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Looking Just like a Million On a Shoestring Budget
Having a great-looking wardrobe doesn't necessarily require spending a lot of money. Below are a few principles for looking great when money IS an object:

(1) Buy quality instead of quantity. And please take note, this does not necessarily translate to, "buy expensive, not cheap." Certainly, website fall better, wear better and flatter the figure more. It is best to have one perfectly-fitting skirt in an excellent fabric that spans several seasons (lightweight wool, for instance) than a dozen ill-fitting skirts within an selection of colors. Black goes with everything, and no one will understand that you wore exactly the same skirt for five days running, because you wore it with another jacket and accessory each day. Start with one great skirt! My wardrobe is based on several black skirts and pants that go with an array of jackets and tops in colors that look good on me. Expensive skirts and pants are made with superb fabrics and cut wonderfully, so they make my figure look better. Even if read more don't need them yet, I'm always on the look for linen, wool gabardine or wool crepe designer skirts and pants at the sales or in consignment shops. You can never have way too many. Some of mine certainly are a size larger, so they are excellent for dining-out comfort together with travel. Some have loops for belts, so they look good with open jackets; while others are slim and beltless to support snug-fitting jackets.

(2) Wear accessories! That is key. Well-dressed women and jet-setting fashion plates always accessorize their garments. Look over magazines and catalogs, and go to fashion shows for ideas and inspiration. Most fashion coordinators have picked up tricks from designers both here and abroad, and you may start to see the results on the runway. Earrings are important fashion accessories. Above all else, the right earring will provide you with a polished or finished look. Earrings should be somewhat bold to look fashionable. Clip earrings, for instance, often look too conservative. Belts may also be wonderful accessories. They should have distinctive-looking buckles and be made of leather, not plastic.

(3) Educate yourself in order to shop intelligently. Learn which colors suit you. This can ultimately save both money and time with future purchases. Color actually forms the foundation for all garments. One of the primary mistakes made is wanting to achieve harmony by matching the superficial appearance with colors: blondes in pastels, redheads in rust, orange, etc. You shouldn't be afraid of bold colors, high-fashion designers are not! And do think contrast. Assuming you have a moss green suit, team it up with a deep magenta blouse or scarf. Put in a cobalt blue, French blue or peacock blue blouse or scarf to your brown suit, rather than beige one. "Safe" looks which are perfectly matched often find yourself looking boring, no matter who made them or how much they cost. Furthermore, know your figure so well that you know how exactly to camouflage every flaw. Ill-fitting clothes and those that accent figure flaws undermine a lot more than your figure. They undermine your credibility. Anyone who really had a million to spend on clothes would be sure each and every garment fit like a glove and flattered to the Nth degree, now wouldn't she?

(4) Shop the sales and check out consignment shops. In case you are shopping the sales, it is just a good idea to accomplish a bit of homework beforehand. Find the shops that suit your tastes and preferences and peruse their racks every fourteen days or so. That way you won't waste time trekking around town at sale time. You will go straight to "your" shops. Consignment shops certainly are a great spot to find designer clothes at shoestring prices. Every city has a minumum of one consignment shop that carries designer clothes. Check all of them out. You are certain to find one which has everything your heart could desire. Most of them are in the Yellow Pages, with the exception of the CHKD clothing shops and the Discovery Shop at Hilltop East, run by the Cancer Society.

(5) Make a list of the things that are missing from your own closet and keep it with you in your purse. Unless you have a great black skirt, a minumum of one jacket in a bold color to wear with it, hook them up to your list. Should you have a suit in a "safe" color, put "scarf or blouse in a bold color" (name the colour so you will not be sidetracked...or chicken out!) on your own list. Then, next time you run across the perfect sale or consignment shop, you will end up prepared. Ready to look great!

Sandy Dumont, THE Image Architect is an image consultant and professional speaker located in Norfolk/Virginia Beach, with 30 years of international and national experience helping individuals and Fortune 500 companies enhance their image. She conducts customized Branding for People� workshops frequently.

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