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The Eyes Have It | The Guide to Stylish Eyewear

By ByFerial Image Consultants Training | Published: May 15, 2013

Your eyesight is vital to your health and well being.  Wearing glasses is not just a style choice it is a functional piece that is as much about your personal statement as any other accessory you are wearing.  Everyone you communicate with will look into your eyes; to do that they have to look through your eye ware.  For most of us, if you wear prescription lenses you have one or possibly two pair that are worn all day, every day for all events and situations.  That means the choice you make needs to be considered from many different aspects.  You may even choose to have few some for professional situations and the other for times when you want a softer, more feminine appearance.

How to wear stylish eyewear

Eye ware should be an extension of who you are.  You should feel great about your looks when you see them in the mirror.    The shape should be balanced with your face shape to give you your best image, and in a color you like that works well with your skin and most of your wardrobe.

Make your statement

  • Frames or frameless your eyes demand attention and it is your choice about their message. 
  • Curved frames on your glasses give a soft feminine appearance. 
  • Large glasses with light weight rims or weightless rims allow more of you to be seen with less of a barrier between you and the rest of the world.  They are more feminine and friendlier.
  • Wear them shiny or decorative for a more youthful feminine appearance.
  • Small embellishments are another feminine look that pull the eyes up, drawing others in.
  • Dark, angular eye ware is more masculine looking, as well as, more authoritative offering a professional, no nonsense impression for business.
  • Heavy frames make you look more masculine, studious, and aggressive.
  • While the chains, beads, and strips that hang from your glasses to the back of your neck keep you from losing your glasses, they make you look old and forgetful.  The only thing that screams elderly more is having them on the half reading glasses that allow you to peer over the top.

Stylish Eyewear Features

Stylish glasses

Size

While there are many choices in eye ware, it is often what is in style that flies off the shelves at the local optical store.  Looking up to date will keep you looking more youthful and fashionable.  If you have not changed glasses in years it may be time for a trip to the optometrist to have your eyes checked to see if your prescription has changed.  You may want to change your eye ware even if it hasn’t to update your look.

Medium eye ware is a classic size and will be in style most of the time.  Most women can wear medium sized glasses in most styles. 

Scale

The size of your face often dictates the size of the frame.  It is not just the appearance, when you put on the glasses they should fall straight back and around your ears; neither should the ears fold in nor pull out.  Often the scale of the glasses themselves will not accommodate lenses that are too large.  Smaller lenses in the frames should be passed by if your size is large as they will accentuate a large head.  A scale that matches your own will allow others to see you with the best image. 

Stylish Eyewear

Color

The color of your glasses depends on two things.  You must have a pair that is in a color that will go with your wardrobe.  Most likely you will have to wear them with everything you own and you want them to look great with all of it.  If you have prescription eye ware you should have a pair in metal, from silver to gold or copper.  You can even choose a tortoise shell or rimless that will look great with just about everything.

If you have more than one pair choose something in a color that makes you feel great and goes with some of your wardrobe.  You will be limited in your choices; however, look for something from your palette to make your eyes pop. 

Dark rims give a mature and authoritative image, especially when coupled with heavy or angular shapes.  For an older woman they may make you look older and accentuate any wrinkles. 

Light colored frames are much more inviting with the appearance of youth and softness.

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How to Make a Grand Entrance

By ByFerial Image Consultants Training | Published: May 8, 2013

At any type of event, every girl wants to be the belle of the ball who turns heads as she makes her grand entrance. However, not everybody has a fairy godmother like Cinderella that can transform them into a beautiful princess with only a wave of her magic wand. Instead, women who want to make a grand entrance must project confidence and poise while looking their best from head to toe. Looking your best will not only ensure that your glowing looks will turn heads, but it will also help you to feel your best so that your confidence shines through. To help you make a grand entrance at your next big event, here are the best tips for making sure every head turns the moment you walk into a room.

How to make a grand entrance

• Pause and scan the room-When you first arrive at your event, it is important to take a few seconds to pause and scan the room at the entrance. This will not only attract attention, but it will also help you to plan your next move.

