Clothes’ silhouette evaluation is the first step to duplicate your favorite outfit when creating a closet full of clothes you love to wear.
“Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself” Coco Chanel
Do you have an outfit in your closet you love to wear? Everytime you wear it you seem to have more energy. You get more compliments, even if you’re not feeling 100%. Would you like to have a closet full of clothes you love to wear, but don’t know how to figure it out? Today is the day you can start building this closet.
Can you imagine a day when you walk into your closet and have a choice? What will I wear today? It’s like a kid in a candy store. How will it feel to walk out of the closet knowing you look great? Everyday people are telling you how great you look and you feel like you can climb up that mountain with ease.
Why Have A Closet Full Of Clothes You Love To Wear
From experience I can tell you it’s a great feeling. I set my goals high and my confidence and personal power increased to help me take that next step forward even if I didn’t know how to do it. Somehow I figured it out.
My goals have always been set high but I didn’t have the confidence to take the next step. What I have found is wearing the right clothes (for me) helped me find that extra bit of confidence and personal power to take the step and many times face my fears. Over time, little by little, I took steps forward and walked through my fears resulting in more confidence and personal power.
I wear my power clothes, when I know I need to stretch myself further than I have before. When I’m facing fears I haven’t walked through before, I wear my power clothes. Those times when I don’t feel 100%, I wear my power clothes. My power clothes somehow help me tap into my confidence and personal power to take that step forward.
Clothes' Silhouette
Now that you know and understand the clues your body elements give you, it’s time to start applying what you learned. We are going to do this by evaluating your favorite outfit.
Go to your clothes and take out that outfit you love to wear.
If you don’t have that outfit, take out the one you wear often. Most likely this outfit is almost there. Through this series of posts you will learn what is good about it and how you can improve it to make it your favorite outfit.
In the next series of posts you will learn why you love wearing this outfit based on your body elements clues. Each step you will look at your outfit in a new way:
- 1st Step — Clothes’ Silhouette
- 2nd Step– Placement of horizontal lines
- 3rd Step — Placement of vertical lines
- 4th Step — Color
- 5th Step — Color combinations
- 6th Step — Inside design lines
- 7th Step — Scale of prints
This post is Step 1 — Evaluate the clothes’ silhouette:
- Review the body element and the clue your body gives you
- Determine actual silhouette
This will be a lot of fun.
Body Element Review -- Body Shape
The first Body Element is Body Shape. Body Shapes come in two categories:
- Angular
- Curved
Angular body shapes don’t have a waist smaller than both shoulders and hips. They are:
- H (rectangle body shape)
- O (apple body shape)
- V (inverted triangle body shape)
Curved body shapes have a waist smaller than both the shoulders and hips. They are:
- A (pear body shape)
- S (figure 8 body shape)
- X (figure 8 body shape)
Your body shape gives you two clues:
- Clothes silhouette
- Horizontal and vertical lines placement
Clothes silhouettes also come in the same two categories:
- Angular
- Curved
Here are examples of angular and curved dresses:
Clue - Clothes' Silhouette
Hang up your outfit on a door so you can evaluate the silhouette. If it is made up of pieces then hang up each one separately.
Look at how each one falls? Do the shoulder, waist and hips appear the same? Or does the waist appear to be smaller than the shoulders and hips?
If the shoulders, waist and hips are the same, then the clothes have an angular shape. On the other hand if the waist appears smaller than the shoulders and hips, the silhouette is curved.
What kind of body shape do you have, angular or curved? Is it the same as your favorite clothes? I bet it is.
The next time you’re out shopping for clothes, look for the clothes, either angular or curved. That is the first piece of the puzzle.
Were you surprised by the results? Make a comment below. Inspire others to determine their first piece of the puzzle.
In the next post, you will look at the placement of horizontal lines. The placement of horizontal lines can make or break an outfit. The post is called Horizontal Line — Evaluate Your Clothes.
Wear Your Greatness!!
