| 1. The most important thing about fashion is fit. If | | | | out and take a good look at the seams. Are they |
| it doesn't fit, it can't look good no matter how | | | | properly finished? |
| flattering the design or the color. When you try | | | | 4. Don't buy high fashion of any kind. It will be out |
| on clothes don't pay much attention to size labels. | | | | of style as soon as you know it (that's what high |
| Sizes vary enormously from brand to brand. Try | | | | fashion is about). Buy classic garments in excellent |
| the garment on, buy what fits, not the size you | | | | quality. |
| think you should be. No-one can see the label, if it | | | | 5. Buy plain colors rather than prints. You can add |
| bothers you cut the size label off. You don't need | | | | new accessories to these, scarves, pins, |
| it. Best of all, buy made to measure. | | | | necklaces, jackets which will make them look |
| Don't put off buying clothes 'until you loose weight' | | | | quite different and help them last for years. |
| and never buy something that's a little tight | | | | 6. Buy for your lifestyle, not someone else's. If |
| because you intend to lose weight. We all need to | | | | you spend you life around the home and in the |
| feel great in order to be effective in our lives and | | | | car taking children here there and everywhere, it |
| jobs. Good, well fitting clothes help us feel | | | | makes sense that the wardrobe you need is not |
| confident, there is absolutely no reason to delay | | | | the same as is required by woman whose life is |
| that until you lose weight. You need to be | | | | spent at Charity luncheons and dinners. |
| confident now. | | | | 7. Either buy a book or get your colors done. It's |
| 2. Don't buy on impulse. You should regard every | | | | not that hard to work out what sort of color |
| item in your wardrobe separately, but you should | | | | palette will suit simply by taking a good look at |
| never buy anything unless it will co-ordinate with | | | | your skin tone, hair and eye color. Once you have |
| at least 3 other items you already own. | | | | the palette and you stick to it, your wardrobe will |
| 3. Buy quality not quantity. The best wardrobes | | | | naturally co-ordinate, and you'll be able to put |
| are not those with the most clothes. They are | | | | together some unplanned ensembles which will |
| the wardrobes which allow their owners to look | | | | help you get the best value for the money you |
| good and feel confident all the time, no matter | | | | have spent. |
| what the occasion. A friend of mine has a rule | | | | Wardrobe planning can be fun, but it isn't a joke. |
| about what she buys, she asks herself if she | | | | Your wardrobe and your attitude to it, says a lot |
| would buy the item if she was married to a | | | | about you. Managed well it will help you get the |
| millionaire. If the answer is yes, she goes ahead. | | | | promotion you always wanted and give you |
| Items that are lined last longer, buy those in | | | | added confidence in everything you do. But |
| preference. You get what you pay for, but | | | | clothing isn't everything. The most valuable item in |
| sometimes these days even expensive clothes | | | | your wardrobe is your smile. |
| are badly constructed. Turn the garment inside | | | | |