The calendar says that Spring has sprung, and although we are still in the thralls of winter, we love the change of season to push us into updating our look! As we always do, we’re sharing our 21 Ways and it’s all about looking and feeling your best for spring! Some will be familiar others new… let’s get into it…
1. Realize your silhouette – if you haven’t already, take the Body Shape & Style Quiz to find out which silhouette you best identify. This will not only point you to outfit styles that make you look and feel amazing and balanced but also will help you create and/or maintain your capsule wardrobe(s) to enhance your best looks for now and into the future!
2. Recognize your style – Click on your gimmestyle girl to read more about the silhouette you best identified with from the Body Shape & Style Quiz… check out the fashion style tips in the objectives, along with look preferences for that silhouette! This will help you pick the styles you like and feel most comfortable wearing AND help you decide on your new style identity!
3. Identify your fashion lifestyle from what and how you spend the majority of your time. For example, your 9 to 5, aka your daily grind, aka your professional dress code… You get the picture! Once you’ve recognized how you spend most of your time during the week, you can determine how casual comfortable or professional chic your everyday essential basics need to be! This will bring you one step further to mastering your personal style.
“Fashions fade, Style is eternal.”
– Yves Saint Laurent
4. Create your daily uniform based on your essential basic wardrobe pieces you wear every day. The fastest and easiest way we’ve found to create a daily uniform is by taking the information you’ve learned about yourself while you were realizing your silhouette, recognizing your style, and identifying your fashion lifestyle (see 1-3 above). What do you feel best in when you are living your best life! Here you can start adding to your existing capsule wardrobe or begin building your capsule wardrobe with items that meet all of your personal requirements for the Spring and into Summer. For more read our Capsule Craze blog!
5. Define your color pallet and choose the best, complementary hues for you! We think it’s best to know if your undertone is warm or cool. If you don’t know, and or haven’t already had an in-depth color analysis done, a quick way that we’ve found, is to look at the color of the veins on your wrist. Blue Veins correspond to a cool undertone and Green Veins correspond to a warm undertone. But please consider yourself warned, this is not fool-proof and many people can fall into the neutral skin tone category! And to mix things up even more…if you color your hair and tan your skin…this quick easy method might not be for you. With all that said, we say just pick hues you like and make you feel radiant, look healthy and bring color to your face…
6. Refine your closet and drawers! Check out our #springcleanyourcloset article and start pulling your lighter, spring like items forward to try them on for fit and determine if they match your suggested silhouette and your new fashion style! No time like the present to review your existing wardrobe and capsules and remove items that no longer represent your style while making room for those new items that DO!
7. Select your Spring colors based on your chosen color pallet hues, choose the colors you’ll be wearing this upcoming season and add them to your wardrobe! We suggest you pick at least two colors! If you weren’t successful in defining your color pallet, Pantone Color Institute experts are predicting the colors for Spring/Summer 2023 to be a range of contrasting colors encouraging experimentation and individualistic expression… to discover your best hue, move right or left of the hue spectrum for the Spring Trend Colors that are right for you.
8. Pick your style icon – you read that right! Preferably a current celebrity or influencer that has your body type, is of similar age and that you like their style and clothes they wear. Selecting a more current celebrity just makes it a little easier, IMHO, since their data and photos are more readily available and easier to search on the internet. But this is just a suggestion…your style icon can be whomever you wish to emulate, or not, and could be an “easy tool” for styling ideas!
9. Pre-style 3 outfits for the week – pretty self-explanatory, but in case you’re scratching your head with this one… this helps you stay aligned with your updated fashion lifestyle! Simply look at your schedule and choose three upcoming events and plan three outfits from head to toe… or in general, plan 3 outfits you want to ensure you wear in the week ahead regardless of event or schedule! Remember when we travel, as we shared in our #VacayReady blog, we plan our outfits for each day away… same concept! And for those meal planners out there, same thing! It actually saves time in the morning when you’ve planned your outfit as well! Who knew!?!
10. Brighten your smile a New Lip Color! Did you know that just glossing up your lips with a little color can make you look younger? It’s true! Gloss’em up gals!
11. Get your spring glow summer ready! We say pamper yourself, you deserve it! Brighten your skin with either a peel or at home scrub to remove the winter layer that’s dulling your skins appearance… and you’ll want to add this Jergens Natural Glow lotion to your daily moisturizing routine. Trust us! This lotion is an amazing way to keep your legs looking great. Oh, and you’ll be travel ready, if and when you have time to sneak off to a warmer destination. (Amazon) https://amzn.to/3rXXPQi
12. Layer your look! Spring is the perfect season to layer your look as we transition from cold winter days into warm days and nights! Read our Layer Your Look article for more details and recommendations
13. Pick your go-to denim jacket, or what we call the LJJ, or little jean jacket – Anytime fashion trend is denim ….make sure you have your LJJ and your favorite fitting jeans or moto look ready to go….We’ve been waiting all our lives for this to be cool and in style. Shop LJJ’s @gimmestyle.com
14. Swap out your winter shades for darker frames and lenses. (Amazon) https://amzn.to/3LYDWEJ or shop more at gimmestyle.com/accessories
15. Invest in on trend pieces for spring! Our spring trends report says Moto is in! If that isn’t your thing, go check out the many other options you’ll be seeing this spring that may speak to you and your personal style.
16. Add a hat that compliments your everyday style. Whether it’s running errands or covering from the elements, hats add that “little something extra” in our book! (Amazon) https://amzn.to/42P1GRG
17. Invest in a statement piece – a piece of jewelry or a designer bag can make a big statement. It’s super fun to find a ring with a stone that matches one of your signature color hues.
18. Create your own signature layered necklace look! For you (Amazon) https://amzn.to/3ADHPGf
19. Add a Blazer – choose one that compliments your silhouette and is made from a fabric and color that’s correct for the spring season. We also suggest selecting a blazer that you can throw over your daily uniform and can also be worn with leggings or jeans and goes well with several pairs of your stylish footwear. Head over to our online boutique and select those that will suit your silhouette.
20. Choose an Oversized Tote that fits everything you need with a matching handbag – we love to pair a smaller handbag and a Tote to match what life brings and holds all of your essentials with versatility! The trick is to select a Tote that holds your daily needs and pairs well with your daily uniform. For some, their Tote might be sporting diapers, and for others a computer. Then use the smaller handbag for wallet items, keys, cell phone, lip color and cash…. this is a great way to be prepared for whatever your day throws at you… for a quick grab and go, or for a quick transition from work to a fun night out.
21. And last but most definitely not least, check out matching sets for a perfectly paired look! Check out our jumpsuits and visit gimmestyle.com often as we continue to add to our favorite sets!
… and you know we have WAY more to share! For example, everyone needs a Little Black Dress, LBD as we say at gimmestyle, and better yet, we have a blog to show you how to pick the perfect one!! If you haven’t already, make sure you check out @gimmestyle.com & subscribe to our mailing list on our homepage to get the latest and greatest information as it is published! Come hang with us and the gimmestyle girls to learn more!
x,
MeCa
