Explore how all of the elements of design can be combined and manipulated to achieve your unique style.

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How to Use Proportion to Flatter Your Figure

We have all the ingredients in our style, now we need to look at the quantity we use of each ingredient in our outfit. Proportion is like the measuring cup for our recipe. Just like baking a cake, proportion is also very important in our style. What is the golden mean?​In mathematics, art and architecture, there is a very specific fraction or ratio called the golden ratio. In fashion it is sometimes called the divine proportion. Merriam-Webster defines it as: a ratio of two numbers in whi […]

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How to Use Color to Master Your Style

What colors should you wear?To answer that question appropriately, you must first determine which season you are. The undertone of your skin and the amount of melanin and keratin in your complexion determine the types of colors you look best in. If you haven’t read it yet, now is a good time to go back and look at the previous blog post about determining your season.Here’s the basic gist. If you have cool undertones, you are either a summer or a winter. If you have warm undertones, you are e […]

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How to Use Texture to Master Your Style

What is texture?Texture is another ingredient in our style recipe that we can use to add interest and balance our figure. There are two different kinds of texture.​Visual textureVisual texture is how something looks like it feels. Have you ever looked at something and expected it to feel one way, but when you touched it, it felt completely different? This can be achieved by using a print. The print or pattern can trick the eye into seeing something that’s not there.Tactile textureTactile tex […]

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How to Use Prints to Flatter Your Figure

The third ingredient in our style recipe is pattern, not to be confused with a sewing pattern. Patterns or prints can either be woven as part of the fabrication of the fabric itself using yarn that’s been dyed prior ot weaving or knitting or printed on the surface of the fabric AFTER they have been woven. There are also many different types of printing methods, but we won’t get into those here. Patterns can be described in many ways. I found this very informative website with descriptions an […]

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How to Use Line to Master Your Style

The next ingredient in our style recipe that we’re going to talk about is line. There are many types of lines which we will discuss. Stripes are a type of pattern that function as a line. We’ll talk about ALL types of patterns in my next post, but today, we’re going to talk about line. Nearly every capsule wardrobe I’ve seen on pinterest has a horizontal striped t-shirt. Why is the horizontal striped t-shirt so popular? What should you be wearing for your shape. Are vertical stripes […]

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How to Use Silhouette to Master Your Style

What is silhouette in fashion?The first ingredient in your style recipe is the silhouette. The easiest way to understand what a silhouette is is to think about a shadow. It is he outline of the shape of the garment or entire outfit. The shape is determined by the body of the individual wearing the garment and the excess space between the garment and the body. The excess space is called ease. The exact same garment could have a slightly different outline depending on the body that is wearing it.A […]