How to look expensive, stylish and well-groomed without special expenses? Affordable luxury - how to look expensive How to look good in simple clothes

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Jewel tones are always received positively and look more expensive than practical dark colors. Emerald, sapphire, amber, ruby, amethyst, shades of burgundy attract the eye, but do not irritate or look dull. These are all win-win colors that suit both young girls and mature ladies.

Black and white are also relevant, because they are associated with a luxurious life. White clothes hint that their owner can afford to wear the item once and throw it in the wash. With black, things are more complicated: cheap knitwear or synthetics in this color can be seen a kilometer away. Therefore, things must be of high quality.

Play with textures

The monotony of textures cheapens the image. An ensemble made entirely of leather, velvet or other material looks boring. Instead, it is better to combine different fabrics: a silk top and jeans, a leather skirt and a cashmere sweater, a guipure dress and a thick denim jacket. Any outfit will benefit from suede shoes or a tweed jacket.

Customize things to fit your body

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It is enough to adjust a dress or suit to your figure, narrow your trousers or shorten your jeans - and you will look several times neater, and therefore more expensive. In addition, the studio can replace the buttons with more expensive ones. Metal, horn or mother-of-pearl - it all depends on the specific item and your preferences. You can just as easily replace the polyester lining of a budget jacket or coat with a cotton or silk one.

Wear designer jewelry

To look expensive, you don’t have to go to extremes: you don’t need to wear gold and silver in sets. Designer jewelry works ideally in any look: they are still cheaper than luxury jewelry, but there are only a few of these in the world. An alternative is stacked bracelets: with them you can create your own unique story. To avoid turning into a magpie, we recommend following a simple rule: you can decorate only one area, that is, either the wrists and fingers, or the neck and ears.

Dangling earrings in an exquisite Mediterranean style from the jewelry house will add uniqueness to your look.

Buy a rigid bag

Everything is simple here: it has a more status-like appearance, since it retains its shape and lasts longer. Models made of patent leather claim to be a designer item (however, if defects appear on such a bag, they are immediately noticeable). Soft eco-leather bags wear out quite quickly, so they are not suitable for occasions when you need to look impressive. If the model is not branded, then the fewer parts and stitches it has, the better.

Pay attention to the laconic models with perforations from the store. The bags fit A4 format.

Add watch, glasses and belt

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This trio will elevate even the most boring outfit. A sure-fire investment is a quality watch with a metal bracelet that resembles men's models. You can also choose watches with colored straps.

When purchasing sunglasses or medical glasses, an important role is played by the frame, the color of which depends. Classic aviators or panto glasses are timeless models.

As for the belt, a black and brown belt three centimeters wide with a simple buckle will be enough. They go with literally everything.

Aviator sunglasses will complement any of your looks. Try on Valentin Yudashkin glasses with colored lenses and metal frames from the brand's stock store.

Make an accent with a headdress or scarf

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A hat is an incredibly stylish and elegant accessory for both spring and summer looks. By default, this headdress is associated with French chic and English politeness. He doesn’t lag behind him and takes ().

The next trick is worth remembering once and for all: you won’t ruin your outfit. A neat silk, thin woolen scarf or large stole literally works wonders. They refresh the face and generally bring the image together.

A woman’s desire to look well-groomed, expensive and stylish is attached to her at birth and by default. This natural and irresistible desire is successfully exploited by fashion stylists and designers, and manufacturers of goods and services in the fashion industry earn millions from it. Unfortunately, not all women can exploit the fashion industry itself with the same success. Advertised brands bite with their prices, and fashion designers, stylists, hairdressers and makeup artists want to provide services only to clients with deep wallets and exorbitant ambitions. How can women who do not have a lot of money look expensive and well-groomed, but want to be no different from recognized “style icons” who have already become brands themselves?

Fashion is not about labels. And not about brands. It's about something else that's going on inside of us. Ralph Lauren

Ralph Lauren is one of the richest Americans who became a “fashion legend” and made his fortune from fashion design. He knows a lot about style, which makes a woman an individual among the crowd, albeit fashionable. Style is something that you get for free or is very inexpensive, and sometimes has nothing to do with fashion. Or rather, it does, but here we are talking about personal fashion taste, the ability to feel your worth and present yourself elegantly, even if you only wear a smile. Style is more important than brands and is manifested through a look, a smile, gestures, posture, and speech:

Buy less, choose better, and do it yourself. Vivienne Westwood

Vivienne Westwood is a talented designer and trendsetter in the punk style. She broke stereotypes and parodied fashionable classic luxury, calling to always remain individual, be demanding of fashion and give preference not to quantity but to quality. Indeed, to look expensive, you don’t have to have a wardrobe that “owns” you. It is enough to be content with the best, although this does not make the word “better” synonymous with the word “expensive”. There should be style, quality and measure in everything:

