MissusSmartyPants Personal Profile Style ArticleVolume 7 Week 51 December 20, 2012

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Copy-Cat Chic Style (part one)

Are your clothes starting to look boring? Have you settled into a pattern of putting on the same ‘ol style of shirt and pants every morning? If this is sounding familiar; first realize this happens to everyone. Now, let’s climb out of the doldrums...and TRY something different! This week, we are going to “Copy Cat” similar styles we see celebrities wearing!

Putting together outfits should be expressive & fun!

Why not “steal” outfit ideas from celebrities and their stylist?

Let’s explore what celebrities and others in the spotlight are wearing. Take notes of what works and what doesn’t to help you decide new ways you want to dress.

Women with similar style and body shape can encourage you to try new fashions. Most women you see in magazines, on TV, and in the movies—have professional stylists dressing them. They can be anchorwomen, talk-show hosts, soap opera stars, and singers that have clothes picked out just for them.

Check out women in the public eye that have a similar body type. Do they look fashionable? Would you look good in a similar style?

Find a celebrity-double. It doesn’t have to be a “perfect” fit, but someone close enough you identify with them in some way. They can look like you (similar coloring) or have similar sense of style--or even better have a similar shape too! The best celebrity-double will be close to your body-double, while they may not be exactly like you but have similarities to your shape.

For example, you may have a waist with little indentation (like Rachel Ray—a body type “C”)…but not have a full bottom. Check out how her stylists are dressing her through the torso area! 

Get your Copy Cat Chic style started today...

Pick a celebrity that has a similar shape and coloring as you--and copy that style!

How to start your Copy-Cat style:

Observe. Even if you are missing a “fashion gene” you can learn how to be more stylish by observing what other women are wearing. Copy-cat a good look from a someone with the same body shape (even if they aren’t a celebrity).

I’m sure even the most fashion forlorn can pick out of a crowd a fashion “disaster”. Watch what other women are wearing and decide what you like and don’t like. Take it to heart and remember (make notes if you need to) the good looks you want to try!

Be well read. It’s true many of the fashion magazines have unrealistic images of women. Some magazines are too avant-garde (like Vogue and Elle) and the clothing is exaggerated like works of art.

Study realistic magazines like Marie-Claire, Woman’s Day or “O”. These mags will show real wearable fashions compared to the other ones.

Please be seated. Can you believe I’m telling you to sit and watch TV? Well, I am!

You may not have thought about it before, but a lot of the trends come from characters on TV (and in the movies). It’s true; most celebrity styles evolve into fashions that we end up wearing.

Use your “Style Tools”. Login to your weekly Personal Profile! Follow the fit guidelines in your weekly shopping guide and read the style articles too. Soon your style will become what you’ve always wanted it to be...uniquely your own!

Have a seat (and a cup of joe, if you like) and check out the women walking by...what looks good and why? How can you be inspired by their style?

Here are celebrities who’s style you may want to “Copy Cat”:

The slender ladies...

Cate Blanchett.

Cate reminds us to use our style rules:

Rule #1 wear clothes that fit and flatter your shapeRule #2, always wear colors that flatter YOU (like she does below)

Kelly Ripa.

Kelly Ripa is a petite body type A and shows off her slender legs...

You can also give your body more curves with a wide belt...

Reese Witherspoon.

Below, Reese takes a long necklace and shows how to wear it for every occasion. From jeans to a dressy-dress! Hmm…it’s MSP’s “One Item, 3 Ways”!

Remember I told you a scarf was ultra-chic? Thanks Reese for proving my point!!

Kate Middleton.

On the left, in an older photo Kate was a bit curvier...still a great look for either a body type A OR B...

More slender celebrities: Cameron Diaz, Taylor Swift, Anna Kournikova, Jennifer Anniston, Kate Hudson, Victoria Beckman, Katie Holmes, Reese Witherspoon, Carrie Underwood.

Check out the curvy + plus-sized celebrities in part two!

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