• Make eye contact and smile-As you scan the room, look for familiar faces. When they turn your way, make eye contact and smile. This one simple move makes you more approachable and friendly.

• Join a group with whom you are connected-As you walk through the room, look for a group that you are connected to so that you have an instant social group to join. When joining your group, greet any familiar faces while taking note of any newcomers.

• Have a strong introduction-It is important to introduce yourself to any newcomers in your group as well as outside groups as you move throughout the room. Always introduce yourself with a friendly smile and a firm handshake to demonstrate your confidence. During any introductions, try to remember information, such as names and interests, that you can use later to strike up conversations.

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How to Choose the Perfect Hat to Get Noticed in a Crowd

By ByFerial Image Consultants Training | Published: May 1, 2013

An appealing hat can make an outfit all the more memorable. Consider some tips that can help you to choose the perfect hat that gets you noticed in a crowd.

The Size and Shape of a Hat

One of the most important things to consider when shopping for a new hat is its brim. A basic rule to remember is that a hat brim shouldn’t extend beyond your shoulders. A hat that extends past the shoulders can overwhelm an entire outfit. Also, a hat with a brim that is too wide can keep you from seeing everything that is around you!

Stylish Hats For Women

Another thing to remember is that a person with a short neck should avoid a hat with a down sloping brim. The combination of these two things just doesn’t make for a flattering look.

Your height also plays a role when choosing a hat. For instance, a petite woman should avoid large, floppy hats and hats with wide brims. Once again, a hat like this can overwhelm a person who is small in stature. The same is true for tall, large women. They should avoid compact hats like pillboxes. The size as well as the shape of a hat should be proportionate with the size and shape of your face. This creates a balanced appearance. A rule of thumb is that people with round faces should select straw or fabric hats with round crowns and brims. In fact, an asymmetrical brim flatters a person with a face that is round in shape. Alternatively, a person with a square face should search for a lightweight hat with a flat crown and straight brim.

Stylish Hats For Women

Hats and Fashion

There are many ways that you can go about planning an outfit that includes a hat. For instance, you may have a favorite lightweight hat in a pale blue. Instead of simply matching it with a blue skirt or blouse, you may want to create an outfit with colors that contrast the hat. A white or yellow dress are two ideas to consider. Dressing in a contrasting color works well if you want to make your hat the highlight of your ensemble!

Finally, if you may want to match one part of an outfit with your hat. For example, a lavender straw hat can match a lavender scarf or belt you include with your outfit. This draws interest to both your hat and your beautiful ensemble.

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Discover 3 Simple Secrets of Stylish Men and Women

By ByFerial Image Consultants Training | Published: April 24, 2013

Have you ever noticed that there are people around who simply look more put together than the normal crowd? Stylish men and women are everywhere, but the thing that sets them apart from the rest is not always easy to figure out. Take a moment to look at certain things that stylish people do, and consider how well you can fit them into your life.

Stylish men

  1. In the first place, stylish people know how to wear clothes that fit. In some cases they were blessed with a body that is very close to that of the fit models for the brands that they shop for. In many other cases, however, they have had their clothes tailored. Clothes that fit always look great on you. Consider having some of your favorite garments tailored to your frame.
  2. You will also find that stylish men and women take the time to accessorize. The right accessories can really make an outfit pop, and if you are invested in making sure that you have the right effect on the people passing by, the right accessories help. For example, think about how you feel about someone walking past in cheap sunglasses versus someone walking past in a nice watch. The right accessory can go a long way.
  3. Stylish people also think about the colors that they are using on their person. For example, people who know how to dress know what colors and what shades go well with their skin tones. The general rule of thumb is that people with warm skin tones, like yellow and olive should wear warm colors, while people with cooler skin tones, like pink, should wear cooler colors. The right colors can help you get the perfect look.

Remember that dressing well and stylishly takes time and effort. It is something that can make a huge difference to how you feel. When you get up in the morning, take a look at your clothes with a critical eye. When you want to put on a pair of jeans, think about the message that the jeans are sending. Older ripped jeans frequently do you no favors! Similarly, a crisp clean T-shirt that fits your torso well is a much better choice than throwing on an old T-shirt that will simply hang off of you like a sack.

