MEAGHAN SMITH PERSONAL STYLIST

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The image above is from the streets of Milan during Fashion Week.  

While the clash of patterns and colors is quite extreme, it still gives us a good idea as to how to wear two prints together in the one outfit. 

Why this particular combination works (though I’m sure some of you might dispute that) is because of the grey running through both pieces.

What do you think about clashing patterns?  Would you give it a try?  Yay or nay?  

(It’s certainly not for everyone. While I admire the look a lot, I very much doubt I could wear it myself and feel confident in it….sadly.)

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When I was growing up wearing blue and green was not the done thing.  I still remember when I first started working at a stockbroking firm (in the mid eighties), wearing something combining the two colors and my boss politely suggesting, “Blue and green should not be seen”.  For years after that I avoided wearing the two together because I thought doing so was committing a fashion faux pas. But just like many of those old-fashioned style rules that notion is now dated.

I think blue and green look great together. What do you think?

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When I work with someone new I always ask them if there is anyone’s style they admire. (This just gives me a bit of an idea as to what they like, in the same way I might ask you to tell me what music you listen to or how your home is decorated)

Often if someone is quite classic, non fussy, simple and casual with their style they might mention Jennifer Aniston.

Jennifer’s look often involves a t-shirt or singlet with a pair of jeans, sometimes a blazer and a pair of wedges. It looks very easy to achieve – and it can be – but there’s several reasons why Jennifer or any other celebrities with great style look good in their clothes. It’s because..

1. More than likely they’re wearing clothes of relatively good quality.
2. Everything they wear looks fresh and new. They wouldn’t wear anything that was pilled, stained, stretched, scuffed or faded.
3. They wear clothes that are flattering for their body shape.
4. They wear clothes that fit them perfectly.

This was highlighted recently when Jennifer Aniston was asked about her style, in particular her love of T-shirts and jeans.

“This is my secret:  The trick to T-shirts is I that I usually tailor them. Which is silly, but it works.”  

“Or you just have to find the perfect one”, she told the site. 

So while Jennifer’s look may appear effortless, it isn’t exactly.  It’s well thought out.  She doesn’t just wear any old t-shirt, she wears one that is just right.

Having our t-shirts tailored is unrealistic for most of us, but striving to find a great one, is not.

As with all the pieces you wear, it’s the little(ish) things like ensuring you’re wearing the most flattering sleeve, the most flattering neckline, the most flattering length, the most flattering size and the most flattering fabric, that make the big difference to how stylish your overall look is – if that matters to you.

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Today we farewell the incredibly beautiful and talented Lauren Bacall.

Not only was Lauren a wonderful actress she was also one of the most stylish women to have ever graced this earth.

The flawless hair, those amazing brows, the exquisitely fitted clothes, the grace and elegance with which she moved and that husky voice.

The way Lauren dressed highlights how classic style endures.  In most of the images we see of Lauren throughout her 89 years she is wearing something that would be relevant and fashionable today.

A true style icon. A woman who paved the way for all of us who followed. One of my all time favourites.

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