How to wear red: 4 tips to wearing red with style

Red is inevitably associated with Christmas, but it is also the colour of love and romance, confidence and joy.

Wearing red is a sure way to feel confident and put a bit of va va voom into your step. It is a great colour to invest in, as it transcends all the seasons and can be worn with ease in winter as well as summer.

I am often asked what “colours can go with red”? Well, you would be surprised!

1. Of course, dressing in red from head to toe is a brave thing to do and if you have the nerve for this it is the most amazing look.

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But if your tastes are a little more subtle then there are plenty of other ways to wear red.

2. For a classy look, wearing red with a neutral colour can be very effective.

www.maxmara.com - Dress

www.farfetch.com - Boots

www.hobbs.co.uk - Coat

Either keep the red for your accessories and dress in camels, beiges, or black and white. Or, pair a red pair of trousers with a camel jumper and keep the accessories neutral.

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3. Blue jeans and a white shirt, with a pair of flat red shoes is a great outfit to wear for a Saturday lunch with friends.

www.zara.co.uk - jeans

www.jigsaw.co.uk - shirt

www.hobbs.co.uk shoes

4. For a “wow” moment, think about pairing a pink skirt with a red jumper and silver ballet flats. Red also looks great with blue or green.

www.maxmara.com - skirt

www.peterhahn.co.uk - jumper

www.russell&bromley.co.uk - shoes

So, have some fun and give it a try! You will be amazed at the confidence boost wearing more colour will give you!

Want to become more confident with colour? Why not have a colour consultation with me to find out your colour season and which "wow!"colours you can wear which will be better than a facelift! Visit https://www.yourstylerenaissance.com/the-art-of-adding-colour-to-your-st for more information and to book! See you there. xxx

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Why You have nothing to wear - 4 style tips

I have NOTHING to wear!!

We all say it! The cry of women all everywhere – whilst staring at a wardrobe full of clothing!

Why do we think this and why does it immediately stop us in our tracks and make us feel depressed and negative?

Well, the main reasons are these:

1. We have too many clothes and these are causing chaos and overwhelm in our cupboards. We need to give our wardrobes a good purge every 6 months or so and make an inventory of what we have in there. If there are things there that we will “slim into” or for our “fat days”, get rid of them! These items only end up causing body negativity and make you start the day off in the wrong frame of mind.

Equally, if there are items that you hate (yes, crazy isn’t it, but we all keep hold of things we hate “just in case” or because of a sentimental reason!), or things that don’t make you feel your best – get rid of them of put them into storage.

Sort out the remaining clothes by colour, style and design – this will give you a clear indication of what you own and help putting together an outfit so much easier.

2. Boredom - “I have nothing to wear” can just as easily translate into “I am bored with my clothes”! Think about how you would love to look and start gathering inspiration from Pinterest, Instagram, Google, etc. Make up a Pinterest board of your outfits and use this to help you put together your own look. Keep an eye open for themes that keep cropping up in your look-book ideas and this will help you develop your own personal style.

3. Lack of creativity - Have fun and experiment with styles and ideas. Try different colours and silhouettes. Just because you like a certain item, don’t just stick to that shape or colour as this will only create more boredom – be adventurous. Take photos of outfits you put together and make you feel fabulous and then keep them as inspiration for other outfits. Ignore the shopping algorithms on websites, as they will keep pushing you back to the type of item you always buy – that is there job!

4. Not “fit for purpose” – perhaps you have changed jobs, retired, moved to a different location or perhaps, like so many of us, you have now only working from home, so the clothes in your wardrobe are no longer the sort of clothes you wear. I remember when I first came back from living in Italy full time, I had a real crisis of confidence in my style as I the only clothes I had were warm/hot weather clothes. I couldn’t remember how to dress for cooler climes and I became frustrated every time I looked for something to put on, telling myself I had loads of lovely clothes, why did I feel I had nothing to put on?

After a while I realised that the clothes I had weren’t right for my new life and once I had accepted this and started to build on what I had, my personal style came through again and my confidence returned.

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The Human Cost of Fast Fashion

I believe these days that unfortunately the truth is we all know the "cost of everything and the value of nothing".

It brought me up short the other day when I was looking to buy a white T shirt from a well known store and it was £40. "£40!" I thought "I'm not paying that for a plain white T shirt!". But then I stopped to think - why shouldn't I? In fact, why wouldn't I? Whatever the shape, cut, quality of it was, the fact remains that for every T shirt made, there must have been numerous people involved in the making - the farmer, the cotton picker, the packer, the lorry driver, the unpacker, all the people involved in the making of the material, the pattern cutters, machinists, not to mention the designer, buyer, PR person, sales person - the list is endless.

When you think of it like that, £40 is nothing and probably works out to a very negative figure per person, per item. And we wonder why every item is made in bulk and there is so much waste?

If we want the industry to be able to change and to be able to do our own bit to help the Planet, we need to shift our thinking - £40 for a Tshirt? That's cheap!

We need to look at our clothes as investments, as pieces that have been crafted by Artisans and that need looking after, worn often and looked after with care. My mother's generation had a "make do and mend" attitude to everything, whilst mine adopted a "throw it away and buy a new one", partly because things weren't made to last anymore, partly because fashions changed so quickly we couldn't keep up and partly because we had the money to spend on constantly updating our wardrobe with cheaper, more accessible items.

However, whatever the reason, it is time we had a huge sea change in attitude. We have to think about how many people were involved in the item we are buying. How would we feel if we were the ones receiving peanuts for the hard work and expertise we were putting in? We need to look at everything we are being charged, be it for clothes, food, makeup, our Dentist, our Coach, whatever or whomever and think "that is a good investment" and not how much it costs.

Maybe this way we can start making small steps to better future for everyone.