Young girls do not need to think about how color affects the perception of age. But at the age of 40, it’s unlikely that anyone will want to look older than their age. Therefore, when choosing clothes, you should pay attention not only to the cut and quality of tailoring, but also to the color. There are colors that visually make you look younger, and there are those that make you look older.
Green/Mint
Fans of the color green can be understood; it has a calming effect and puts you in a positive mood. But bright shades of green can draw attention to a dull complexion and even make it look unhealthy.
Therefore, it is better to replace green things with pastel shades of mint. They are very refreshing, look just as attractive and are more fashionable.
How to dress to look younger than your age
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Each age has its advantages, but the more experienced and older we are, the more ways to look younger we have in our arsenal. A lot depends on the right clothes. This is not just our image, but a way to show ourselves to the world. Therefore, with the help of some individual details, accessories or colors, we can not only hide unnecessary places, but also emphasize the advantages of the figure or the color of the eyes.
1. Clothes color
Many women are afraid to experiment and choose black, which is considered one of the most elegant. However, this color can also significantly highlight the first signs of aging. If you cannot completely eliminate dark items from your wardrobe, try to dilute them with bright details. Choose clothes in light pastel colors, try using different shades of purple and blue - they are refreshing and add a new interesting accent to the look. Also try to choose plain types of fabrics.
2. Accessories
Jewelry and accessories should be expensive, high quality, and there should be few of them. Avoid cheap, bright jewelry, which is more suitable for young girls. Choose jewelry with beautiful stones, rings, original rings and other jewelry that refreshes and brightens up your look. Also choose bags, scarves and other accessories carefully to create the desired effect.
3. Shoes
If you want to look younger, avoid wearing rough shoes, platform shoes or wide-toed shoes. The most effective way to look younger is to wear neat and elegant high-heeled shoes.
4. Clothes
Remember the main rule: any things that are too wide, voluminous and shapeless will make you look older. If you can afford it, it's better to wear clothes that fit your figure - this choice can help you shave off a few years. Choose only those things that fit your figure perfectly. Avoid complex cuts and too many elements. It is better to stick to stylish minimalism.
5. Shapewear
Many women over 40 already have noticeable figure flaws. If in general your figure is beautiful, but there are small flaws, be sure to hide them with the help of shapewear, the choice of which today is simply huge for all occasions. Even celebrities use this trick, so why not you too? This type of underwear helps to make the outlines of your figure clearer - so you will look much younger.
6. Dress with an emphasis on strengths
Instead of hiding your flaws with awkward clothes, try focusing on your strengths. Every woman has her own highlight. For example, if you have large breasts, wear low-cut clothes. If you have beautiful legs, wear a pencil skirt more often.
7. Distract attention from shortcomings
You can emphasize your advantages not only with the help of clothes. Use stylist tricks to draw attention to the best areas of the body. For example, if you have wide hips, but a beautiful neck and shoulders, use thin elongated beads to the middle of the neckline. This will visually lengthen the neck and shift the focus to the upper body. If you have dainty wrists but not a very pretty neck, use more bracelets to draw attention to your hands. If you don’t know how to highlight your assets, consult a stylist and discover the secrets of choosing the right accessories.
8. Don't try to appear younger by wearing inappropriate clothes.
Consider your age when choosing clothes. A 35-year-old woman with two ponytails in a pink blouse with a cheerful face or a 40-year-old lady in a short tight skirt is a sign of bad taste. Each age has its own beauty, your task is not to try to appear younger by wearing inappropriate youth clothes, but to emphasize your individuality and the advantages of your age.
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Purple/lavender
Bright shades of purple are very beautiful. This color is mysterious, it literally emanates mysticism. But it has a very insidious property - to highlight and emphasize wrinkles, to make circles under the eyes more pronounced.
Therefore, it is worth replacing purple things with lavender-colored clothes.
This is no less beautiful shade, but, unlike bright and dark tones of purple, it is wonderfully refreshing.
The art of dressing: how to look younger?
Alena Baltseva |
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Have you noticed how clothes affect our sense of self, mood and how others perceive us? Let's talk about how to dress to look young and fresh.
