, but anxious to see the results.
Spitting Image will be a focus on the fashion industry. I hope to focus on current fashions trends and how normal, everyday people can become the "spitting image" of the models' attire on the runway.
My second focus will be to discuss how young women in today's society feel as if they also need to be the "spitting image" of how the media portrays "beautiful women." Beauty does not come in specific shapes and sizes. It has become an increasingly dangerous trend to be too skinny.
Coordinating both ideas is also a goal of mine. I hope to show my readers that popular trends can be manipulated to fit all types of women.
Please check out the following blogs! They all have some kind of relation to the goals I am striving for.
Spitting Image will be a focus on the fashion industry. I hope to focus on current fashions trends and how normal, everyday people can become the "spitting image" of the models' attire on the runway.
My second focus will be to discuss how young women in today's society feel as if they also need to be the "spitting image" of how the media portrays "beautiful women." Beauty does not come in specific shapes and sizes. It has become an increasingly dangerous trend to be too skinny.
Coordinating both ideas is also a goal of mine. I hope to show my readers that popular trends can be manipulated to fit all types of women.
Please check out the following blogs! They all have some kind of relation to the goals I am striving for.
- http://www.chicinspector.blogspot.com/
- fashionistatv.com
- www.iamprettynyc.com/blog/
- http://www.iamfashion.blogspot.com/
- http://www.5resolutions.blogspot.com/
Thank you! Be looking for a new post on Thursday!
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