I actually wear expensive suits, they just look cheap on me. Warren Buffett

Warren Buffett, an entrepreneur, investor and one of the richest people in the world, is sure that to look expensive, it is not enough to have expensive clothes, you also need to be able not to devalue them yourself. Buffett likes to make fun of his shortcomings, and perhaps he is not the first fashionista, but he has never looked cheap and poor. The same cannot be said about imaginary “millionaires” who confuse elegance with snobbery, demonstrating the cost of clothes on “accidentally” not torn off price tags. There are 5 main mistakes that indicate poverty in a person:

Not to be, but to seem. Women who buy expensive mink coats and travel by train, or wear diamonds under a blouse from a clothing market, look comical and cheap. Cheap show-offs. Being the collective image of all the Chinese counterfeits of branded items may be fun. But this is unlikely to earn respect from people who really understand expensive brands.

Walking through the streets of a more or less large city and assessing how its residents dress, one can notice two extremes: some women try to look expensive by wearing flashy things, while others are kind of “Cinderellas” who believe that only very rich people can dress beautifully. It’s paradoxical, but despite the fact that the first category of girls spends quite a lot of money on their wardrobe, they don’t make a much better impression than the second. The question arises - what prevents them from looking stylish with a seemingly unlimited budget, and is it possible to look well-groomed without buying expensive things? Stylists and fashion bloggers say that this is now more than possible and give valuable advice on how to achieve your goal.

How to dress truly richly: 5 basic principles

Most women do not like the expression “looking expensive,” most likely because it is associated with market relations. In order to speak the same language with you, let us immediately clarify: by “expensiveness” of women’s outfit we mean an unobtrusive demonstration by your own appearance that your business is going well.

In fact, mentally rich people do not try to shout about their status using an image. And if you observe their lives from glossy photos, you will note that they do not consider it necessary to wear expensive clothes from Elie Saab and Carolina Herrera everywhere. Moreover, women from the wealthy class, aristocrats, founders of business empires show by their own example how beautiful you can look by choosing an exquisite and at the same time inexpensive look.

How do they do this? There are several basic principles by adhering to which you can also dress stylishly on a minimal budget:

• appropriateness - match the situation by wearing “relevant” clothing;
• relaxation - don’t try to look perfect;
• laconicism - one or two bright elements in the image are quite enough;
• reasonableness - do not buy super-expensive things if you earn relatively little;
• relevance - to look fresh, you should include this season's trendy detail in your image.

It would seem that these points are obvious and do not need to be spelled out. And yet, in our everyday life, we often meet women who do not know them or simply ignore them. Having listened to the advice of home-grown stylists, they always try to buy a natural fur coat, patent leather stilettos, a leather bag, gold jewelry and wear all this even when going to the gym or to the supermarket.

At the same time, they spend a lot of money on branded clothing, spend kilograms of cosmetics and liters of styling products to do makeup and hair like in the photo of Lena Lenina. But a truly expensive look always implies a little carelessness and lightness. It’s like in a dance - the performer flutters on stage so easily that the viewer doesn’t even think about how hard work this flutter was given to him.

So trying to look like the wife of an oligarch, without being one, will definitely lead to collapse. The female position is much more advantageous, in which they try to create not one, but several successful outfits in accordance with the place of work and style, environment and current events. This approach also implies thoughtful purchases of all things (no matter whether expensive or inexpensive) that suit your body type, general color type and go well with each other.

Building a chic wardrobe without spending a lot of money

Recently, stylists often mention the need to create a so-called basic wardrobe. Indeed, if you have several universal elements that are effectively combined and complemented, it does not matter how expensive they are - you will always look elegant, even on a minimal budget. Let's look at what you can buy for fairly little money.

10 things for a well-groomed girl of any age and status

If you want to look expensive, the basis of your wardrobe should be at least 10 items:

• an absolutely white or just a light men’s shirt - if you’re lucky enough to find your size, you can even buy it at a men’s clothing sale;

• T-shirts or, in other words, sweatshirts with straps and short sleeves - without patterns or prints, preferably white, black or gray;
• dark blue straight-fit jeans - you should take them as a basic model, no matter how much you would like to get the now trendy powder-colored flared jeans;
• beige or black pumps - although ballet flats are more comfortable and stiletto heels look more festive, they do not lengthen your legs or slim your ankles the way pumps do;
• a pencil skirt in a neutral tone - even if you do not obey a strict dress code, this version of the skirt goes well with a strict cardigan and a cozy oversized sweater;
• jumper or cardigan - ideally, both products should be in your closet, but if the task is to get dressed for little money, choose one based on your needs;
• sheath dress - yes, this is a stereotype, but it is absolutely true, since many outfits for work, leisure and everyday activities are based on it;
• jacket - again of a neutral color and not necessarily fitted, but definitely fitting well on your figure;

• a nude trench coat with pseudo shoulder straps, a wide belt and a turn-down collar will protect you from the wind and allow you to experiment to your heart’s content with various modern styles;
• a double-breasted wool coat - like a trench coat, is a classic top for cold weather, which should replace the ubiquitous down jackets, so that you can wear it to the theater, on a visit, or to a business meeting.