It's no secret that certain wardrobe items are subconsciously read as “youth” or “adults”. Whether you like it or not, ripped jeans will look youthful, but a down scarf will do the opposite.
While we're sure that a strict set of rules about what age to wear and at what age is nothing more than a "stylish" relic, we still want to share some tips that will help you look young and casual at any age.
However, let us remind you once again that “fashionable” tastes and preferences are an individual thing that each woman must decide for herself, taking into account her attitude, body shape and lifestyle. Therefore, we ask you to consider our advice as recommendations, nothing more.
"Youthful" clothes
You can safely include all items of children's and teenage wardrobe here, but this does not mean that an adult woman should borrow them. A perky dress for your daughter will make you not young, but a rejuvenating person. And these, as they say in Odessa, are two big differences!
In this list we present only those clothes that you can fit into your image, regardless of age. Again, the list is not intended to be exhaustive or the only acceptable one.
- Skinny jeans and boyfriend . While classic straight-fit jeans look more “grown-up”.
- Ripped and distressed denim looks more casual than plain denim.
- High-waisted dresses or baby doll dresses in the Balenciaga style (loose fit, low waist and frill with ruffled hem).
- Jumpsuits and rompers (cropped jumpsuits).
- Crop Tops and Sweaters.
- Tops and sweaters are deliberately large in size (the so-called “oversized” ).
- Hoodies (or, as they are commonly called, sweatshirts).
- Short shorts, skirts and dresses. In short, any mini .
- Leggings and tights with print.
- Peter Pan collar
- Full skirts (including those made of tulle or with tulle lining).
"Aging" clothes
Again, this list is quite arbitrary. To summarize, you can add all the things that your grandmother could wear without the risk of being ridiculed by her neighbors in the hallway. This also includes all status and conservative wardrobe items.
- Pants with an arrow. Even if they are of excellent quality, paired with other conservative wardrobe items, such trousers will look too respectable.
- High neck jackets. Please note that modern models have a deep neckline and often ¾ sleeves.
- Knitted two-piece sets (jumper and cardigan made from the same yarn).
- Buta print (almond-shaped oriental pattern). This is what our mothers wore, and it is associated with the last century.
- Sweatshirts with a collar (especially with a zipper). These days they don’t even wear them to the gym.
- Tweed and other thick suiting fabrics. Whatever one may say, they are perceived as good, respectable, and conservative.
- Crochet items . There are exceptions to all rules, but most often knitted blouses look “grown-up”.
How to find balance?
The conditional division of a wardrobe into “youth” and “grandmother’s” does not mean at all that you should wear exclusively things from the first category and forever abandon clothes from the second. The secret of success lies in the right combination of things.
For example, do you wear ripped jeans but are afraid of looking out of place in them? Complement them with a formal jacket. If you put on a tweed suit, dilute the strict look with printed tights.
The main thing is to understand how this or that item will be “read” when putting together a fashionable outfit.
Outdated styles
Often, clothes age simply because the cut or fabric has long since become obsolete. How to avoid this?
1. Don't buy trendy things
If a floral pattern from head to toe is in fashion this season, you shouldn’t completely update your wardrobe in accordance with this fashion trend, because next season it will most likely be considered completely bad taste.
It’s better to add fashionable accents to your look in the form of accessories: jewelry, bags, scarves. They are much easier and cheaper to replace with current ones than outerwear and shoes.
2. Choose timeless styles
- Shoes. The classic stiletto heel most likely will not go out of style, unlike square heels. The same applies to the shape of shoes: a slightly pointed toe has remained fashionable for many seasons in a row, but square or long toes come and go.
- Leather jackets. Classic models are always in fashion: bombers (pilot jackets) and biker jackets (biker jackets). But leather jackets and jackets with fringes are not worth buying, although they have returned to fashion this year. Most likely it won't last long.
- Jeans. If you're in the habit of buying items to wear for a long time, it's best to invest in a classic pair: navy or light blue with a mid-rise and no trim.
- Jackets and suits. It is difficult to give one piece of advice on choosing a universal “two”. In this case, the rule “the simpler the better” applies. Pay attention to the collar, neckline, and sleeve length. Most often, they are the ones that reveal the outdatedness of the product.
