Why Change Is Good
Today’s word is change and often the more we need it the more we run.
Take a look and listen to why change is your friend and occasionally in unexpected places.
NOTE: The Ask Scarlett event took place on July 9, 2021.
Author: Scarlett De Bease
Want To Dress Better?
Want To Dress Better too?
I’m not naming names, but recently a woman reached out to me because she was tired of wearing the same-looking outfit over and over again year after year.
“I just want to dress better!”
You probably know the drill…same style pants and top in a few different colors and when feeling adventurous, she’d throw on a necklace or earrings and feel amazingly BORED.
She hired me to improve her wardrobe, get back self-confidence, and get off the style-rut train, as her next stop was Frumpy Town.
Another happy client said:
“Your tips have really resonated with me. Your very helpful advice and insights have steered me in a whole new direction, and I am loving the many compliments I’m now getting.”
What are YOU waiting for?
Tired of being frustrated about what to wear, choose a time here for us to meet, and I’ll help you identify what is keeping you from loving how you look and tell youhow to fix it.
How To Wear A Necklace
If you know me, you know I love necklaces and how they can make any outfit look 100% more stylish and interesting.
For those who really know me because we’ve worked together, you know how I care about where a necklace lays (or is it lies?) on you and your clothes.
You also know how I love to use accessories in new ways and combinations.
Anyway, I digress…
Clearly, I’m not happy with the length of my necklace in the top photo. I don’t like how my skin is showing thru and it’s a bit too short for my proportions. It simply is not as good as it can be. So, I adjusted the length, and voila.
This is a great example of how a small change makes a big improvement in a very subtle way.
See how my necklace almost looks like it’s part of the neckline in my dress? That’s what you should go for whenever possible, especially with shorter necklaces.
Q. Wondering about your clothes and accessories and how they could be tweaked to look better?
A. Join me for FREE, my gift to you, on Ask Scarlett on July 9, 2021, at 12 noon ET.
Bring your questions or actual clothes and accessories to get my answers and suggestions on how to make you and your outfits look and feel better and more beautiful.
Register Here to reserve your seat as availability is limited.
Note: Camera shy? Just turn off your camera, and if you have a question I’ll be ready to answer.
How To Dress Better In Minutes
Ever wish you knew how to dress better instead of having another day of putting on a plain top, looking into the mirror, and thinking-feeling frumpy and really bored with your outfit?
The solution is yours by simply using accessories to turn a basic and somewhat boring outfit into a pulled-together ready-to-be-seen one.
Start with your eyes by using your ears.
Huh? What? Ok, hear me out.
Your eyes are a built-in accessory, but you need to bring them out with what you wear.
One of the best and easiest ways to do so, other than wearing tops in your best colors, is by wearing earrings that either match the color of your eyes or are in your best colors.
The first thing I do for every virtual and in-person client is to show her the best colors to wear plus, and this is very important, which to avoid. The wrong colors can make you look sick and older. The right colors take years off and give you a healthy glow, so be sure to add them to your accessories as well as your clothes.
I love these earrings by Emily Kuvin, a jewelry designer I ‘met’ on the social media platform Clubhouse. Her pieces are a splurge, but also a great example of wearing color to flatter your facial features to make a simple outfit a wow outfit.
I hope to treat myself to this pair of earrings one day.
The very affordable Kate Spade earrings, see below, are available in a very pretty blue and a great way to bring out your eyes and dress up a blah outfit. Do not get the black ones as they won’t be as impactful as those in blues or greens.
Think of necklaces and/or scarves in the same way. Ask yourself if the colors compliment your eyes, skin tone, etc. When they do, any of your same ole outfits will instantly look better and frumpy will not be the first thing you see in the mirror.
And then she said:
“For the first time in my whole life, I have clothes that go with each other and outfits to wear everywhere. And my closet is less than half of what it has ever been.”
What’s Wrong With This Outfit?
So, what’s wrong with this outfit?
I asked that question to my Stop Stressing About Dressing private group on FaceBook, and although most were not a fan of this titled “Power Outfit”, nobody was able to point out why it isn’t flattering on this model.
Here’s why this outfit is NOT right for her and likely you:
- Her arms are very long, and these sleeves are way too short for her which makes her look like the jacket is too small for her.
- She needs to wear a top under this jacket or wear a jacket that buttons up higher as the open neckline is way out of proportion for her shape and height.
- Lose the socks!! Why oh why did the stylist put white socks on her??? They visually chop up her legs and make them look too thin. Yes, legs can look too thin.
- The shoes without socks are barely ok, but sandals would have been so much better.
- Large pockets on the hips rarely flatter anyone…even a thin model.
- Either shorter shorts, ankle, or full-length pants would be much more flattering for her proportions.
- This very dull color diminishes her beautiful coloring and features.
The details that make an outfit or piece of clothing work, or not, for each woman vary greatly. Here is a tall, thin, and beautiful woman in an outfit that makes her look like she’s wearing somebody else’s ill-fitting clothes and takes away from her beauty.
Proof, that thin is NEVER the reason why clothes don’t look as great on you as you think they would.
Learning which clothes look good on YOU is how to
go from feeling insecure to feeling and looking confident.Knowing what colors, cut, styling details, and fit work for YOU is how to not buy or wear clothes that make you feel unattractive, frumpy, and unprofessional.
Speaking of fit, let’s find out if working together is the
right fit for us both.Go here to find out.
What To Wear Tips For Women Over 50
What To Wear Tips For Women Over 50, or frankly at any age that you find yourself not knowing what to wear.
Thank you The Transition Network of Chicago for inviting me to share quite a few of my what to wear tips.
If you are one of the many women who stare into their closets and wish they knew why they keep thinking they have nothing to wear, you’ll have a much better idea after watching my presentation to the Chicago chapter of TTN, Women Embracing Life After 50.
Hurry up and grab your seat at my upcoming
Know What To Wear Workshop on May 28, 2021.
How To Spring Clean Your closet
Use these 3 words to spring clean your closet:
Review
Renew
Refresh
Watch the video below which originally aired on FaceBook, to get all the ways I share how to spring clean your closet and get it working for not against you. Get control over your clothes
and you’ll be able to see what you have to wear now.
How To Spring Clean Your closet
Note: The webinar I refer to in this video has already occurred.
How To Hide Those Extra Pounds
Whether you’ve gained weight due to the holidays, pandemic, menopause, or simply want to look thinner, most women wish there was a little less of them and know how to hide those extra pounds.
And that’s why I created a Tip Sheet to help you look 10lbs Thinner Without Hitting The Gym. Learn how to use your clothes and accessories to hide any extra in the middle or anywhere else on your body.
You deserve to look great and not be stressed about getting dressed from head to toe.
Stop your cycle of not knowing what to wear and feeling shall I say…frumpy.
Book a complimentary Know What To Wear call ($100 value) with me here.
NOTE: Only available to the first 5 women who book a call today.
What To Wear In and After Zoom
Are you getting nervous or excited about knowing what to wear in and after Zoom and actually entering a room?
Dressing after Zoom, meaning from head to toe, doesn’t have to be stressful.
But, not knowing what to wear is self-destructive to your confidence and bank account.
Take a look at the video I made last week where I do a bit of ranting and introduce foreign items such as lipstick, shoes, pedicures, and BRAS!!!
Ohhh, and the free webinar I mention in the below video is set for
April 9, 2021 at 11am EST.
Register HERE and get ready to break out of your
Covid Zoom Cocoon with style.
Out Of Zoom – Into A Room