To Makeover or Not Makeover?
Andrea Sachs by DeliciousAmbiguity
As I write this post I’m sat watching The Devil Wears Prada. If I was in one camp or the other I am definitely pre-makeover rather than post-makeover. I guess I wish I could dress like the post makeover character but I don’t have the figure and I’d get so many rude comments from the people that I work with that I guess in a way it’s not worth the stress to dress up. (I mean like really really rather than just a blouse and black trousers) But on the other hand if I made the effort going out to customers and things like that might be more of a possibility. There is a pair of heels in my cupboard but I don’t think that they really fit that well – I guess if I wear them to the office I can always kick them off while I’m sat at my desk then put them back on to totter over to the photocopier or to the meeting room.
I’ll talk to Caz about make up lol. My regime is eyeliner and mascara – if I have time and can be bothered lol. If it wasn’t for the fact that I have plans on Saturday I could go wander round the shops in MK and pretend to have the money for a whole new wardrobe (then again Polyvore means I can dream right?)
Other looks I like……(argh! I can’t find any and it’s bed time and I’m running out of Mac charge lol)
So that’s why you were looking for the photo!
I think, like most of us, you need to find a look that’s for you and I always say you can get away with anything if you accessorise with a smile!
Instead of a radical change, do it gradually over months.
Try wearing really long skirts instead of short ones. Dark will be better. Even in the summer (espec this year of the ‘maxi’) you can wear cotton, pattened ones. (Small pattern works best, plain is more slimming)
Come the winter, you can work towards shorter skirts with thick dark tights and maybe high boots
Instead of spike heels, wear 2″ wedges, then work way towards thick heels.
Where classic white mens-style shirts, gradually get more ‘blousy’
Make up – again gradual so no-one notices what’s different about, they’ll just know you look different (although I’m not expert of make-up!)
Etc etc
Hope that helps!
Hehe thank you for the advice
Unfortunate the maxi dress doesn’t suit me because I’m 5 ft 2 so it makes me a funny shape lol.
I like the idea of the skirts, tights and high boots
So shopping list (we’ll aim for winter hehe) knee high boots with a wedge or block heel, nice black shirt and thick tights