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How to Create a Mix and Match Wardrobe
This website is all about creating a wardrobe that works for you, based on mixing and matching items of clothing which harmonise in colour, fabric, style and cut. It is about you and your image, and about how you can make the most of yourself.
It is also about making the selection of your clothes easier, and faster. If you know which colours, fabrics, lines and styles are best for you it is much simpler to select the most flattering garments, and to create a great mixing and matching wardrobe. You will never have to regret buying something that simply does not suit you.
This is pretty much the way men purchase their clothes. They buy suits in their best neutral colours and then add the shirts, ties etc. There does not need to be much agonising over the process!
Here in this site I have used the seasonal colour system as a way to describe your colouring and the range of colours that most flatter you. Once you know your best colours it is easy to choose garments that will all mix and match well together.
While dressing in the right style might be more important than dressing in the right colour, colour is probably the first thing people will notice about your clothes. Colours have a profound effect on us; they evoke emotions, both pleasant and unpleasant. Colour is also the first thing you would consider when thinking of how to mix and match your clothes.
The seasonal colour system uses the four seasons - Summer, Autumn, Winter and Spring to describe your colouring and the range of colours that best complement the colouring of your skin, hair and eyes. This is really where you need to start with planning your wardrobe.
Whatever your colouring, there will be one seasonal palette that really is best for you. It will contain the most flattering colours you can wear.
In addition to knowing how to mix and match your best colours, you will also learn how to recognise your own figure image, and learn how to enhance your best points and camouflage the less good by choosing the best lines and styles for your body. No matter how much you may feel that your body is less than perfect, it is certain that you will have some very positive points, like great legs or perfect skin or whatever it maybe.
Looking good really has nothing to do with weight or height, but rather it is that the secret to success lies in the art of visual balance.
You will learn, as time goes by, how to choose the lines in clothes that suit you best, and enable you to recognise your own best styles virtually at a glance.
A few tricks with line and optical illusion, a clever choice of colour and a sound knowledge of how texture relates to your shape, should have everyone praising your new found figure.
Furthermore, depending on the particular features of your body shape, you will find that certain styles, fabrics, designs and accessories will be more flattering than others, while still leaving room for your own individual interpretation of your colour and style guidelines.
Your personality is inevitably the most important factor of your image. Dressing out of context may make you may feel a trifle uncomfortable, but if you dress outside of your temperament you’ll appear ludicrous. You need to develop your own style personality, and naturally choose the clothes that make you feel most comfortable.
The life you lead adds complications too, as it is more than possible that you play several roles in any given day and since most of us lead busy lives and have a limited dress allowance, we know in our hearts that perfection is out of the question, yet we still want to look at least attractive, consistently well groomed and pleasantly turned out.
BUY YOUR CLOTHES WITH A WELL THOUGHT OUT PLAN FOR HOW THEY WILL MIX AND MATCH
Dressing well and looking good in our clothes can be hard work whether at the planning, buying or wearing stages, but the joy of having the right clothes is that nobody ever needs to know that your body is less than perfect.
Buying your clothes by plan and design, mixing and matching, and co-ordinating the separate clothing components on the basis of colour, fabric, style and shape is the way to organise your wardrobe and make it work for you, day to day, week to week and year to year. It will help you create an harmonious wardrobe, rather than a hotchpotch of contradictory styles.
Dressing this way also saves you money, because your wardrobe now co-ordinates more successfully, and you need fewer clothes to create many outfits. As a result you should be able to buy better quality items and your clothes will become investments. A good collection of clothes is an investment in self esteem and a vital part of your strategy for self fulfilment.
Wardrobe planning is fascinating and vital to our success. It is about self knowledge, attainable aspirations, investment and return and creative expression. The learning curve is discovering what makes you look your best.
However, we need to be clear about the fact that high fashion and practical good dressing are two different things. The basic principles of being well dressed have almost nothing to do with high fashion, very little to do with your face or figure, and nothing at all to do with money.
The women with the smallest incomes are the ones who have to take the most care when shopping for clothes. If you have no money to throw around on useless dresses or extreme fashion, you have to be very careful to never make a mistake. You must be certain that you have chosen your best colours, styles and lines.


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The Clothes Magic Blog This Blog helps you find your best clothes colours, cut and styles. It will also show you how to plan an effective clothes wardrobe.
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Colour analysis Colour analysis is a careful assessment of your natural colouring
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The Seasonal Colour System The seasonal colour system uses the four seasons - Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter - to describe your colouring and the range of colours that most flatter you.
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your colour season Finding your colour season introduces the seasonal colour palette, for the choosing of clothing colours, which has a wonderful logic about it and is widely used by all ethnic
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Spring colouring will be light and fair, warm and golden Spring colouring will be light and fair, warm and golden, or clear and bright. Look for a golden undertone – clear, almost colourless and translucent; a quality of softness and fragility.
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Spring Mix-and Match Colour Palette Having decided that the Spring mix-and-match colour-palette is the one that best describes you, you now know which colours you should be wearing.
