I Want To Dress Better! (vol. 3)
So you thought I’m going to talk about different body types, e.g. pears, apples, lollipops and cornets this time, right? WRONG!
Now don’t get me wrong here, I truly believe that you should actually get to know yourself in order to dress better, but in my opinion it is more important to admit your size and learn to love your figure.
It took me almost three decades to understand that one of the key things to make my clothing look good on me is loving the figure I’m in. To be honest, I have gone through some major changes over the past few years. In the beginning of the millennium I was all skin and bones with ballet honed legs but I wasn’t anyhow more happy or satisfied with my looks back then than I am today. Yes, I shopped skinny t’s from kids department and I was extremely petite but I was also a light-headed, shivering human wreck who was afraid of passing out in public. After moving abroad, getting to know Middle European pub culture and giving up my dancing lessons I experienced a total body transformation. I gained weight and lost my athletic figure. At some point I had hard time to accept my new lumps and bumps and I did the indefensible: I slowly slid into self-loathing. Trust me, there’s nothing fascinating and sexy in a gal who doesn’t like herself.
Let’s face it: Some of us look like Twiggy while others more closely resemble Marilyn Monroe. Variety a good thing so embrace it! No matter how wide hips or how small chest you have, there’s a style out there that will make the most of what [insert desired higher power here] gave you. Have you ever wondered why some people look so great, and some look terrible? It’s because the ones who look great have admitted their size, and are wearing clothes that fit them.
I’m not going to give you any tips or pointers on how to downplay certain undesirable features because I believe that a genuine smile and a healthy self-esteem are the greatest accessories a gal can ever have. Mark my words, the secret of looking amazing is to have an open mind and a wee bit of self-confidence.
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Amen to that!
great post! I totaly agree with you. It’s very important that one embraces oneselfs. In my life I had so many strugles with myself about accepting my body, and I’m still working on it.
But to know what you stand for, trust your taste and go for it I think it’s something everybody should work.
xoxo
My body changes so much !!!
But yes,its the only one I am ever going to havE!!!!
Many thanks for the comments! I believe Vintage Bunny has a good point here: We all have just one body so why not to cherish it and take the best possible care of it. By doing so we probably give one of the greatest gifts ever to ourselves.