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The Clumsy Fashionista’s Quick Last-Minute Saves to Keep Your Style Shining at Your Holiday and New Year’s Eve Parties (part 2 in a series).

Posted at 27 Dec 2017 , Clumsy fashionista tips, emergency style tip, Uncategorized

 You’re happy with your holiday finds for your gatherings and parties. You bought the perfect shoe on sale at 70% off. You found a sweet jacket that has fun details and can be worn after the holidays. Nothing stands between you and you sporting your new digs with style. Nothing, except sometimes, and maybe especially so, when you’re dressed up – your clumsy tendency to dribble your toothpaste, salsa dip, or spill your drink.

Here’s 5 tips for cleaning, camouflaging and or, distracting the eye from these unfortunate happenings:

  • If you have time to remove toothpaste from your clothing, try this method. However, if time is an issue, and you have a V-neck or interesting drape to your top, consider wearing it backwards like I did for a client lunch here.
  • Ladies, carry a broach or two, and a scarf in your handbag. You can use either or, all of them to strategically cover a wine stain or two.
  • Party attire has become more casual for men. Some of you may be ditching your ties and opting for a sport coat/blazer and dress shirt only. However, consider stowing one in the car to hide a wine spill. Think ties are too serious? Embellish yours with a fun tie tack.
  • If you spill wine and don’t have any broaches, scarves or ties handy, try any one of these ideas to remove wine if the host/hostess has the products handy.
  • If it’s winter where you are, and you have an opportunity to layer pieces, you also may have more options to cover stains you can’t remove right away.

I hope you find these suggestions helpful, and they make your holiday dressing less stressful. Whether you need advice about  layering to hide food stains, your holiday style in general,  or a look for a future event, GeunINe STYLE is your solution.

Fashionista Style for Clumsy Types –Part 1

Posted at 28 Jul 2017 , emergency style tip, Uncategorized

That backward shirt style is still going strong from 2016. But waaaay before that, I’m pretty sure clumsy fashionistas like me were spilling their coffee/toothpaste/breakfast down their blouse 5 minutes before they had to leave the house for an important work/client meeting. So, maybe the trend started before then and nobody is admitting they’re clumsy.

We may have not gone with the obvious solutions – cover stain with a scarf or a broach for a few reasons:

  • It’s too hot out for one more layer over this top.
  • A strong dislike for broaches, or you just don’t have one that works with what you’re wearing.

My clumsiness created one such scenario with an Anthropologie top I found on sale. Toothpaste made it’s way onto the lovely emerald green, baby-pleated top just minutes before a client lunch. I didn’t have any other viable/semi-professional options for 105+ degree temperatures. After it gets that hot, armpit sweat stains are unavoidable – even if you’re like me and don’t sweat that much. So, nothing with a real sleeve was going to work. I did manage to work out the stain to a faint white, but still –noticeable-to-me mark.

Appreciating the v-neckline and that the cut was a simple semi-round neckline in the back, as the pleating detail continued throughout the blouse, too. I decided to see if it looked wearable backwards. It did. See pics here:

 

 

 

 

genuine style - backward shirt tip    image1

 

I arrive for my lunch meeting on time. Bonus – both my client and the waitress complimented my top. Because I tend to be a clumsy fashionista regularly, you can expect more posts like this to come with helpful advice.

Certain kinds of necklines work well for this situation. However, not all necklines favor people the same way.  So, if you want stylish ease when dressing that reflects your genuine style, and want to know which tops in your closet can be worn coming and going in case of clumsy moments like this – contact me here.