How Fashionable Are You?

 Fashion trends come and go so quickly it's often hard to know if one is in fashion or not. You purchase a dress you see in a magazine one month, but how do you know how long to wear it before it becomes overkill, or worse, over.

 When a woman normally thinks about being fashionable, she thinks about whether she is 'in fashion' or wearing the latest fashion. But this is too limiting a definition of fashionable. Let's broaden our understanding of the word fashion, to really try to get to the bottom of what it means to be fashionable.

 Say the word fashionable, and you come up with a picture in your head of a woman looking glamorous because she's wearing the very latest in designer wear. It's true, the clothes make the fashionable woman, but being fashionable is so much more than what you wear.

Every woman has an opinion about what is fashionable, and it seems every woman knows about the hottest new designs and designers, the colours to wear, the styles of tops and skirts that are current, the shoes and accessories that mix and match. But being fashionable means much more than owning the latest clothes and accessories advertised in the magazines.

To be truly fashionable you will have to develop an opinion about the word fashion, you will need to know yourself and your body shape and you will need to have excellent judgement about what looks good on you and what suits your personality. In short, being fashionable, does not mean wearing the latest fashions. At least, that's not all it means.

That might sound like a big challenge, and it is. To become a fashionable woman you need to have confidence. You need to move ahead and not just follow what everyone else is doing.

Next time you are out shopping, grab a quiet coffee somewhere and just watch the women walking past. You will notice that there are some women who are fashionable, but they're not wearing the latest outfit available in the stores. In fact, they are so bold, that they chose to wear something that suits them uniquely. They chose to wear something that fits well, something that suits their personality. In this way, they are chic and totally fashionable.

But more than that, they look comfortable. They look natural. They don't necessarily wear shoes they can't walk in just because the shoes are the latest, hottest trend. They don't wear their make-up they way the models in the latest fashion magazine are made up, but they know how to apply their make-up to suit their facial characteristics, because they've been studying the make-up advice in the magazines and applying it to their particular face.

These women are fashionable women and you know it right away because they make an impression on you and you cannot forget them. There's something else, of course, because they are so comfortable and natural in their clothing and make-up they give of an aura of confidence that is hard to ignore.

This makes them completely fashionable. They know who they are and how to dress. This is the essence of the truly fashionable woman. They've discovered what they fashion style is and they stick to it. You can too. It takes time, a good knowledge of fashion and, most importantly, a good knowledge of yourself.