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mix and match Spring capsule colours In choosing your basic mix and match colours first select two main complementary colours as a basis
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spring colouring fine tuned By fine tuning your basic Spring colouring you could reach into another Season
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Summer colouring is pink and ashy blue Summer colouring is the summer haze after rain, the soft, cool and pastel tones
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Summer Mix and Match Colour Palette Summer Mix and Match Colour Palette
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Summer mix and match capsule colours In choosing your basic mix and match capsule colours first select two main complementary colours as a basis
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summer colouring fine tuned summer colouring fine tuned
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Autumn colouring is warm, rich and earthy Autumn colourIng is warm, rich and earthy
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Autumn Mix and Match Palette Having decided that the Autumn mix and match palette is the one that best describes you, you now know which colours you should be wearing. There are probably some shades that you will find too
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Autumn's basic mix and match capsule colours In choosing your basic autumn mix and match capsule colours first select two main complementary colours as a basis
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Autumn Colouring Fine Tuned By fine tuning your basic Autumn colouring you could reach into another Season
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Winter-colouring Snow White is the epitome of the clear, bright, Winter colouring
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Winter Mix and Match Colour Palette Stark Contrasts in the Winter Mix and Match Colour Palette
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mix and match Winter capsule colours You need to select two main colours for your first mix and match capsule.
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Winter colouring fine tuned Winter colouring fine tuned
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Analyse Your Shape Because there always needs to be a complementary relationship between your clothing and your body line, you must first analyse your shape so that the clothes you wear look like a natural extension of
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Measure Yourself In the ideal figure, the bust and hips would measure almost the same, and the waist approximately 10 inches (25.5 cm) smaller.
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What Shape Are You How would you describe the shape of your body? Straight, curved,round?
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How to Dress Any Figure How to Dress Any Figure
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Straight Body Shapes Some straight body shapes are tall and thin with small flat hips, broad shoulders, small busts and very few curves.
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How to Dress a Boyish Figure How to Dress a Boyish Figure
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Curved Body Shapes Some women have rounded body silhouettes with curved hips, a well defined waist and a full bust. Their facial shape may be oval, round, heart shaped or pear shaped.
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How to Show Off Your Curves How to Show Off Your Curves
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Scale-and-Proportion Your proportions are defined by the distribution of space from head to toe. Some of us have long torsos, and others have much shorter torsos.
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Accentuate the Positive - Eliminate the Negative We all have good and positive points about out bodies, and perhaps some negatives too, A figure negative has to be a REAL problem, a definite imbalance which others can easily see.
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Face and Hairstyles Your face is the most important part of your body, and you must have a hairstyle that will complement and enhance it.
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Books About Your Clothes Choices Books about clothes choices to suit your figure and colouring
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first impression Our clothing is the very first impression anyone has of us
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Dressing Well Dressing well is dressing to suit the occasion as well as to complement your shape
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Make Your Clothes Fit It is terribly important to make your clothes fit, and it makes a major difference in how you look in your clothes.
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Collars and Shoulders Nowhere is good fit so evident as in the shoulders and collars.
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Your Style Personality - Mix and Match Fashion Tips Your Style Personality - Mix and Match Fashion Tips
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Country Style Dressing The country style of dressing is a relaxed style that epitomises ease of movement and fun.
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The Dramatic-Look The dramatic-look is a sophisticated and confident style
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The Elegant Dress Look Another possibility is a working wardrobe composed of about ten very well made silk or silk like elegant dresses.
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Elegant Classic Dressing This is a style of classic elegance, best reflected by women who value quality rather than quantity, style rathe
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Tailored Dressy Module This is a more tailored mix and match style of clothing. Here there are three jackets which make suits with their matching skirts and trousers, and can also be worn with the dress and most of the oth
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Style for the Romantic Woman The Romantic woman should avoid classically tailored styles and instead you can opt for softer cuts which are more feminine
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How to choose good clothes How to choose good clothes
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Mix and Match Clothes how to mix and match clothes
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Mix and Match – the Secret to Dressing Well Your wardrobe should consist of an extended set of mix and match clothing, all designed by you for yourself. The secret is to have a small group of clothes which co-ordinate in colour, style and fabric
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Mix and Match Wardrobe Plan Mix and Match Wardrobe Plan
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Clothing Capsule Plan How do you start to make a clothing-capsule-plan? What makes up a capsule? Everything you might need - skirts, pants, jackets, tops and dresses.
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This basic starter wardrobe consists of an extended set of mix and match pieces This basic mix and match starter wardrobe consists of clothes chosen to create an extended set of mix and match pieces co-ordinated in colour, fabric and shape
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Wardrobe Organisation for Mix and Match Wardrobe Organisation for Mix and Match
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Mix-and Match-Working-Hours- Wardrobe The most workable wardrobe is based on a mix-and-match system where each item has a link in colour and style to the other garments.
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Business Wear So what items in your business attire could be so distracting to your co-workers and clients that they're causing you to lose credibility, respect, and income?
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Mix-and-Match Suited Look Wardrobe This is the classic mix-and-match tailored suited look that is considered to be the proper image for the corporate career woman.
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Mix-and-Match Unsuited Business Look If you are not the suit type, or you want a softer look this is the mix-and-match wardrobe for you.
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Pregnancy Fashion Tips Pregnancy Fashion Tips
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Recycle Special Occasion Clothes Recycle Special Occasion Clothes
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Swimwear When it comes to swimwear the most important thing is choosing the most flattering style for your body.
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Swimsuits for a flat chest Swimsuits for a flat chest
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Budgeting Your Money for your New Capsule Before creating your budget you will need to work out how much money you spend on clothes each year
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