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Three Fashion Fads That Waste Your Money

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Are you trying to look current by buying the latest fashion fads?  

 Here are three of the  latest fads, I give a thumbs down to because their main purpose is to get you to spend money.

 These fads will soon be gone.

 Sometimes fads turn into trends that last a few seasons.  Trends can become classics that last forever.  An example of this is denim jeans.  I predict the following fads will never become trends or classics.

  1. Shoes that are a different color than your outfit.  The fashionistas call this “wearing a pop of color.” Do you really want people focusing on your feet instead of your face?
  2. Another large pop of color.  A second fad which is trying to become a trend.  How many of you have purchased a very large purse that is a different color than your outfit (usually in a green or orange color.)
  3. The third fad is the color orange which is everywhere this season.  Orange can work for everyone, but you must know which shades and brightnesses of orange flatter you otherwise you risk looking like a pumpkin if the orange is too bright.
Here is Judith, one of my image clients in a beautiful “toned down orange,” top.  If Judith wore the bright orange being shown this season, it would overpower her gentle coloring.

 

Judith, Wardrobe Wizard Client in a “toned down orange,” top

I would look tired and sick if I tried wearing the toned down orange that Judith looks so fabulous in.

   The Halloween orange being shown this season doesn’t flatter many people.  But when you understand the orange shades that flatter you, its easy to look current as well as visually balanced.

 Look Current Without Wasting Money

 I am not discouraging you from trying new fads or trends.  Just be selective about what you buy.  
I urge you to get educated about what really is flattering for your unique coloring and shape so you don’t end up wasting your  money.
Follow Your Inner Compass
Once you understand some simple rules about looking visually balanced, and you know what colors and silhouettes are flattering, you can begin to follow your inner compass in choosing what looks and feels right on you.
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“The Wardrobe Wizard,” is available to work with you, no matter where you live.

If you live in Baltimore, Maryland, or surrounding areas she can work with you in person.  If you live other places, she can work with you on-line using digital pictures.

Nancy Goldblatt, “The Wardrobe Wizard,” is a Color1, Personal Image Consultant who specializes in working with mid-life women whose size or shape has changed and who have too many clothes and “not much to wear.”

After a woman works with “The Wardrobe Wizard,” she will have a wallet of her best colors and styles, and a pared down closet.   She will learn how to mix and match her best looks so she can get dressed “lickety split,” and look great everyday.

“The Wardrobe Wizard,” also works with younger women and is available to work with men.  She was trained by Joanna Nicholson, founder of Color 1 Associates , an International Image & Style Company.

e-mail Nancy for more information on how to get started  with an on-line consult.  Nancy@WardrobeWiz.com,     410-513-9496

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You Can Look Spectacular at Any Age

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Nancy Goldblatt, “Wardrobe Wizard”
Are you worried you look “Over the hill”?  At networking events, do you feel you are invisible to people because you are over a certain age?  

If you are an employee, are you concerned you might get downsized because you don’t look as young and energetic as your co-workers?

Have you noticed you look more tired and the lines in your face look more prominent?

If you are in a relationship, when was the last time your partner said,”Wow, you look great.”

Even if you aren’t interested in a new relationship, when was the last time a stranger looked at you twice?

 When you look in the mirror, how do you feel?

Erma Bombeck, the late humorist said, ” It’s better to be over the hill, than under it.” This isn’t very reassuring when you aren’t “Under the hill,” yet.

Nancy Goldblatt, “The Wardrobe Wizard,” says, ” You don’t have to feel or look over the hill.”

 “No matter what your age, shape or size, you can recapture your natural good looks.”  This does not involve anything drastic, but it does require getting accurate information about what really looks good on you.

You Can Look Spectacular At Any Age
You Can Look Spectacular at Any Age

You won’t find this accurate, personalized information in  magazines or on television.

 Lots of books are available with good and bad advice.  After you decipher which is the good advice, you have to determine what applies to you.  This can take many years.

The Secret to Looking Current 

The secret  to looking like you know “What’s Happening,”  is not wearing the latest trendy colors or style.  The secret is to look:

  • coordinated
  • pulled together
  • visually harmonious.

You don’t need a face lift, or botox injections to do this.

This involves understanding your face and body shape, finding out what your best colors are and learning how to use this information so you can look visually pleasing.

 Yes, You Can Look  Spectacular at Every Age.

A good place to start is with flattering colors.  I believe the Color1 system, of color analysis is the most accurate system available.

