Investment Dressing — Slimming Solutions

I like my mon­ey where I can see it — hang­ing in my closet.”
~ Car­rie Brad­shaw, Sex and the City

When it comes to dress­ing –  what are you more inter­est­ed in? Cre­at­ing lots of out­fits or look­ing slimmer?

Well, you can do both at the same time if your clothes buy­ing strat­e­gy includes invest­ing in “Cloth­ing Units.” Invest­ment is the key ~ Pur­pose­ful­ly buy­ing items that are the same col­or or tints & tones of that col­or. It is called tone-on-tone dress­ing. And it’s very chic!

These “units” can look bor­ing at first, how­ev­er, the tone-on-tone is very slim­ming. They are the back­bone of your wardrobe and the base on which every­thing else hangs; the per­fect blank slate on which to show off your one-of-a-kind sig­na­ture pieces. Your acces­sories, shoes, jew­el­ry and every­thing etc, is what spices them up.

When you invest in groups or units of cloth­ing with the same or sim­i­lar tone you will not only look put togeth­er and have many pos­si­ble com­bi­na­tions, but you will also look slim­mer. Why is that? because repeat­ing the same col­or in an out­fit cre­ates flow and the one of a kind accents draw the eye to what you want peo­ple to see, your eyes, your beau­ty or just you. Become a magi­cian with cloth­ing and have your audi­ence see what you want them to see by hav­ing a good “unit” base on which to build your illusion.

Here are a few exam­ples of units for the plus size woman from Neiman Mar­cus: On the left a Mari­na Rinal­di shim­mer blaz­er and jack­et, and on the right, a fun crin­kle-sheen jack­et, slim boot­cut pants and jer­sey tank from Eileen Fisher.

The price tags may seem high, but when it is time for you to invest, spend mon­ey on qual­i­ty foun­da­tion pieces for you; the right col­ors, cuts, and style. It’s impor­tant to buy these indi­vid­ual pieces all at once, the good stuff sells out quick­ly. This invest­ment will help you in the long run. Wear it often and love it, because it loves you!

If your wardrobe is miss­ing the foun­da­tion pieces or if your body has changed and your go-to pieces have gone to pieces, get help!  I’m avail­able to work with you to iden­ti­fy your best col­ors to help you cre­ate a win­ning wardrobe. I also teach class­es in mas­ter­ing the art of illu­sion dressing.