1. Determine your colors: This DOES NOT mean your clothes! Determine your personal colors: hair color, eye color, skin tone, etc. Based on these colors, the colors that look best on you are the complimentary colors that coincide with your personal colors. For example: red heads can pull off anything green like it’s their job, it brings out their hair color and depending on their eye color it might bring out their eyes. Make sure you determine your personal colors. It is also important to know what the season colors are. White after labor day? Not unless it is winter white, and even then, because we live in Maine, you are going to get salt, sand and slush on your white pants…so I do not recommend white pants. A white peacoat or a white hat is a different story!

2. What is your trademark? Do you have an article of clothing you are known for? Scarves maybe?

3. Embrace your shape: You cannot create a style if you are in denial of your body shape. Embracing your personal shape is the hardest thing you can do, but once you embrace it and learn to dress for your body type, your self confidence will skyrocket. If you can find a trademark that makes you look fierce, it will help you embrace your size. I know it is VERY cliche but size is really just a letter or a number, trust me, it’s true.




4. Get a “look-book”: In fashion all designers create a look-book of their collections and find inspiration for next season. To find your own personal style, find things you like. Some people like the 60‘s some like the 70‘s, whatever era you like, take inspiration from it and incorporate it into your personal style.



5. Mix it up: You know how when you get married you need something new, something borrowed, something old and something blue? Well in your daily outfit, think about this mentality, incorporate something old. Pillbox hat’s were popular in the 50‘s, and were made EXTREMELY popular by Jackie Kennedy. Find something old and something new in each outfit and that will help you create your own style.



Fashion changes but your style is always going to be the same. Even if you do not watch haute couture runway shows, you know your own style more than anyone else. Be daring, be bold, be confident and be comfortable.


Chanel once said: “Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the woman.”