Stylish Women

There are some very important things for you to consider when you are looking at how to dress yourself stylishly. A little bit of effort can go a long way when you want to dress well!

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Personal Color Analysis | How To Wear Color to Your Advantage

By ByFerial Image Consultants Training | Published: April 17, 2013

There is psychology behind the use of color. Different colors convey different things when worn. White usually signifies purity, while navy blue represents strength and dependability. When trying to maximize your image and influence, color is extremely important. Clothing and colors should enhance the best features of the person wearing them. Wearing the wrong color combinations can draw attention to the clothes, and not the individual. The wrong colors can even accentuate negative features like wrinkles.

How To Wear Color To Your Advantage

A personal color analysis will determine the best color combinations to enhance a person’s distinct features and individual coloring. Color analysis will also show how to downplay negative features. There are general rules that apply to almost everyone when it comes to color. For instance, wearing monochromatic hue like all black makes almost anyone appear thinner. The following are a few color combinations and how these colors may affect the individual wearing them.

Achromatic Color Combinations

Achromatic Color fashion

Achromatic colors basically lack hue. These colors fall along the spectrum of black and white, and all the gray shades between. Wearing achromatic color combinations create a polished, professional look, with a touch of elegance. A color analysis would reveal which shades of gray, or combinations of black and white, enhance each individual’s best features.

Analogous Color Combinations

How to wear color and look stylish

Analogous colors are adjacent to each other on the color wheel. One is a dominant color, while the other is complimentary. An example would be wearing a yellow dress with an orange jacket. These combinations tend to create a balanced, even look.

Monochromatic Color Combinations

monochromatic color style

A monochromatic color scheme uses one color with varying shades and intensities. This can be a great look both professionally and socially. This particular color scheme creates the illusion of being taller and thinner.

Complimentary Color Combinations

Complimentary Color Fashion

Complimentary colors are directly across from each other on the color wheel. Red and green would be an example of complimentary colors. Split complimentary colors are often worn to create interest and grab attention. Choose a color, find its complimentary color, on the opposite side of the color wheel then pick the two colors on either side of the complimentary color. These are split complimentary combinations.

Complimentary Color Fashion

Fabric & Texture

A good personal color analysis would likely provide information on fabrics and textures. Fabrics that are smooth and flat can make a person look thinner. Fabrics that are bulky or reflect light will make a person look larger.

To learn more about The Universal 4X4 color System – (16 seasons)™ or to find out what is your best colors, combination and texture call us today!

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Wardrobe Organization in 3 Easy Steps: How to Organize Your Closet

By ByFerial Image Consultants Training | Published: April 11, 2013

How To Organize Your Closet

That closet filled with your clothes has been overflowing for months, and every time a new outfit settles into your closet, it just gets more overwhelming. Digging through all those disorganized clothes every night adds tons of time onto your schedule, time you could free up to do other things. It might even be so bad that you would rather purchase another black skirt than try to scare it out of that jungle of a closet.

It’s time to stop ignoring the clutter and disorganization. There is a quick easy way to get your wardrobe organized but you have to be willing to grab all that scary clutter out of the jumbled closet and dig right into it. Take all the clothes out of the closet. Every single piece must be removed from hangers and shelves. Start with three piles clearly labeled. It helps to have large bins to sort the piles. 

1. The Keep Pile

In this pile are all the clothes that still fit. They are flattering to your figure right now, not the figure you want to have in six years or the one you had ten years ago. The color isn’t faded. The clothing is a current style that doesn’t need any work to make fashionable again.

2. The Maybe Pile

This pile is for all the clothes that may need some work. They might have a rip that can be easily sewn or need a little bit of tailoring on the leg or waist. This pile is for the clothes that are not wearable right at this moment but easily can be added back into your wardrobe without a ton of effort.

3. The Giveaway Pile

Clothes going into this pile are not ripped, stained or dirty. These clothes are too small, too big or out of style. The small or big items could go to a friend or family member who could use them. If friends and family is not an option then a charity can always use good second-hand clothing.

