El nivel de fashion

El Nivel de Fashion/Level Headed Fashion

Whether you’re a lollipop or a pear, understanding your body shape is essential for looking hot in the latest trends this winter, in fact all year round.

Fashion changes faster than Beyoncé changes outfits at her concerts. Unfortunately, the women who constantly struggle to follow the latest trends rarely look like they’ve just walked off the catwalk but more like fashion victims. For example, wet look leggings have been a phenomenon in the West. However, I would like to state not all should invest in them, as they are more suitable to those who have long slim legs, than those who are lagging behind in the leg department.

Which leads me onto fashion’s overlooked sibling, style. In the pursuit of attempting to look fashionable people often forget about style.

Whereas fashion is forever changing, style is timeless. It’s about incorporating fashion trends into your wardrobe and then adding your personal touch to it.

Essentially, fashion and style are about knowing yourself. Or, as I like to put it ‘knowing your level’! Many people wonder “huh, level”!? By this I mean knowing your vital statistics: body shape, size, stature, complexion just to mention a few factors. I consider these things important when selecting the right clothes for yourself, whether you’re model thin, slender, curvaceous or voluptuous. Body shape is important because this will primarily decide whether a garment looks awful or amazing. I discovered this many years back when discussing it with a friend. She said that she has to buy long vests because she has a longer upper body and some vests don’t come down far enough. Personally, I know that I have a longer upper body and a shorter lower half. Therefore, my torso is long but my legs are slightly shorter. This highlights the issue of proportions, every human being is unique in that no one has the same proportions, and therefore what may look good on one person doesn’t necessarily fit another.

I am aware that many high street retailers now cater for "tall" "petite" etc. However it is not enough for the retailers to have a section dedicated to you (assuming you fall into any of these categories), if you're fashion/style conscious and want to always put your best foot forward, you need to do a self analysis and work out what works and what doesn't. I feel it is important to know your body shape in order to know what compliments you.

So next time your shopping and you ask yourself those rhetorical questions and you're second guessing yourself remember 'know your level', stick to it and you're guaranteed to be a "SHOWSTOPPER".

Besos,

B.L.E xoxo