I have been a Color 1, Personal Image Consultant for over 20 years.  I have seen hundreds of my clients transformed after I did their colors and they used their charts to choose makeup and clothing.

A Color 1 chart can be used for your entire life.

 It’s not true that as you get older you should wear more toned down or more pastel clothing.  

Want more information about Color 1?

Joanna Nicholson and Judy Lewis Crum founded Color 1 about 35 years ago.  Joanna Nicholson has written a number of books.

Her most recent books are “Dressing Smart for Women,” and “Dressing Smart for Men.”  Find the books at the library or try Amazon or contact Leslie Stott, current CEO of Color 1 at: Leslie@thecolorlady.com

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“The Wardrobe Wizard,” is available to work with you no matter where you live.

If you live in Baltimore,Md or surrounding areas she can work with you in person.  If you live other places, she can work with you on-line using digital pictures.

Nancy Goldblatt, “The Wardrobe Wizard,” is a “Color 1,” Personal Image Consultant who specializes in working with mid-life women whose size or shape has changed and who have too many clothes and “nothing to wear.”

After a woman works with “The Wardrobe Wizard,” she will have a wallet of her best colors and styles, and a pared down closet.   She will learn how to mix and match her best looks so she can get dressed “lickety split,” and look great everyday.

“The Wardrobe Wizard,” also works with younger women and is available to work with men.  She was trained by Joanna Nicholson, founder of Color 1 Associates, an International Image & Style Company.

e-mail Nancy for more information on how to get started with an on-line consult.

Nancy@WardrobeWiz.com, 410-513-9496,  WWW.WardrobeWiz.com

Look Slimmer By Dressing Smarter

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Clothes can make you look heavier or slimmer

Has anyone ever said to you “You look thinner out of your clothes, than in your clothes.”

 Before I became an Image Consultant and learned how to dress my body type, I went to a beach retreat.  When I put on a bathing suit, several people said,” You look thinner out of your clothes.

 At the time, I felt confused by their comments.  Before I put on my bathing suit, I was wearing an oversize top and wide-legged pants.

Can you guess what I was doing wrong?

By wearing wide-legged pants with an over-sized top, I was hiding my thinnest parts.

  • When wearing  separates, where one piece is loose and unfitted, the other piece should be more fitted. Our eyes automatically search for the narrowest place to look.  If there is no narrow place, because you are wearing a loose top and bottom, you will look heavier than you are.

 If you are thinner from your waist up, you will look better with fitted tops and more loosely fitting bottoms.  And if you are heavier from your waist up, you will look thinner in unfitted, tops and more tapered or fitted bottoms.

Choosing the right fabrics can take pounds off your silhouette

  1. What fabrics and styles should you avoid wearing when you are trying to look slimmer?
  2. What fabrics are figure friendly

You can use clothing weight and shapes,  and color to create visual tricks to get people to focus on your face, eyes and mouth.  

You can strategically place color and clothing lines, so that people look at your face and just glance at your body.

What Not To Wear

Avoid stiff fabric or thick fabric, ruffles, heavily textured fabrics, shiny fabric or fabrics that are too thin and cling to the body.

Also, avoid wide horizontal stripes, and large horizontal patterns.

What To Wear

Choose fabrics that drape and are medium weight in your most flattering colors

Jackets, A Great Way To Look Slimmer

I love jackets because they are “workhorses,” that can camouflage a tummy or large waist, buttocks or hips. 

To look slimmer you must choose a jacket that flatters your body and ends at one of your narrowest places.

(If you don’t want to wear a traditional jacket, you can layer an unbuttoned blouse or cartigan sweater over a shell for a more casual jacket look.)

  • If you have a wide mid-section, and waist-line but relatively narrow hips you you need to wear a jacket that ends at your narrow hips.
  • If your mid section is wide you will look better in a jacket that has at least 3 or 5 buttons.  Two buttons usually stops at the stomach area.  This is like pointing an arrow at your widest body part.
  •  If you have a defined waistline (your waist is 8 to 10 inches smaller than your hips) you can wear a jacket that tapers in at the waist.  Avoid a jacket with darts and a defined waistline, if your waist line is not much smaller than you hips.
  • If you have a small waist and a large buttock or large hips,  avoid a jacket that ends at your waist because it will emphasize your buttock or hips.    A better choice for you is a longer jacket that tapers at the waist and stops at the narrowest place near your thighs.
  • Don’t wear a jacket that is too long, because it will make you look shorter .

