After reading our guide to well balanced fashion wardrobe, you'll never have to ask, "What should I wear?" To build a well balanced wardrobe you must follow below principles: mixing classic style, timeless staples, extremely trendy signature pieces. A well balanced wardrobe allows you to get dressed easy and quickly for any occasions.
Wardrobe Essentials
The Basics, build a strong foundation with a selection of some strategic staples that will mix with almost everything in your closet.
Black tank - white tank is good for gym and for casual outings, black tank can be ok also for a cocktail party.
Crewneck sweater - in cotton or wool.
Jeans - avoid extra size, prefer fit jeans with attractive cut, the fabric will follow your curves and keep its shape (stretch denim with no more than 2% Lycra).
Long sleeve white T-shirt - prefer a slim fit T-shirt that skims over your body. Only if you are in shape, buy a T-shirt that cling a little. perfect coupled with jeans.
Long sleeve black T-Shirt - perfect under a dress.
Cashmere black or blue turtleneck sweater
White button down cotton shirt - the fabric must follow your curves.
Denim jacket - elegant slim fit jacket.
The Staples, the secret to maximize versatility is having few colours and classic cuts.
lack mini skirt
Black suit
Black dress - can be worn every day, every season.
Black trousers
White silk shirt - leave the lace trim for your lingerie.
The Statement Pieces, you must have a few signature pieces to attract notice when you wear them.
Flowered or graphic dress - high quality fabrics that follow your curves, and short cut
Jacket - always show off your shape with a short cut and fit style.
Printed shirt - wearing with blue jeans.
The Evening Standards, even if you don't have a frequent nightlife, you need to have 2-3 pieces for cocktail or dining. Mind, the difference between day and evening style, is in the details: bags, shoes, accessories.
Dining skirt: black mini skirt.
Branded fit jeans
Cocktail classic style jacket
High hell shoes
The Showstoppers, to guarantee a grand entrance your dress must wear perfectly, prefer classic design and top quality fabrics. Formal events happens 1-2 times a year, but you cannot save money when buy a party dress.
Long dress colour black or red if you are really in shape.
High hell shoes
How to shopping
Shop for a style before shopping for clothes. Before going for shopping, think of the items you'll wear more often. Start shopping always with black colours pieces. Maybe you like more red or yellow pants, but think how often you will wear the yellow pants, and in how many occasions you could wear the black ones. When your closet is full of pants, you can start buying unusual colours. Shoes and handbags reflect your personality, and most people see your style through accessories.
Tips on how to get the best bag for you
Choosing Your Bag - Leather bag will wear better, The fewer moving parts, the better, Stay away from bags with handles that are not stitched along the edges of the straps.
Caring for Your Bag: About once a year, treat your leather bag with a neutral (colorless) shoe polish, For repairs take it to a handbag professional, Never store a leather handbag in a plastic bag.
A well balanced wardrobe can help you to reduce time for getting dressed, follow below guidelines to satisfy your daily dressing requirements. Spending a lot of money or saving on:
T-Shirt - Save, because you wear T-shirts on your skin, so you will wash them frequently, reducing their lifetime. Just choose a good fit first T-shirt, and good fabric.
Jacket - spend, a very good jacket can do the difference, just choose a model and a size that upgrades your overall look.
Jeans - spend, jeans today can be wear for any occasions, for job as for dining with friends. Off course yours jeans will be different from jeans tought for miners and hard workers, fitting better than cheaper trousers. You should have a few jeans for gym flat shoes and some for high heels.
Trendy Clothes - save. avoid spending on clothes that will feel old after 2 months. Buy just few items that will be mixed with your classical wardrobe.
Evening Dress and Bag - save, evening dress won't be used very often, you can avoid to buy top quality fabrics and latest trend new dress, you can choose a vintage bag for the evening, a classic black cheap dress bought in a chain store mixed with good shoes.
Bra - spend, the right bra makes the difference in your appearance. If you have a small chest, a good quality bra can affect your overall look, if you have a great chest, a good quality bra is necessary for substain it avoiding flattering.
Dress - spend, 2 or 3 top quality black dress must be in each wardrobe. The black dress, or dark blue or grey, will be trendy for years, just don't buy a dress too short, prefer a knee length style, good for any occasion.
Shoes - spend, only really good shoes choosing comfortable heel heights and classic styles. High price for top quality elements, like soft leather that breathe, and top craftsmanship.
Evening Dress and Bag - save, evening dress won't be used very often, you can avoid to buy top quality fabrics and latest trend new dress, you can choose a vintage bag for the evening, a classic black cheap dress bought in a chain store mixed with good shoes.
Black Pants - spend. black pants are timeless, and a good quality pair of black pants can be used for years. Invest in 2-3 good pants, high quality fabrics, well tailored.
Black Suit - spend, the most important item in any woman's wardrobe. It can be wear for interviews, business meetings, cocktail parties, dinners, Prefer high quality fabric, good cut, classic style, and fine wool.
Rain Coat - spend, a good rain coat is an essential item of your wardrobe.
Gym Clothes - spend on gym shoes and technical accessories buying something functional. Pants and a couple of tops is ok, don't buy too many trendy T-shirts.
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