How to Wear Florals in Autumn and Winter

Floral prints are an obvious choice for a summer garden party. It’s easy to make them look just-so-pretty-pretty. But how else can we style floral prints to get more miles for our money? And how can we wear them

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How to Create Curves with Gathers, Draping and Pattern – A Brilliant Dress for Brick, Column and Cornet Body Shapes

This dress has great principles for creating the illusion of a curvy silhouette

Photo courtesy of Rococo Vintage

If you have a Brick, Cornet or Column body shape, your silhouette is quite straight up-and-down with not much waist definition. This is great for days when you want to be all geometric and angular but sometimes we all want to turn our feminine glamour up a notch, don’t we?

Flattering every body shape is all about the art of optical trickery and this

How to Wear Grey – Using One Colour to Elongate Your Body

When Trinny finds a colour that she loves, she really goes for it. Wearing all one colour requires a bit of skill in putting your look together. One way is to choose

How to Wear Stripes if You Have a Large Bust

Just about everybody has a stripy top lurking in their wardrobe. Unfortunately horizontal stripes can amplify a large bust in a way that may make you feel that your breasts are the latest feature on Google maps. The best way to mitigate this effect is

How to Wear Sequins – From Day to Night

Whenever we are feeling tired or a bit washed out we reach for the sequins. They provide an instant pick-you-up by reflecting light onto your face. A simple sequinned jacket is incredibly versatile and

How to Wear Pastel Colours

To avoid looking like the Queen Mother we need to modernise pastels. If you’re under one hundred years old don’t be tempted to wear a baby blue knitted twinset. The trick is to create a look that is clean and fresh, rather than frumpy. In crafting your springtime palette, white is your ally: it always lifts the pastels and lets them float. Seek inspiration in

A Simple but Cool Nautical Look

There are some looks that are the bedrock of style. An outfit featuring nautical stripes is one of them, it will get you through any number of situations from

How to Wear Neutral Tones

A neutral palette evokes Armani chic but not everyone can easily don these colours. If you have an olive or sallow skin tone, neutrals may wash you out. If that is the case, a good strategy is to always wear neutrals with white. You don’t have to have a tan to wear neutrals. The softness of nude colours is enhanced by

How Not to Wear Leopard Prints

We just adore leopard print. The variations in colour and size of the pattern blend in a supremely clever way to create the illusion of curves and movement around a woman’s body whilst also helping to

How to Accessorise a Strong Print

It takes courage to wear a strong print. Having dipped your toe in the water, the temptation is often to take the safe option and downplay it with bland accessories. Trinny suggests that you