How do I wear latest fashions?
The most immediate way to update and actually dip into a trend of the season is to use your accessories. That's a toe in the water approach. There's nothing that actually makes your clothes look more this season than your accessories. They're the biggest daters. So by that, I mean a key bag, because a bag gives you a look of a season and the colour. And also footwear, because that's an easy way to use your existing clothes, but acknowledge a trend. And so obviously you would go round and have a look at what's around - you've only got to probably go to two or three shops and you'll very soon get a flavour of what's happening. And one thing that I think is really so very important for women to know about is that when we change the season, they tend to ignore their makeup and they tend to ignore their hair. Those are the biggest tell-tale signs. So even though you might decide, "Right, I'm going to buy half a dozen pieces", you will perhaps be wearing - and this is a massive mistake women make - the foundation you wore in winter, and you continue to wear it in summer. It's so wrong, wrong, wrong! As is the lipstick shade, and perhaps a colour around the eye shadow. So, yes, when I'm saying accessories, I don't just mean things that you're putting on your feet or carrying. Go to, for example, Estee Lauder, the most brilliant people for this. Their philosophy as a makeup company is to sit people down and give them what they call a mini makeover - it's six minutes. They're all trained to do that, and go on workshops and you will get an eye shadow and a lipstick look, and a makeup look that will give you what is happening currently with a style. So that's how you dip a toe in the water. Then, if you've got an independent boutique, go in and see what they've got and what they'll put you in, and then diffuse it down through the high street, choosing stores that fit your budget. Use free advice - it doesn't have to be expensive, just use the advice that's there. It's there for anyone to use, and that way you will bring yourself to look like you're a person of the season. You know what's going on, and you're not sort of behind the times. And it's a great way to do it, because you can go away and not be frightened, and think about and look at yourself, and then decide where you're going.
