Clothing
Accessories
Get an Accessory to Go with Your New
Dress
There are many different ways to wear
an outfit and look good but certainly don't discount using
clothing accessories to complete your look. Clothing
accessories stores are busy places these days. All of us are
trimming the budget in every possible way. The big shopping
spree for clothes is, for most of us, a thing of the past.
However, this doesn't mean that your wardrobe can't be chic
and trendy. For the price of a good suit, you can visit the
clothing accessories store and walk out with enough to
completely revamp your look!
Let's see how you can work this
miracle for your own wardrobe closet. Taking fashion to the
next level sometimes means using an accessory like a
handbag, a necklace or maybe different earrings to accent
your dress up creation. You'll look better no matter what
you wear.
It's true that women love clothes, but
there's a limit to everything. Unless you have a very large
budget for clothing, you're probably looking for ways to
make the most of your current wardrobe. European women have
mastered the art of making many costumes of one basic suit
or dress.
We American women would be wise to
take a page from their book. Clothing accessories are the
name of the game. Let's take a look at some of the ways
clothing accessories can create a larger wardrobe with
little additional closet space.
Keep It Simple
Classically simple clothing is most
adaptable in this game. The classic lines lend
sophistication to your style as well. Let's take the LBD,
that little black dress we all love. This chameleon of
garments can sail right through the day's events with only a
change of a belt, scarf, purse and some jewelry.
Coats
A no-nonsense blazer and a string of
pearls gives you a professional look suitable for an office
presentation. When you meet your husband for lunch, swap the
blazer for that silk scarf he gave you for Christmas. Add a
couple of gold bangle bracelets, lose the pearls and you've
got a whole new look. You're going to dinner and the
theater? A change of shoes, with a little glitz, a satin
handbag and jacket and you're ready for
compliments.
You can see how this works. It's no
wonder European women love clothing accessories. With a good
selection of add ons, you can appear to have a magnificent
wardrobe on a shoestring. A pink linen dress can be casual
at a summer lunch, office perfect showing its professional
face or a stunner at a wedding. It all depends on your
choices in clothing accessories.
A Necklace Doesn't Have to be
Expensive to Work
Costume jewelry is fun and inexpensive
and can set the mood of your costume. For example, for our
pink linen dress, some bright enameled earrings and necklace
in shades complimentary to the dress hue and a white fabric
tote bag are perfect for that summer lunch date.
Remember Your Neck
Scarves are another important clothing
accessory. Made of silk, polyester or wool, you've got a
world of possibilities to change one garment from a city
slicker look to a day at the beach.
An Easy Accessory Solution
Handbags can present you with an
entirely different image in your coordinated costume.
Handbags should be coordinated with your shoes for a
consistent look. They need not match, but should have the
same feel of casual or dressy and be of similar color
shades.
Gloves are equally versatile as well
as practical. Freezing weather requires hand protection.
Depending on your costume, they can be fur-lined leather or
knitted woolies with a fun pattern.
Going to the Accessory Shop
You might begin by perusing your
closet with an eye to the colors you like best, as well as
the clothes you wear most often. Do the same with your shoes
and handbags. Let's say you favor shades of blue, plum and
carmine. Most of us seem to unconsciously gravitate towards
colors in the same area of the color wheel.
While you may have other pieces of
clothes to wear outside this basic range, such as a bright
red sweater, a glitzy party dress or the perennial LBD,
you'll find the majority to be in the clothes you wear most
often. This provides a good starting point for updating your
wardrobe at the clothing accessories store.
The types and styles of accessories
which can change the look of any costume include scarves,
belts, jewelry, hats and shoe ornaments. For example, a
paisley silk scarf, in the right shades, may be worn with
all of your favorite clothes, from jeans to that plum
colored dress.
Dress Casually
Casual pieces of costume jewelry allow
you to dress an outfit up or down. Ornate, Renaissance style
necklaces and earrings can serve the same purpose. Ditto for
gold or silver bangle bracelets.
With a magenta straw hat and a plum
colored velvet hat, that carmine dress of a classic cut
gives you two distinct looks. Teamed with appropriate
jewelry, you wouldn't think you're wearing the same dress.
Incidentally, neither will your 'public'!
Accentuate Your Waistline with the
Right Accessory
When we think of belts, many of us
tend to think of the same old leather belt with jeans.
Clothing accessories stores are far more open minded on this
front, with woven jute styles, rainbow and multicolored
belts in an array of materials, as well as patterned and
metal styles. Consider using a long, rectangular scarf as a
belt!
Shoe ornaments can be magical
accessories, making a plain pump suited to both casual and
dressy occasions. A retro Betty Boop shoe ornament and
another of satin and rhinestones allows that one pair of
shoes to travel to numerous settings, stylishly.
As you browse the store, keep these
principles in mind. Sales clerks at these shops are often
experts in matching accessories with your style and color
preferences, so don't hesitate to ask for their help. A trip
to the clothing accessories store can bring your entire
wardrobe up to date. Diversity is the key to a budget
friendly, up to date look. It's the little touches that make
it happen.
The Most Affordable
Accessories?
If your budget won't allow more
clothes just now, make the most of what you do have with new
clothing accessories.
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