3. Follow fashion
If you are reading this article, we have every reason to believe that you are still interested in fashion. Keep doing it! Periodically go to stores just to look and try on new things, study fashion trends in order to get an idea of what and how it is customary to wear now.
Well, the most important advice: just be yourself! Only in this case will the clothes fit you naturally.
Stylish lessons
Mustard/pastel yellow
Rich mustard tones look noble and fit perfectly into an autumn wardrobe.
But mustard, like violet, can highlight all the imperfections of the skin, giving the face an unhealthy pallor.
But light shades of yellow, on the contrary, refresh and rejuvenate.
Therefore, it is worth getting a couple of yellow things. But we are talking specifically about pastel colors; bright yellow things do not have this effect.
White/creamy
Surprisingly, even white things can emphasize age. Snow-white tones are merciless to aging skin, flaunting all imperfections.
It is better to replace them with warm shades of white - milky, creamy, creamy. These tones suit women of almost any age very well.
Hot pink/powdery
Relatively recently, almost all shades of pink in the clothes of adult women were considered bad manners. But now I use this beautiful color very widely. However, bright pink tones should be left for young ladies.
And ladies over 30 should choose calmer shades. For example, noble powdery.
This color will not only make you look fashionable, as it is currently in trend, but will also make you look a couple of years younger.
Cobalt/blue
Cobalt and other bright shades of blue are an instant eye-catcher. However, if you don’t want to look older than your age, then it’s better to avoid bright colors.
Light blue color, on the contrary, is refreshing and allows you to look younger than your passport age.
Scarlet/coral
By far the most noticeable and eye-catching color is scarlet, as are other bright shades of red. But such catchy tones do not suit everyone, even in their youth. And after 40, it’s generally better to avoid them.
To look younger and fresher, you should opt for light shades of coral. This shade is quite playful with a hint of flirtation, so it is best not to use it in business clothes. But on a date, a dress in a light coral shade would be appropriate.
You need to follow fashion trends
Sometimes women continue to buy and wear those clothing options that they once, when young, successfully chose for themselves. But fashion changes, but the outfits of such ladies remain the same as then. The woman herself also changes with age. The skin color is no longer the same, the hair is not as thick, the figure has swollen. And she continues to wear things that are similar to those that suited her 10 or 20 years ago.
After 40, it is important not to lose vigilance. It should be noted that you should not wear a skirt of this length, and too large a neckline will not look good. It’s worth looking more closely at yourself in the mirror in order to gradually change your mind.
As for the relevance of clothing sets, this point also greatly influences the image of a woman. Choosing a certain style for yourself is great. Correctly determining suitable silhouettes and clothing colors for yourself at a young age is very good. But these moments should be noted in fashionable clothing collections and a wardrobe should be selected from them. There is no need to cling to the fashion of past years. This approach will lead to the creation of an image of some fragment from the past.
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Advice
While I'm talking about shades that make you look younger or make you look older, I'm not telling you to completely give up the colors you love. To look attractive in clothes of your favorite color, it is enough to “move” them away from your face.
For example, purple trousers or a bright blue skirt will not make you look older, so you can safely include them in your wardrobe. But blouses, shirts and scarves need to be chosen more carefully, giving preference to shades that make you look younger.
Source I'm 40
Dressing too formally makes you look old
Classic sets of clothes can add several years to a woman. Formal suits should be worn with any elements without pretension. Excessive adherence to rules ages, since young people are not inclined to meticulously follow norms either in life or in clothing. If there is no need to follow a dress code, then it is better to completely abandon classic suits. You can wear jeans and a cardigan, and oxfords, for example, on your feet.
There is another sign of middle-aged women - an excess of pretentious things in the wardrobe. Too many status items on a person do not make him younger. Here you have to choose, either create a more casual, and therefore youthful, image, or demonstrate the capabilities of your wallet. Sometimes fashionable designer jewelry is more suitable than gold and diamonds. Signs of luxury such as crocodile skin, furs, and jewelry should be used in doses in outfits. Fashionable images that make women look younger can be seen in the photo:
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