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Welcome to
spring fashion
By Cindy Newstead – Personal Fashion Stylist
Spring fashion is an exciting and busy time for
a personal fashion stylist, due to the new
summer ranges hitting the shops together with
the many spring functions, it is a time that
many men and women look to update their
wardrobe. A lot people do not know where to
start and many just get caught up with what is
in and go buy it without any consideration of
what suits them and whether it will fit with
their existing wardrobe. As a personal fashion
stylist I see this all the time, here are some
tips to help prevent making fashion mistakes.
Welcome to spring fashion, gone are boots and
the winter trench now its time to bring a big
splash of white , heletatics and bold colour
into your wardrobe.
Spring is defiantly a mixed bag and there is
enough variety to cater to all age groups.
Shirt dresses, mini dresses and maxi dresses in
all colours from all whites to metallic and
floral maxi dresses.
Shorts are huge and are fantastic teamed with
high wedges and metallic flats.
The
shift dress is one of the most versatile.
Spring dresses as it is fantastic for those who
may be carrying around a bit of left over winter
pudding!!
The
shift dress can be worn with flats to casual the
look down or a high heel to take you our for a
special evening, teamed with a short cropped
cardi if you are wanting some upper arm
coverage.
Tan
is one of springs ‘it’ accessories, wether it be
a belt, shoes or bag, this will work with any
colour combination.
Don’t over accessorise this spring, the styles
this spring have enough wow factor that a cute
dress and a wow shoe will be enough! Just team
with some simple gold or silver bangles or
earrings and you are set.
Yellow and red are another two hot colours for
spring and teamed with a silver handbag and tan
shoes will defiantly turn heads.
Bright trapeze style dresses are great if you
are slim and tall, however if you are slightly
smaller and carrying a bit of a tummy it’s a
good idea to wear extra height in the heel.
Smock tops are huge in the stores, country road
have a great range, these can be great if you
are slim and trim, or if you are carrying a bit
of weight through the tummy, however make sure
they don’t sit out like maternity tops, and team
them with slim, skinny leg pants or jeans.
My
advice as personal fashion stylist is, don’t go
for all fashion trends, stick to a few classic
pieces and then mix with the trendy new pieces.
Try things on and don’t come away with single
pieces if you have nothing else in your wardrobe
to wear them with.
Buy
shoes you know you can wear again, if it’s a
bright colour, don’t be afraid to liven up a
plain outfit or wear with your jeans. A metallic
shoe will liven up any outfit, just don’t
over-do the accessories. Keep your look simple
and spring wardrobe will work well for you and
not against you.
Cindy Newstead
Personal fashion stylist.
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