How to choose clothes to look younger than your age

About age prohibitions in clothes

It is believed that each age has a certain clothes - after 40 you can not wear a mini, and in 20 tweed suits from Chanel are banned.

All the prejudices that in 20 you need to be fashionable and stylish, and in 40 - closed from the world and restrained come from the past. Previously, women had few social roles - first the bride on the issue, and then - a modest wife and mother. Dressing up was the point only before marriage, and after that - only to take care of the husband and children.

Today, women's wardrobe and its perception has changed – women work, take care of themselves at any age and want to dress beautifully. Thoughts from the past began to fade into the background - an adult woman in a mini-length dress no longer causes shock, like a young girl in a business suit.

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Of course, you don't have to go to extremes and pull out a jacket with Mickey Mouse – it's important to strike a balance between extremes and inhibitions and the age you're in – at least 20, even 40 years old. Next, we will analyze how to choose clothes so as not to look older and what techniques will help to throw off a couple of extra years.

Styles

Styles, cuts, fit of clothes are factors that can both throw a couple of years and help slow down a whole decade.

Clothes that adds age:

• No form, formless;
• With lace trim, flounces
• With soft, streamlined lines and shapes.

Such things immediately emphasize fatigue on the face, traces of a sleepless night or even small wrinkles. They look too cozy, warm, soft, while the symbol of youth is liveliness, energy or a touch of audacity.

Also, in order not to add age, we recommend reconsidering the love for:

• Turtlenecks. This is especially true for women after 50, when the oval "floats". Turtlenecks attract all attention to the contour of the face, highlighting and enhancing all imperfections;
• Things with a round neckline. The exception here may be knitted things, as well as T-shirts, but jackets, cardigans, coats with a streamlined shape of the gate will grow you up.

An alternative to forbidden things would be things with sharp, straight, obvious lines.

When choosing a length for skirts and dresses, you can take a mini - we talked about this above, but the universal option would be the length of the midi. It is suitable for all women and it does not need to be "beaten" so as not to look vulgar.

Colours

Color is an amazing tool that allows you to hide age-related changes, add freshness to the face after a sleepless night or mask the stresses and difficulties experienced. Interestingly, women, having reached the age of 30-40 years, often dramatically revise the color scheme of the cabinet, adding more and more dark things.

Dark things are a "beautiful" way to make wrinkles deeper, and dark skin under the eyes more expressive. In order not to add age to yourself, remember the first rule:

Wear light things around your face.

Light things - and not only white, but also beige, different pastel shades - visually illuminate the face, not allowing skin imperfections to stand out.

Forget or move the color types from the foreground. The main disadvantage of color typing in clothing is its subjectivity. Others rarely analyze how a particular blouse or sweater looks in combination with your face. Usually we are talking about your own "like-dislike" in relation to a certain color or its shade.

About psychology in clothes - what can be assumed about the girl by appearance, the editors of DRESS told separately.

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Of course, there are different types of appearance and different colors that may or may not go, but the decision on color or shade should be made not based on the opinion of others, but by analyzing the reflection in the mirror. In the right wardrobe, what you like comes to the fore.

Choose things of bright colors with caution - they distort the color of the skin and in 9 out of 10 cases look cheaper, even if the onion is collected from Balenciaga or Dior. Of course, the brightness in the image can be left - add a bright handbag or accessories, but to build a wardrobe on such a color scheme is a dangerous path.

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Prints – pros and cons

Prints are an indispensable thing in a modern wardrobe. Fashion houses and brands vie to offer crow's feet, huge paisley cucumbers or flower scattering, but not all drawings are equally useful for an "anti-aging" wardrobe.

The following things can add ages:

• Polka dots. It immediately refers to the retro style, as in the film "Styles" or the direction of rockabilly, and this is automatically associated with antiquity, because these directions were relevant in the last century;
• With flowers. Flowers especially mature on a dark background;
• With Paisley. Those same cucumbers, things with which every second brand can now boast, as well as peas - plunge into the past and automatically turn into a person from that time.