 

Wear Layers To Look Slimmer

  • To create a longer, slimmer look,wear your jacket open.  You can wear your jacket with a skirt or pants of the same color and wear a blouse or t-shirt in a different color.
  • Your can change the color of your shell or blouse and have a different outfit.
  • By wearing your jacket open, you can create two vertical lines and the illusion you have a waistline, because only a little  of your waist shows.
  • Wearing clothing that skims your body shape and is not too tight or too loose will make you appear slimmer.
  •  Don’t be afraid to get your “ready to wear,” clothing altered to get a fit that looks like it was made just for you.

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Nancy Goldblatt is available to work with you no matter where you live.  If you live in Baltimore, Md or surrounding areas she can work with you in person.  If you live other places, she can work with you on-line using digital pictures.

Nancy Goldblatt, “The Wardrobe Wizard,” is a “Color 1,” Personal Image Consultant who specializes in working with mid-life women whose size and shape has changed and who have too many clothes and “nothing to wear.”

After a woman works with “The Wardrobe Wizard,”she will have a wallet of her best colors and styles, and a pared down closet.   She will be know how to mix and match her best looks so she can get dressed “lickety split,” and look great everyday.

“The Wardrobe Wizard,” also works with younger women and is available to work with men.  She was trained by Joanna Nicholson, founder of Color 1 Associates, an International Image & Style Company.

Nancy@WardrobeWiz.com, 410-513-9496,  WWW.WardrobeWiz.com

 


Wonder Why You Feel Self Conscious?

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Are you self conscious about your appearance?  

Or do you  have a friend or relative who is self conscious?

I want to share with you a story and a theory as to why a person might be  self conscious.

When I was younger, before I became an Image Consultant,  I was dating a guy named George.

I was waiting for George to pick me up.  I had a few minutes and I laid down to take a quick nap.

When I woke up I looked in my magnifying mirror to check my makeup.

I was horrified to see the beginnings of a pimple on the end of my nose.

My doorbell rang and I had no time to pop the pimple and camouflage it with makeup.

George greeted me with,

“You look nice tonight.”

“No I don’t, I have a pimple on the end of my nose. “ George squinted at me.

 “I can’t see it.”  

“Well it’s there, right on the end of my nose.”  

George still could not see it.

I admit, that George’s eye sight was not the greatest.

 On the other hand, I have eyes like an eagle.

I see every little detail, especially my flaws.

Even as a child, I would notice the smallest flaws in my appearance.

I would also notice when other people looked bad or looked good.

I thought everyone was as visually aware as me.

When I read the book,” How Your Child Is Smart,” by Dawna Markova, I  discovered that not everyone is as visually aware as me.

I used to think my self-consciousness was entirely due to my mother being so critical of me.

I now believe my “learning style,” how my brain is wired, was the other contributing factor.

Have you been self-conscious since you were a child?

The way you process information may be the cause.

I will try to explain about learning styles in the next few paragraphs.

We all use our eyes,(visual sense) our bodies (kinesthetic sense) and our voices and ears (auditory senses) to learn.

There are six different learning styles or learning orders according to Dawna Markova, teacher, therapist and author of many books including “Your Child Is Smart.”

The order in which we use our senses determines how we are smartest, what makes us feel balanced and what sense is the slowest to come but most deeply felt.

In her book,”Your Child Is Smart,”  Dawna Markova describes these 6 different learning patterns.   The difference in learning styles, is the order in which we use our senses.

There is a front or conscious sense (the way we “bite,” into information) and how we are most aware of whats going on outside of us.

The middle or next sense uses the sub-conscious to help us be aware of both inside and outside and sort information.

The third step in processing information into our brains and bodies is called the unconscious or back channel,  It is the slowest to come but often the most creative part of us and the most deeply felt.

Two of the six learning patterns begin with the Visual pattern.   These are VKA- Visual, Kinesthetic and Auditory and VAK,- Visual Auditory and Kinesthetic.

 If you have the VKA or VAK pattern, you will be  visually aware, and you are likely to be self-conscious.

When you have this learning style, you feel what you see.

When I got trained as a Color 1, Personal Image Consultant and learned how to use color and proportion to look visually balanced, something amazing happened.

Because of my VKA learning style, and feeling what I see, when I looked in the mirror, and I saw that I was visually balanced, my feelings of self-consciousness began to disappear.