That's all? - someone may ask disappointed. No, of course - the list offered to you is just a skeleton on which you will gradually “build muscles” in the form of cheerful accessories and things with a complex cut and brighter colors. But we guarantee that even in such a very snobbish wardrobe option, you will certainly discover dozens, if not hundreds of opportunities for creating the image of a wealthy woman with excellent taste.

Quality requirements - rating of middle and economy class brands

Is it possible to look expensive in cheap things bought at Chinese auctions? You won't believe it, but it's possible! Look at the Instagram blogs of famous models and stylists: they often boast about cheap purchases from AliExpress or Taobao. True, they honestly admit that they won’t be able to look luxurious for a long time, since these products are not of good quality and quickly become unusable.

If you are well aware of the unprofitability of such purchases, pay attention to products from brands in the medium and economy categories:

• Alain Manoukian;
• Karen Millen;
• Blugirl;
• Miss Sixty;
• S'Oliver;
• Furla;
• Bershka;
• Sela;
• Stradivarius;
• Mango;
• Gap et al.

These are European, Asian and American brands that were originally created to meet the needs of students. They are distinguished by a decent assortment and affordable prices, which also drop significantly during promotions. Despite the low cost, branded products are made well, and with just one investment you can look great for several seasons.

To make your clothes look more expensive than they actually cost, when choosing, follow the recommendations of experts:

• a dress and suit will fit your figure much better if, after purchasing, you take them to a good tailor for adjustment;
• when buying a skirt, focus on the length below the knee - unlike miniskirts, they visually elongate the silhouette and generally look elegant and aristocratic;
• don’t be afraid of white - with a fairly simple cut and inexpensive material, a snow-white set always looks chic;
• give preference to classic prints - checkered, striped, polka dots, chevron, but refuse animalistic, digital and floral designs, as they rarely look expensive;

• don’t try to buy a leather bag if you know that your budget won’t support the second and third ones - it’s better to stock up on several leatherette bags (one of them must be rigid), and textile ones are also suitable for the beach or shopping;
• pay attention to details - seams, buttons, quality of lining and outer material, and do not take things that wrinkle easily;
• If you dress in outlets and, in order to save money, buy clothes from previous collections, try to add a detail that is relevant this season to your image, it could be a fashionable belt, jewelry or a well-groomed hairstyle with trendy coloring.

Next, when your wardrobe is assembled, you just have to learn how to combine different sets. Collect especially successful ones into capsules - ready-made sets for specific occasions. Having 5-6 such outfits, you will be ready to go out in a matter of minutes at any time, and you will look as if you spent the whole day the day before in front of the mirror.

How to cheer up a strict look with accessories

Looking at the basic list offered to you above, you may say that it was created for the office worker, and it does not meet your needs. In fact, this list can be changed in any way you like, as long as you maintain the principle - things with a classic cut, neutral colors and the ideal size for you help you look expensive.

In addition, the base can and should be supplemented with accessories:

• large sunglasses, and they can be worn all year round;
• bright scarves and scarves that are tied not only around the neck or head, but also on the belt or harness of the handbag;
• costume jewelry - today it is considered bad manners to wear precious metals everywhere, but exquisite jewelry made of plastic, leather, and steel is only welcome;
• watches and belts - now in fashion are pendant watches, miniature romantic watches and a la men's watches, wide corset belts and belts with a massive buckle.

As you can see, with this approach you have no chance of remaining a pale and inconspicuous “office mouse”. But you are also in no danger of turning into a holiday woman, hung with brands and shiny jewelry. By listening to our advice, you will be able to update your wardrobe without much expense and flaunt new looks for several seasons in a row, and the people around you, if they don’t say, will probably think about you: “How expensive she looks!”

Literally looking like a million is the dream of many. At the same time, it seems that such an effect can only be achieved by spending a lot of money on beauty salons, hairdressers, gyms, etc. In fact, in order to always look perfect, you don’t have to get yourself into debt and loans. There are 4 main ways to look expensive and well-groomed without spending a lot of money and time.

Skin care and makeup

One of the main conditions is healthy and glowing skin. Achieving such an effect is not so difficult. The main thing is to follow regular rituals of cleansing, moisturizing and toning your face to get the desired effect. They need to be done daily. At the same time, it is not at all necessary to use expensive cosmetics, the main thing is to choose them correctly.

