Style Mistakes: 8 Tragedies That Damage Your Look

Choosing the right clothes, the right cuts and the right materials is not so easy. Moreover, fashion faux pas are legion in the street, at work, everywhere! How to avoid monumental style errors that weigh down your figure when you would like to seduce this handsome young man or join this group of nice colleagues? good taste in clothing can be learned and it's now: here are the 8 style mistakes to ABSOLUTELY avoid!

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1. Layer layers of clothing to hide

How to hide a belly that's a little too plump, hips that are too wide or thighs that are too visible? Certainly not by layering layers and layers of loose, thick clothing without any logic. This advice, often repeated by stylists who do not know how to dress curves, unfortunately creates a lot of unnecessary additional mass (opposite effect of the expected result).

Avoid absolutely, at the risk of appearing 10 years older! (Image: Pinterest)

On the contrary, learn to use the subtle art of layering to refine yourself, hide slightly wide hips with a straight blazer jacket falling on the top of the thighs, right on trend. Discover lots of tips in our article How to dress when you have a belly?

Trendy and successful clothing layering (Image: Pinterest)

2. Choose large, loose and flowing clothes

Wearing loose, flowing clothes for ease is false good advice, because the result is often unsuccessful. Instead, observe your body shape and adapt clothing cuts to your strengths and weaknesses. Without forgetting your colorimetry.

Read: How to dress well according to your body type?

In general, avoid clothes that are too big for you, unless you fully embrace the oversize trend with a thick sweater or denim jacket. However, be sure to balance your figure with skinny pants or jeans to avoid the ball effect.

Just one oversized piece - and we balance the rest of the outfit (Image: Pinterest)

3. Wearing clothes that are too tight

Conversely, clothes that are too tight or too small don't create a good effect either. Unless you like the sausage style, peppered with horizontal lines that make you look bigger and buttons ready to pop. Sure, clothing sizes change between brands, but they're just numbers or letters. The important thing is to feel comfortable in your outfit.

Choose your size: your navel should not appear when you raise your arms and your hips should not come out of your pants. Don't deprive yourself of a pair of beautiful jeans, but choose carefully:

• its composition: ideally 97% cotton and 3% elastane;
• its cut: straight if you don't like your thighs, or skinny. High waist preferably to shape your buttocks and taper your legs. Low waists are reserved for tall, thin women (otherwise, it fits).

4. Fit down to the smallest detail of the outfit

Pairing up is good. But too much fitting kills the outfit. A harmonious look contains two colors, maximum three. Carefully choose the colors worn close to your face to brighten your complexion and erase small imperfections (do your colorimetry test here).

But wearing a handbag, shoes, a belt, earrings and a hair jewel all in the same color, especially if it is not neutral, is a fashion faux pas that makes a little girl . Limit the same color to two accessories maximum.

You can also opt for a monochrome outfit, but in this case, degrade the color into different tones, or in different materials (noble if possible), otherwise a guaranteed pajama effect!

5. Very very long pants or dress

Extra long pants, a dress or a pleated skirt that sweeps everything in its path is very beautiful on the catwalks. But in real life, too much length reveals a neglected aspect of your personality, not to mention the lack of practicality to move and the friction on the floor ruins and grays your clothes forever.

Find the right length for your maxi pleated skirt to show off your good taste in clothing (Image: Pinterest)

Consider having the bottom of your clothes retouched by experienced seamstresses in hems (not small, not too big, just adjusted to the length of your leg). Many major brands offer them. Otherwise, head to the local seamstress or haberdashery. Unless you prefer the iron-on option to apply with a simple iron.

Also read: 15 tips for a sophisticated look on the cheap

6. Do not adapt clothes according to your body shape

We can never do it enough, some clothes flatter your shape, balance your silhouette and highlight your assets while others only accentuate your complexes.

For example:

• you have short legs: avoid low-waisted pants and midi skirts which compress your figure
• mark your size: belt, crop top, peplum top. whatever your choice, size is an essential reference in an outfit.
• wide shoulders: avoid puffed sleeves with gathers which add bulk. Ditto, avoid American armholes, these thick straps which go from the armpits to the neck and which accentuate the volume of the shoulders.
• dropped shoulders: create your build with jackets with shoulder pads or perfectos to give a magnificent head posture.

7.Wear several flashy colors

Color blocking is a double-edged sartorial art. Reserved for fashion goddesses or those who dare everything, reserve flashy colors for accessories, and even for just one of them which will bring together all the originality of your outfit.

Strong color + strong print + colorful bracelets = an inspiring fashionista who masters her style (Image: Pinterest)

Do you absolutely want to wear red, chick yellow, electric blue or emerald green? Limit the color to one strong piece and forget the rest with neutral tones (white, beige, black, denim) to calm things down.

8. Combine different patterns and prints

Unless you are a fashion addict who dares to do anything, mixing different patterns and prints, in varied colors and diverse materials is a monumental style error. Except in the case of the tailored suit which is right in fashion at the moment. Take advantage of this blazer jacket and gray Prince of Wales check 7/8 cigarette pants suit trend for a successful look at work.

The check suit, the current exception to the fashion faux pas of risky accumulation of prints (Image: Pinterest)

But in everyday life, it is better to avoid mixing different prints, patterns and flashy colors in a single outfit. As with the strong color, go for an original piece with a huge, unmissable text, print or pattern that says a lot about your personality and tone down the rest of the look. This is proof of good taste in clothing!

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From now on, you will know how to avoid falling into crude clothing traps that weigh down your appearance and make you appear. a neophyte. No need to splurge on 50,000 different clothes, jewelry and accessories and follow all the trends. Find your style through the essential pieces of a good women's wardrobe, adapted to your body shape and colorimetry, and you will be elegant with ease.