4. The fourth pile is not technically a pile, it’s the trash.

Any item that is not fixable, not in good shape and beyond redemption should be tossed in the trash. Once the clothes are organized into the three piles, and the giveaway pile is out of the house, the keep pile should be much more manageable. From there, wardrobe organization should be simple. Separate items by function with work and play separate then hang them by color.

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Are you a Fashion Faculty or Fatality?

By ByFerial Image Consultants Training | Published: February 21, 2013

Everyone should feel great about the way they look. They should be comfortable in their own skin, but also have clothes that reflect their best image. You are a unique person who has a unique style to go along with your personality. Let that shine through with each outfit you wear, even if it is just the sweats and t-shirt you wear doing housework.

Your Image is a Tool

While it is great to be inspired by a style icon, a designer, or anyone we think highly of, it’s important not to copy them. Copying someone else’s style exactly as they wear it does not show who you are. However, taking inspiration from them to make someone all your own shows confidence, style, and creativity. This is an image you can be proud to project.

The hard part is figuring out what your personality style actually is. If you haven’t given it much thought, it can be difficult to pinpoint what suits your personality. Here are some of the more popular and common fashion types.

Your Image is a Tool

Maybe you are someone who looks great in something classic or traditional. These are looks that don’t change all that much from year to year. For example, sweaters and A-line dresses aren’t going to disappear even if minor adjustments are made.

Your Image is a Tool

If you are a girl who still loves the pink walls of your childhood bedroom, you may have a feminine style to you. Skirts, dresses, high heels, and light colors compliment this fashionista and are easily incorporated into everyday wear.

Your Image is a Tool

Even if you are not a feminine girl, that does not mean you have to abandon fashion and style. There are sporty natural styles that work to make comfort work for you with style. Whether you are going to the gym or just want to be comfortable as you go about your daily routine, sporty fashions can let you look good while you do it. The opposite of the dramatic may be the natural. Natural styles usually incorporate earth tones and patterns representative of nature. Feathers, beads, or flowing pieces can be used subtly or with greater impact depending on how much you want nature to speak through your outfit.

Your Image is a Tool

Along these lines are the elegant and chic fashions. These are somewhat of a cross between the classic and elegant. They look great for a night out with the girls or a professional office job. A modern touch to these looks can look extremely chic under any conditions.

Your Image is a Tool

Maybe you are the sexy and alluring type. You can express this in your fashion as well. When done tastefully, you can project your bold sexiness without going over the top. Find the balance that works for you.

Your Image is a Tool

If none of these sound like you, you could be more of a dramatic style. These are looks that turn heads due to their originality. This may be an outfit that has conflicting pattern or colors, or it may incorporate bold pieces. This generally goes hand in hand with a creative, original style that cannot be pinpointed by certain qualities.

Don’t be afraid to experiment with different looks to find your personality style.

However, we know how hard it is to find your personal style, if you need a professional ByFERIAL Certified consultant to find your style and please do consult with us…after all we are here for you.

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Black is the Monarch of Colors | Personal Color Analysis

By ByFerial Image Consultants Training | Published: February 12, 2013

Black is the Monarch of ColorsBlack is the one color that just cannot be avoided and it is considered to be the monarch of colors. Black will never go out of style and at times there is no substitute. Yes black should be a color that looks great on everyone, but that isn’t the case. Below you will find some rules that you can apply which can help make it a great color for everyone. Black has always been a high fashion color and it seems to be trapped at the top of the list forever.

If you are not one of the lucky ones to wear it well, relax there is hope for you to look like it was made just for you.

  • Keep the black away from your face. Chosen from your swatch, you can add a contrasting color close to your face or to an accessory to help brighten you up.
  • Makeup is a must for any occasion. When you wear black you may want to wear brighter makeup to keep from looking depressed and gloomy. If you are over 50 avoid dark eyeliner, stick with a lighter mascara such as brown or black/brown and brighten your face with blush and lipstick.
  • Show more skin. Many black dresses have scoop or V-necks which pull the black color away from your face and it often reveals some cleavage. For most women this is a very flattering look and for those who do not have black in their swatch it works wonders.
  • Wear big bright jewellery. A necklace and earrings in a bright color such as turquoise or ruby will add enough contrast to offset the black.
  • Metallic threads add dimension and allow for more adaptability for those who cannot wear solid black.
  • Whether solid black is your best color or not, you will always look more interesting by using contrast. You will also reveal more about your personality and your mood.

