MEAGHAN SMITH PERSONAL STYLIST

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A little while ago I took my brother-in-law shopping for a new suit.

You all know that I don’t work with guys, so I’m certainly not an expert in menswear, however I do know enough about tailoring to know when something does and doesn’t fit.

At the very first place we visited the lady in the shop measured my brother-in-law and told him what size he was. She then gave him a few options to try on, in his size.

None of the three fit – properly.  Sure he could get them on and he could move in them comfortably and he liked the color of the fabric (..and I’m sure if I wasn’t there he would have thought they were absolutely fine) – but that isn’t enough, as you can see is demonstrated in these photos above.

If you want to look (and feel) great in your clothes (Of course this applies to both men and women) they need to fit you just right.

Just because something is your (supposed) size, doesn’t mean it fits.

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I bet you’ve never thought of yourself as a mean girl.

You’re loving, kind, supportive and encouraging to everyone you know.

BUT

What about yourself?

Are you loving, kind, supportive, compassionate and encouraging to you ……or are you mean?

Fat, flab, short, too skinny, saggy, too pale, old, too tall, wobbly, too freckly, bulges, chunky and wrinkly.

They’re nasty, ugly, bullying words.  When we use them to describe ourselves they conjure up images in our minds and they make us feel lousy.

I’ve heard and seen them all – in the fitting rooms and on my questionnaires.

“I hate my flabby arms”

“I’d love to wear dresses but I have too many fat rolls on my stomach”

“I can’t wear skinny jeans because of my short chunky legs”

Mean, mean and mean.

How can you possibly feel good when you speak to yourself like that.

Why do we do it? Why do we refer to ourselves in such an awful way. We’d never speak to one of our loved ones like that, so why do we treat the one person we should love and care about the most, in such a cruel way?

I’m challenging you to stop.  At least for one month.  For the next 30 days every time you find yourself about to refer to you in a negative way using an unkind word, pull yourself up and choose another word to use.

Be conscious of your vocabulary and see if you can break the self critical habit.

Instead of using one of those ugly words replace it with something like…

Voluptuous, Curvaceous, Soft, Statuesque, Petite, Mature, Athletic, Lean, Fabulous, etc, etc..

You get the picture..now give it a try.

*You might like to read this interesting piece on Gwyneth Paltrow’s, Goop newsletter titled, Figure of Speech: How The Words We Choose Shape Our Lives.

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Don’t let anyone tell you you “should” or “need” to wear more color. It’s perfectly fine (and in fact chic) to only wear grey, black, white, camel, beige, cream or navy.

Always wear what makes you feel authentic and confident.

Don’t ever feel pressured to wear anything that isn’t you…and your style.

Just make sure you keep it interesting and stylish with textures, shapes, fit and decoration.

You can read what styling services I offer here

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You can read what styling services I offer here

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