If any of those old negative messages tape recorded in my brain pop up, I take a deep breath and use “positive self talk,” to turn off the messages.

My old self consciousness has been replaced by self-confidence.

Before I knew how to put myself together using color and proportion to look visually pleasing, I felt self-conscious.

Now, because I know I look visually balanced, I can leave the house and not feel self-conscious.

If  you  are self-conscious about your appearance, especially if you have felt that way since you were young, it’s likely that you are visually smart.

Here are some other indications that you are visually smart.

  • Do you learn best by reading or watching
  • Do you feel energized when you write
  • Are you comfortable with direct and sustained direct eye contact
  • Do you organize by writing lists?

If are visually aware, you still use your kinesthetic and auditory senses , but in order to process information, you first have to see something or at least visualize it in your imagination.

Does this sound like you?

If you are self-conscious about your appearance, this does not mean you have low self esteem or that you are self-centered.  It’s more likely that the self-consciousness comes from the way your brain is wired to process information.

I have talked in past posts about the magic that happened for me when I discovered what colors and styles looked good on me.

You can have this magic too.

The way to overcome self consciousness is to get educated about what looks good on you.

When you learn how to look visually balanced, using flattering colors and styles, you can replace self consciousness with self confidence.

Want to know what your learning style is?

 Get “Your Child Is Smart,” by Dawna Markova or go to her website,www.Smartwired.org.

The website is targeted towards parents who want to understand their children.

If you want to understand your “Inner Child,” I highly recommend ,” Your Child Is Smart.”  I believe this was Dawna’s first book.  She has written about 6 or 7 books but I found her first book the easiest to understand.

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Think you might be ready to replace self-consciousness with self-confidence?  To far away to meet in person?

Call or e-mail to set up a Complimentary 20 minute telephone consult.  The telephone consult I am currently offering is FREE, with no obligation, but I only have a few of these slots available each month.

The purpose of the telephone consult is to help you determine what your fashion personality is and to help me better understand what your needs  are.    Say goodbye to those, “Nothing to wear moments.”  I am now doing long distance consultations using the telephone, and digital pictures sent on-line.

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Nancy Goldblatt, “The Wardrobe Wizard,” is a “Color 1,” Personal Image Consultant who specializes in working with mid-life women whose size and shape has changed and who have too many clothes and “nothing to wear.” After a woman works with “The Wardrobe Wizard,”she will have a wallet of her best colors and styles, and a pared down closet.   She will learn how to mix and match her best looks so she can get dressed “lickety split,” and look great everyday.

Nancy@WardrobeWiz.com, 410-513-9496,  WWW.WardrobeWiz.com

“The Wardrobe Wizard,” also works with younger women and is available to work with men.  She was trained by Joanna Nicholson, founder of Color 1 Associates an International Image & Style Company.

 


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Online Wardrobe Wizard Makeover, New Service Launch

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Nancy Goldblatt, “The Wardrobe Wizard of Baltimore,” Color 1, Personal Image Consultant

Are you too far away from Baltimore, Maryland to have an in-person consultation with “The Wardrobe Wizard?”

 Or are you so busy you don’t have time during the day to meet for a consultation that takes 3 hours or more. I am launching a new service.

 I call it, “Online Wardrobe Makeover and Image Consultation,” by the Wardrobe Wizard.

In the past I have always done “in-person,” consults that included color analysis, face &  body-shape analysis and closet shopping.  I was limited by geography and was only able to work with people located in the Baltimore-Washington area.

I am now able to do this online using digital photos.

For those of you who are local, I am still available to work with you in-person. 

Here is a snippet from one of my first virtual consultations.

Donna works as an Accounting Assistant and she had just returned to school to get her accounting degree.  She called me after completing entrepreneurial training from WEB, Women Entrepreneurs of Baltimore.  Donna took this WEB training because she wants to become  an Image Consultant specializing in accessories.  Her business name is “Accessorized, The Image.”

Here is the first picture she sent me

Donna, red blouse too bright for her, overpowers her delicate color and emphasizes her shadows

When you close your eyes and then open them again, you eyes will go to the blouse first because its too bright for her.  She needs to wear a more toned down red blouse, perhaps in maroon or a brownish red.  

Small Changes Make A Big Difference

In this next picture Donna is wearing a top that is a toned down brown.  This a brown that is perfect for her gentle coloring.  I did put a little lipstick and blush on her and I filled in the end of her eyebrows.

