Making a trend work for you.

Being trend aware is pretty easy, just pick up a magazine or look in a shop window and you'll get a general idea of the colours and shapes the fashion industry has decided you should be wearing, but implementing that on a personal, let alone a professional level can be a bit of a mine field.  Particularly as the majority of models used are 12 and styled for an after school party, I very rarely see a stylist produced magazine shoot that I look at and think that's something I could wear, just like that.

Some people though seem to have a natural understanding of how to incorporate the new without loosing who they fundamentally are, which is the way it should work.  Fashion should not be about being dictated to, it should be a method to illustrate, who you are or want to be in a fun and no stress way.  Trends are a guideline that allow you to Cherry pick what will work for you and to discard the unnecessary.  This is my friend, Linda's what can only be termed an achiever, I believe she's aware of the word no, but sees it as a challenge and she absolutely knows how to make everything work for her. 

Her wardrobe is not an Homage to one designer or shop it is a mixture of items that make her feel good, because of that she is able to mix in new trends, with her more established wardrobe staples.  By varying price points and mixing high street with high end, Linda's wardrobe fits the occasion, whilst being true to who she is, in a guilt free way.  You don't have to look very far to realise that the most difficult way to dress stylishly is casual, it's too easy to reach for comfort but by adding colour you upgrade a very simple outfit to something with a lot more cache.  One of the keys to looking great is understanding who you are and striving to work with that instead of against it.  Why have a wardrobe full of suits if you don't lead a corporate lifestyle?  Remember it's about functionality as much as fashion.  I hope she won't mind me saying, but Linda runs an aspirational and inspirational business, it's about seeing what you want and achieving those goals and then setting bigger goals and achieving them.  Her wardrobe works for her and she makes it look effortless.

Your life, your wardrobe, your style.