How to Elevate Your Style

Appearance may not be everything but research suggests that what we wear can affect our mood, as well as our confidence and self-esteem. If you’re looking to elevate your style and feel good about the clothes you wear, here are some tips to help you improve your style and have a cohesive look wherever you go.

The Importance of Personal Style

Your personal style helps to showcase your fantastic personality without you having to say, or do, a single thing. It can also help you feel more at home in your body and provide comfort and confidence in otherwise anxiety-inducing experiences, such as first dates, job interviews, and meeting new people. Personal style also allows you to channel and express your creativity and is a way for you to connect with others whose tastes are similar to your own.

The Basics

Having a base wardrobe to start from can help reduce time spent getting ready and mean you always have something to wear. Though you might be tempted to scrimp on basic items, investing in quality pieces can help reduce your overall spending as they’ll last far longer and stand up to more wear and tear, meaning you won’t need to replace them as frequently. Buying fewer, higher-quality pieces is also better for the planet, as it reduces the harm caused by fast fashion.

Accessories

Whether it’s a statement necklace or a layering of rings and bracelets, the right accessories can bring a whole new lease of life to your outfit so don’t be afraid to accessorise.

If you’re working with a capsule wardrobe, accessories can also allow you to wear the same key pieces of clothing but achieve totally different looks for different situations. For example, wearing the same outfit with a simple necklace and pair of earrings compared to if you wear it with oversized hoop earrings and stacked bracelets. Adding a statement diamond ring to a stack can also elevate your style, adding some instant sparkle to the simplest of outfits.

Professional Tailoring

Whilst oversized clothing has its place in trends and loungewear, getting your everyday work clothing and formal attire professionally tailored can help elevate your outfit tenfold. Not only do professionally tailored clothes look custom-made but they’re far more comfortable to wear when they’ve been adjusted to properly fit and compliment your unique body shape.

Take Care of Your Clothes

There’s no point investing in proper-fitting, high-quality clothing if you’re not going to take the time and effort to properly care for it. To keep your clothes looking and feeling good, you should learn how to take care of items at every stage.

Be sure to wash clothing immediately after spills to avoid staining and ensure clothes are properly dried before storage to avoid them becoming mildewed. You should store out-of-season clothing correctly so that it’s in tip-top condition when you bring it out again the following year. Having your clothes properly cleaned, fixed, and altered also ensures that items can be worn and enjoyed for many years so you won’t have to compromise on your personal style or find replacement pieces in the future.