Donna after consult with a little lipstick and blush and a top that is a flattering color.

 

In previous blog posts I have talked about clothes needing to look like they are an extension of you. In the picture above, Donna is wearing a flattering color that does not overpower her delicate coloring.

I also did an online body shape analysis of Donna.   Donna has a defined waistline but because she has gained some weight her waistline is not as defined as it used to be.  Nevertheless, her best styles will be styles that have some waist definition.

When I helped her shop her closet, I discovered Donna had a lot of unworn pieces of clothing that still had the tags on them.

Most of these were clothes she bought for weddings.  Donna’s fashion personality is “timeless classic,” and these piece were too romantic for her and most of them did not have a defined waistline.

She thought, because she was going to a wedding, she should wear something romantic looking.

In the picture below is one top she never wore.  Can you guess why?

Why is this romantic top with the big  bright, print and undefined waistline so unflattering to Donna?

Donna is 5’7″ but because of her “gentle-muted,” coloring she needs to wear small to medium sized prints in colors that are “toned down,” (not bright).

Besides the print size being too large and too bright, the style of this top is unflattering because it does not have a defined waistline.

OK, she doesn’t have any makeup on, but the deal breaker in the picture above is the unflattering top.

Donna after consult with makeup and wearing a flattering color

This is from an e-mail I received from Donna a few weeks after the consult. “The consult I had with “The Wardrobe Wizard,” helped me  understand why I hardly ever wore my brightly colored clothing and why I never wore the romantic clothing I bought to attend weddings.

After the consult, with my color chart and line drawings of my best styles in hand,  I finished going through my closet and removed all of my “too bright clothes,” that had no waist definition. Then with the information I had about combining my colors, I took what was left and made outfits from them.

Now, instead of having a closet full of clothes and nothing to wear, I have fewer clothes and I wear everything.

I contacted several consignment stores but they were only interested in designer label clothing.  So I decided to have a yard sale.

 My beautiful items, although not designer labels, sold like hot cakes. I have also used my color chart to pick out nail polish and my fingers and toes are looking great.

I  just purchased a new pair of glasses based on what I learned  during the face shape consult.   I can’t wait to pick up my new glasses next week.”  Donna W

Think you might be interested in the “Wardrobe Wizard’s,” my new online “Wardrobe Makeover”?

Here’s  more information.  You will need a digital camera with 12 megapixels or better and have access to a computer.  If you don’t have a 12 megapixel digital camera, perhaps you can borrow one.  I need specific pictures for the color analysis and specific pictures for the face and body shape analysis, as well as a few body measurements.  You only need a webcam if you want me to help you shop your closet.

(I will send you more details when you sign up for the makeover.) Are you ready to save lots of money and look great everyday?  To far away to meet in person.  Think you might be interested in an Online Wardrobe Makeover?

Call or e-mail to set up a Complimentary 25 minute telephone consult.  The telephone consult I am currently offering is FREE, with no obligation, but I only have a few of these slots available each week.

The purpose of the telephone consult is to help you determine what your fashion personality is and to help me better understand what your needs  are.    Say goodbye to those, “Nothing to wear moments.”

Contact info : Nancy@WardrobeWiz.com, 410-513-9496, WWW.WardrobeWiz.com __________________________________________________________

 Nancy Goldblatt, “The Wardrobe Wizard,” is a “Color 1,” Personal Image Consultant who specializes in working with mid-life women whose size and shape has changed and who have too many clothes and “nothing to wear.”

After a woman works with “The Wardrobe Wizard,”she will have a wallet of her best colors and styles, and a pared down closet.   She will know how to mix and match her best looks so she can get dressed “lickety split,” and look great everyday.

 Say goodbye, to those “nothing to wear,” moments. “The Wardrobe Wizard,” also works with younger women and is available to work with men. 

She was trained by Joanna Nicholson, founder of Color 1 Associates an International Image & Style Company.

How to Go from Frumpy to Fabulous Without Buying New Clothes

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Wardrobe Wizard of Baltimore, Nancy Goldblatt

The term “ready to wear,” implies  that you can buy something off the rack and wear it immediately.

“Ready to wear,” clothes are proportioned for a fit model who is  very tall and perfectly proportioned. This does not describe what most of us look like.  The truth is that very few women can put on a ” ready to wear item” and not need some alterations.

So how much should you shorten something?  You can “eye ball it,” but there is a more accurate way to determine vertical alterations, its called Fashion Fit Formula.