There are also less dangerous prints that do not allow you to look older than indicated in the driver license 🙂 :

• Strip. Vertical, diagonal, horizontal or combined strip - this is relevant and without reference to time;

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• Plaid is fashionable, appropriate print and most importantly - goes to girls of any age;

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• Crow's foot. One of the most fashionable prints in the clothes of the last couple of years is a great way to throw off a couple of years;

• Light floral print. If you can not live without flowers, choose light flowers on a light background - they are refreshing.

Of course, you can adapt any print in the wardrobe - even the notorious polka dots. But in order to look relevant and for your age, such things will have to be competently played, shaded by other things, using a refined taste. If you want the wardrobe to be harmonious and not have to rack your brain every morning, immediately choose the appropriate drawings.

Fast fashion and age

Fast fashion is something that changes every year or even the season. Fashion houses show new collections at Fashion Weeks and soon on the shelves of stores there are trousers with an extremely low waist, then crop tops.

If the primary task is to create an appropriate, wearable everyday wardrobe, we recommend not to focus on fast fashion. Choose basic things and periodically dilute them with long-term trends.

Do not forget to add a sporty style to the wardrobe - sweatshirts, hoodies, sweatshirts and sneakers are relevant today and are not dictated by age.

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7 Tricks to look younger

1. Create multi-layered looks. Layering is a fashionable trend that emphasizes the dynamism and fullness of forces. This technique is suitable for women at any age - only clothes will change;
2. Don't be afraid to get naked. Dosed show dignity - do not hide beautiful legs, collarbones or hands, do not hesitate to show the neckline. The main thing is not to overdo it and expose one thing and, of course, within the dress code dictated by the situation or event;
   

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3. Do the right makeup. If your task is to make the face fresh and not to emphasize age-related changes, do not use dark shadows and black liners. The older the woman, the less cosmetics you should use;
4. Don't use things from the past. The styles worn by mothers and grandmothers will throw the age, even at 25 - it's like with a pea print, which immediately evokes an association with the 70-80s. Morally obsolete things are better not to use in the wardrobe at all;
5. Use the right accessories. The most dangerous here are jewelry, especially pearls, which add to the age of at least 5 years, when it frames the neck and falls off the earlobes. If you like pearls - choose its modern versions or combine with trendy jewelry;
6. Don't try to hide your age with strange clothes. Often on the streets of Milan, London or Paris you can meet women who wear trendy things and their crazy combinations. Such combinations are not applicable for everyday life - this is a tool for attracting attention, and not "young" clothes;
7. Dress simply. If you do not have an innate sense of taste or it is not clear where to start - wear simple things close to the base. There is practically no probability of error and most importantly - the basic wardrobe, compiled according to modern rules, will not add extra years. See the guide from DRESS editorial about capsules and capsule wardrobe ➜

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Stellar examples of successful clothes

• Victoria Beckham, 47.

Victoria knows a lot about style – her page on social networks often becomes a source of inspiration for fashionistas. Interestingly, the woman does not try to shock - she only adheres to the base and periodically dilutes it with a touch of avant-garde.

• Meghan Markle, 40.

The Duchess has recently changed her approach to clothing. In her wardrobe, straight styles, strict lines and basic colors are increasingly found.

• Celine Dion, 53.

Celine recently realized that fashion and age are other compatible things. On the streets, more and more often began to meet in hoodies and sweatshirts, oversize things and unusual shoes. With a keen sense of taste, a woman looks younger than her 50s;

• Jennifer Lopez, 52.

The older Jennifer gets, the more restrained her wardrobe becomes – this rule can be borrowed from the star. On stage, she is a fatal beauty, but on the streets of the city she is increasingly found in sports or basic clothes.

Wear short skirts, unusual jackets, asymmetrical trousers - everything you want. Ageism is not in vogue today – it's time to start wearing what you like, but taking into account the advice we gave. In this case, you will be stylish and fresh in 30, and in 40 and 50 years.

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