What’s the best piece of fashion advice you’ve ever received?
It’s absolutely great being a woman. The ability to dress up and turn heads is truly an exhilarating feeling. Below, some women in the spotlight share the best fashion advice they have ever received.Carlette DeLeon, managing director of Breakthrough Communications:Susan Simes, TV host:Paula-Anne Porter Jones, radio personality:Thalia Lyn, Founder & CEO of Island Grill:Jennifer ‘Jenny Jenny’ Small, radio personality:
Keneea Linton-George, fashion designer & TV producer:
Less is more.
Cardigans are great.
Emprezz Golding, television & radio host:
It doesn’t have to match, don’t follow fashion, follow you. Now this works for me! It allows me to set my own standards.
Don’t wear too much eyeliner because it makes your eyes look as if they are closed.
Purchase classic items of clothing that don’t go out of style.
Dahlia Harris, TV host:
Find colours that enhance you, that help to bring out your personality. A great outfit can look bad on you if it’s in the wrong colour. Colours can also help you to influence the way people respond to you. Nothing says powerful quite like red!
My mother taught me never to sit with my arms folded. No matter how good your outfit is, folding your arms signals that you are bored and disinterested in what’s going on. It’s not so much about the clothes you wear, it’s also about the attitude you portray as well.
One day I was watching Oprah and she was giving advice to women on how to get the lipstick off your teeth. She said that we should put our fingers in our mouths and rub it off. I have never forgotten it from the first time I heard it.
