The tile guys asked my husband if they could stay until
about 9 tonight so they didn’t have to come back tomorrow. He said yes. But
wait…I have to play dress up and take pictures of myself! It finally dawned on me that we have an
entire wall of full length mirror downstairs in the gym, so when the tile guys
took a break I scooted through the bathroom into my closet and grabbed
everything I thought I’d need.
I cheated a bit because I already had some recent pictures
of what I think are improvements on the early pictures. You’ll recognize the
cheats by the lack of gym equipment and lovely fluorescent
lighting;-).
I focused on three areas where I had lots of room to
improve: Color, Neutrals and Proportion.
I also took some looks I liked for Winter and used them for Spring
inspiration. On to the learning process:
Slide 1: Color. I love color, but I was either doing too
much color at once or not grounding it properly. There’s a whole lot of stuff
going on in the old pictures…too much color and accessories that seem to have a
mind of their own. In the new pictures I kept the color contained and the
accessories tonally matched to the neutrals. I think this works much better and
keeps the color more sophisticated.
Slide 2: Neutrals. I started loving neutrals when I was
trying to figure out my Winter wardrobe last Fall. From too many accessories
to no accessories, it took a while to figure how to get dressed without color.
On the right side of the slide are two recent outfits that I thought were much
more successful in accessorizing a neutral outfit. The semi-tuck has also
become my best friend.
Slide 3: Proportion. I am very short-waisted, and my legs
are relatively long. In the first two pictures, you see just how out of
proportion I can be. Ditching the heels helped, but going for a lower rise in
pants really made a huge difference I think.
Slides 4 and 5: Winter to Spring. On the left side of each
slide are some all-neutral Winter looks that I really liked. My concern headed
into Spring is that I will backslide on color, so I wanted to translate these
looks into neutral Spring outfits.
Bonus picture 1: My husband laughing at me taking pictures
of myself.
Bonus picture 2: Updated picture of the shower from about an
hour ago.
Thank you, MaryK. This was the perfect challenge for me. It’s
what I was trying to do a couple weeks ago on my own, but I wasn’t seeing things the way
I needed to see them. Comments, thoughts, suggestions all welcome!
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