Discover your Personal Color Palette with a ByFerial Color Analysis. Contact us today!

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Traveling In Style

By ByFerial Image Consultants Training | Published: February 5, 2013

Everybody loves to travel, yet no one likes the trip. However, there are a few things that you can do to make a trip more pleasant for you and all around you. In the most basic sense, traveling in style doesn’t take a lot of money. It just takes some forethought, planning and common courtesy.

Traveling in Style

Traveling in style means making it easy for yourself. Don’t carry more stuff than you need, and don’t wear clothes that will be inappropriate for most of the trip. When we leave our homes, we tend to dress for the temperature at that moment, even though we may be going into different environments. If you wear a heavy coat because it is cold when you leave home, you may end up carrying it for most of the trip. Spending the whole trip encumbered with heavy clothing that was only needed for the first hour or two is a difficulty that can be avoided with some forethought.

On the other hand, if you anticipate being in public places with air conditioning, you may need a sweater. Some people find such places uncomfortably chilly. If you are one of those people, perhaps you should dress more heavily than the weather calls for.

Don't Carry More than you Need

Don’t carry more luggage than you need. Luggage is a lot of trouble for you and others, and most people tend to over-pack anyway. Remember, every piece of luggage is one more thing to get lost.

Items that may be needed during the trip should not be packed in hard-to-reach places. Things like allergy medicine, lip balm, sunglasses and binoculars should be the last things packed so they will be on top of everything else. Make sure documents like tickets, boarding passes and ID are easy to find.

Traveling in style also means being a good passenger. Be nice to the people around you. Sit where you’re supposed to. Don’t be unnecessarily noisy, and try not to intrude on the next person’s space. Professional people like flight attendants generally want to make the trip as easy as possible for you, so don’t make it hard for them.

Find a ByFerial Image Consultant to help you with your travel fashion and style planning needs. Contact us today!

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Why Hire an Image Consultant and Fashion Stylist?

By ByFerial Image Consultants Training | Published: January 30, 2013

There are the moments in life of true brilliance, where it seems that no mountaintop is too high and no job is out of reach. Then there are the moments of fear and doubt, where life seems to out of control. Grab more of the mountaintop moments by showing off the real you. Hiring an image consultant and a fashion stylist will help you overcome the valleys and ascend to the highest peaks. These are just a few reasons doing this can change your life.

Why Hire an Image Consultant

Better Results for Job Searches

An image consultant can help you do your best when finding new employment. There is no need for you to continue to work at a series of crummy, dead-end jobs. Fashion and style go a long way to how people in the workplace view you. Once you get that great job, use the skills you’ve learned to help gain promotions and rise through the ranks. The consultant and stylist want to help you become better at life.

Romance and Impressing Others

Is that spark gone from your life? Do you not have a significant other? Alternatively, do you just want to show the world how good you are? Hire a consultant and fashion stylist today. With your image and style set, the right person is just around the corner. Impress your family and friends by showing of the person inside, that image of yourself that has always tried to come out.

Becoming More Self-confident

Self-confidence will boil over with the new you. The style and fashion skills learned through hiring a consultant will help in all areas of life. From picking out the stylish clothes that look best on you to how you approach your job. What a person looks like on the outside reflects what they feel like on the inside and you will feel great.

Dress Code

Don’t fear dress code violations again. Learn how to become fashionable and stylish while staying within code wherever you go. A good consultant will show you how to create the best look for the right situation no matter what location.

Do You Have a Passion for Fashion?

If you do, you are a good candidate to become Image Consultant and Fashion stylist. It is a great career that has benefits that go beyond the salary. Your great sense of fashion can be used to help others in every lifestyle.

Find a ByFerial Image Consultant. Contact us today!

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