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Home / Inspiration + Advice / What the Pros Know… Style Secrets

March 13, 2017 By Wendi W. McGowan-Ellis Leave a Comment

What the Pros Know… Style Secrets

This time of year often inspires a fresh start, and sprucing up the state of your closet may be the perfect place to begin. Anyone who doesn’t think of themselves as “fashionable” and up on the latest trends can be overwhelmed when shopping.

If you happen to be one of those ladies who spend almost every moment shopping in misery, let’s rethink things with some tricks of the trade…

Style Inspiration

  • Best Source for Inspiration:
    You never know where inspiration may strike… From an advertisement in Vogue, a fabulous woman zipping in to a Starbucks, or the latest update from a fashion blogger. Style is all around us just begging to be improved upon with our own unique inputs.

 

Cartier Love Lock bracelet

  • Splurge-Worth Piece:
    Outside of my “bucket list” Hermes Lindy bag (in orange leather, of course!), I have a fondness for gemstones in any size and shape. Craving the classic Cartier “love lock” bracelet in gold!

 

necklace set

  • Biggest Pet Peeve:
    Never wear anything that comes as a set. I have friends that are addicted to Charming Charlie’s and other outlets where you get the earrings with the matching necklace… Ugh! Your outfit should be a reflection of your personality, not a paint-by-numbers exercise with no imagination.

 

Chanel sunglasses

  • Most-Affordable Update:
    Sunglasses. Instant chic. As Rachel Zoe says, “Sunnies serves as a great DO NOT DISTURB sign when you’re not feeling too social.”

 

  • Favorite Piece:
    A handbag, of course! 😉  No, seriously… you change your whole outfit with your accessories. Uptown Girl to Downtown Drama to Classic Chic to Bohemian Babe all with the same basic foundational outfit… it’s just a matter of selecting shoes, jewelry, and a handbag to reflect these different style statements.

Fur belt

  • Quick Change to Improve an Outfit:
    A belt. Every woman improves her silhouette by accentuating her “assets.” Drawing in an hourglass shape that no man can carry off… Bellissima!

Fashion-Definitive-History-Costume-Style book

  • Favorite Fashion Book:
    “Fashion: The Definitive History of Costume and Style” by the Smithsonian Institute. Tracing the evolution of fashion, from the early draped fabrics of ancient times to the catwalk couture of today, this book is a stunningly illustrated guide to more than three thousand years of shifting trends and innovative developments in the world of clothing.

 

body-shape-chart

  • Rule of Thumb:
    While I don’t think there are too many “rules” in fashion, one guideline I stand by is that you must know your shape (hourglass, apple, rectangle, triangle, etc.) and dress to balance and beautify yourself!

About Wendi W. McGowan-Ellis

Hand-painted handbag designer making arms artistic. Dallas-based blogger, tastemaker, and curator serving as your concierge of fashion, trends, and unique accessories. Wendi also lends time and talent as an editor and author to Fashion Group International, to LifetyleFrisco, and to PrimeWomen.

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Shown at New York Fashion Week, Wendistry is a contemporary hand-painted accessories atelier with a focus on capsule collections, “slow fashion” standards, and artisanal functionality.

But I have a higher purpose. Helping women discover that fashion has the power to transform, it’s not so much about who you are as it is about who you WANT to be.

My clients look to make a statement without saying a word. Ladies who look for exclusive items they don’t have in their closet. Are YOU a Wendistry woman?

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