Do you need a style update?
If you feel you need to update yourself be comforted that you are probably not as old fashioned as you think. The very fact that you are thinking about updating, implies a certain awareness of style. Be comforted that only twenty percent of the population is actually wearing fashion. Most choices we make are utilitarian and related to the lives we lead. Many women are simply safely in the middle, neither being bang up to date nor dreadfully out of fashion. Most of those clothes are available nationwide and affordable by most people, so cannot possibly be cutting edge high fashion.Remember also that the star's thighs you see on a magazine cover have often been airbrushed to perfection, so that no cellulite is visible. It certainly makes many of us feel less than perfect. However take a glance at the next twenty people in the street and come back to reality. Learn to accept a few flaws and work with what you have, it might be beautiful hands, lovely eyes, glossy hair, good ankles or a graceful neck. Draw attention to that.If you really are larger than the average person buy some of the clothes especially designed for larger ladies and listed on my new page called Plus Sizes at www.fashion-era.com . You can also read and see photos of the Evans summer 2005 collection or the fall/winter 2005 collection of Evans plus sizes.When you are younger you automatically tend to know what is in fashion and what is not. This is always enhanced if you are in a workplace where there is a buzz. Those days of intuitive knowledge soon fly past when combined with the reality of living with figure faults, running a home and budgeting. You may like me, have had to wear some garments in fabrics you hated simply for comfort during weeks of medical treatment such as radiotherapy. Welcome to the real world, where for many of us life is not quite like the catwalks would like it to be on a daily basis.You may even have found the ideal shapes that suit and flatter your body. But are those shapes in fashion at this moment and if they are not, how can you still look as if you are aware of new styles.Fashion pundits have always said that if you want to get the look, first get the hair and the feet right, and the rest will follow. Or you can invest in wacky up to the minute accessories for a funkier look by choosing the latest handbags, belts, hair ornaments and contemporary jewellery. Modern jewellery can give you an instant up date. In the shops right now are great boots of the 'noughties', not boots of the nineties. If you want to see how fashions relate to the timetable of style read the page on Laver's Law. Learn to Assess Fashion LooksSo go out and buy four or five women's magazines that have fashion spreads. It will be £15 or so well spent if it saves you making great gaffes and eliminates hours of trudging around a city sorting out what racks have panache. August/September is always a great time to check the looks in magazines as is February/ March. Then after you have followed this guide, go window shopping, but remember your first view is simply a recce about town. On this first shopping occasion leave your cheque book and credit cards at home. Take only a limited amount of cash with you. Spending real cash will make you think long and hard. It's much easier to get entwined in a credit card transaction and often that will be for an impulse purchase. Impulse buys are often our finest buys. Yet sometimes when you are trying to develop a new look, or update your appearance, you need just to see what is in the shops and get an overall picture of current fashion styles.All you intend to do on the first visit is look to assess styles, colours and beauty ranges. You can also look at what's available online. I feature Wallis, TopShop, Next and Miss Selfridge all of which cover a wide age range. You should find some information in my trends section that will help you.If you do take and use that credit card always ask the assistant 'Can I bring it back if my husband, boyfriend, partner, children, cat, dog etc.,
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