When I first discovered the ” Fashion Fit Formula,” I already looked good because as a professional image consultant I knew my best colors and styles. but I did not know everything. I am short and I do not have a defined waistline, so I always wear a layered look with a jacket or long blouse over a shell.  I discovered I  was wearing my tops too long and this made my legs look shorter.  I also have short arms and I did not know my best sleeve length.   I discovered my best coat lengths, skirt lengths, and pant lengths with the Fashion Fit Formula.

.  I can use this system no matter what my weight because it looks at vertical, not horizontal measurements.  If your have spine curvature, this system will tell you the best lengths for both the left and right side of your body.

Do you get attached to your clothes and have difficulty parting with them?   One way to refresh and update the clothes you can’t part with, is to alter them so that they are in perfect  proportion to your head and body.

Janet Wood is the developer of the Fashion Fit Formula.  She has developed a formula based on 12 vertical measurements that will take your existing wardrobe and any new clothes you buy from looking frumpy to fabulous with a few simple alterations.

This cost-effective investment will transform your current wardrobe and make simple alterations on any new purchases well worth the effort or money. The cost of this service has come down since I purchased my Fashion Fit Formula.  There is a kit for men and a kit for women.  I believe current cost is $50 for the basic kit.  Go to http://WWW.FashionFitFormula.com

(The Wardrobe Wizard has not received any compensation for this recommendation)

Nancy Goldblatt, “The Wardrobe Wizard,” is a “Color 1,” Personal Image Consultant who specializes in working with mid-life women whose size and shape has changed and who have too many clothes and “nothing to wear.”

The Wardrobe Wizard, is available to work with you no matter where you live.  If you live in Baltimore, Md or surrounding areas she can work with you in person.  If you live other places, she can work with you on-line using digital pictures.

After a woman works with “The Wardrobe Wizard,”she will have a wallet of her best colors and styles, and a pared down closet.   She will learn how to mix and match her best looks so she can get dressed “lickety split,” and look great everyday.

“The Wardrobe Wizard,” also works with younger women and is available to work with men.  She was trained by Joanna Nicholson, founder of Color 1 Associates, an International Image & Style Company.

Nancy@WardrobeWiz.com, 410-513-9496,  WWW.WardrobeWiz.com

 

 

 


Does This Make Me Look Fat?

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How many times have you stood in front of the mirror and asked yourself, “Does this make me look fat?”    Have you asked your significant other this question  too many times? 

 I suggest you stop torturing yourself and others by asking a different question and start to look at yourself in a new way.  Ask instead  ” Where does my eye go first?”   This is called a focus point.   This is the place people look at first and the place their eye will be drawn back to.  

When I first became a personal image consultant I took a woman client  shopping who  was very short and about 100 pounds overweight.   She put on a navy pant outfit that looked really nice on her.   I commented, “: You look thin in that outfit.”  She responded,  “At this weight, I will never look thin, no matter what I put on.”  She was right.  What I should have said was, “The outfit is flattering.”   The color and style of the pant suit caused me to look at her face first.  I did look at her body, but the neckline and color of the outfit kept drawing me back to her face.  The outfit skimmed over her bumps and bulges and as a result my eyes did not stop at her body parts but instead went back to her face.

   Where do your eyes go when a  woman has a very low neckline and the top of her breasts are showing?      When  you are talking to someone and they have a piece of spinach in their teeth, where do your eyes go?  These are examples of  focus points.  Where do you want your focus point to be?  If you want to look your most confident and competent, you will want your face and eyes to be your focus points.

Here are 4 easy steps  to  determine where your focus  points are :

1. Stand 5 feet from a full length mirror

2. Make sure you have good lighting, either daylight or full spectrum bulbs

3. Close your eyes and quickly open them.

4. Ask yourself, “Where  does my eye go first?”

If your eye goes to your face  first or to your face and the color you are wearing simultaniously  and your  eyes sparkle and your skin looks radiant this means you are wearing a flattering color and  probably a good neckline shape.     Avoid clothing that is too tight,  because not only will you be uncomfortable but the horizontal creases will cause the tight places to become focus points.   You can change your focus points by changing how high or low your neckline is, by adding a scarf or pin and by adding earrings, changing the length of your hair and by repeating colors.

Nancy Goldblatt, “Wardrobe Wizard of Baltimore, ” is a professionally trained personal image consultant.  Contact her at    nrgoldblatt@gmail.com www.WardrobeWiz.com/