A separate point concerns makeup. Naturalness is in fashion today, so nude makeup is an excellent option. And it is quite possible to accomplish it using means from the mass market, and not with the help of luxury brands.

It is worth remembering such an important nuance as the condition of your hands. It is impossible to imagine a lady who strives for perfection and at the same time has hangnails on her fingers, dirty bitten nails, etc. It is enough to carefully trim your nails, treat your cuticles with oil and cream to make them look young, healthy and attractive.

Choosing clothes is the key to success

A well-groomed woman who looks very expensive always carefully selects her wardrobe. Moreover, it is not always necessary to spend hours shopping. You just have to take certain rules into account. Experts advise taking a close look at people from wealthy classes to see what shades and textures of fabrics they choose for their wardrobe. So, the following colors are usually in demand:

• Deep gray
• Black
• Sand
• Beige
• Deep emerald
• Bright blue
• Coffee with milk

At first glance, a palette of this kind may seem boring, but it can always be “diluted” with accessories - scarves, pendants, jewelry and even a handbag. Clothes of such shades are also available in mass markets, so choosing a wardrobe in an “expensive” style will not pose any special problems. As for the quality of fabrics, you should choose natural options - they look many times more expensive than conventional synthetics.

As for the length of clothing, it is natural that a well-groomed woman cannot wear a provocative mini. Even a short skirt should be as elegant as possible. You definitely need to choose your own style, which will be harmonious, natural and quite calm. Stylists recommend playing with different styles and trends to choose your own. And this will make it easy to solve the problem of how to look expensive and well-groomed without special expenses.

Shoes should be matched to the overall outfit. But if you can combine colored models so that they don’t look garish and out of place, you can use them too. The optimal solution would be pumps. It is advisable that the shoes have heels - they add femininity.

Accessories and decorations

To look perfect, you don’t have to buy a huge amount of jewelry and various decorations. An excellent option would be minimalism in this matter. So, for example, it’s enough just to have a thin gold chain with a pendant and a bracelet in your arsenal.

Accessories can be used to complement an image and make it more intriguing. For example, bags. Expensive models look like this: a simple geometric design, smooth leather, a minimum of details and even more so various sparkles.

Scarves will be a great addition to your look. It is worth purchasing models made from natural fabrics. Their size is determined by the purpose for which it is planned to be used. So, a small silk scarf is required for the neck; thin woolen scarves can be used for outerwear. You need to be quite careful when selecting a print on a scarf. After all, too clumsy drawings can easily ruin the whole impression.

Behavior

Naturally, a perfect woman should behave and present herself accordingly. So, she should have a direct and targeted gaze, friendly, but not piercing. Lowering your eyes to the floor when talking is the lot of those with complexes. At the same time, a woman should look slightly appraisingly and a little from above, but not downwardly, so that they do not say about her that she is arrogant.

Such a woman’s chin should be slightly raised. This, by the way, allows you to achieve the desired effect of looking - slightly from above.

A well-groomed lady also smiles correctly - with just the corners of her lips, and not with all her teeth. It is worth remembering that a confident woman is always in a good mood. After all, dissatisfaction and anger immediately give the face a gloomy expression and wrinkles.

Special attention must be paid to gestures and movements. Everything should be as smooth and unhurried as possible. The fingers on the hand are collected, which gives grace to the hand, all gestures are filled with a certain meaning - thoughtful and beautiful.

The right speech will help complete the ideal image. It should be remembered that such a woman will speak slowly and deliberately. After all, talking without stopping usually reveals an insecure person. Of course, speech must be literate.

It is quite possible to look your best without spending a lot of money. And anyone can achieve this if they have the desire. Moreover, if you achieve your goal and get the ideal image, everything in life can change. After all, beautiful and well-groomed people attract only beauty.

Thank you and see you soon on the pages of our blog.

There is such a theory: if everything is in order with a person’s shoes and hairstyle, then no one will pay attention to the flaws of the suit. There is some truth in this. Try experimenting for yourself. What's better: the most fashionable dress, along with dirty hair and inappropriate shoes, or the most ordinary jeans and top, but with fashionable clogs and luxurious hairstyle?

Hairstyle

Even if you just wear your hair loose, you need to style it after water treatments. If you need straight hair, then straighten it with an iron; if you need waves, then dry it with a round comb and styling products. Simply dried hair will stick out in different directions or become frizzy.

The ends of your hair and bangs should always be trimmed and the color fresh. Unless, of course, bleached hair is the hit of the season. It is advisable to refresh the color once every two months.

Shoes

For everyday wear, shoes should be without unnecessary decorations, in calm tones, suitable for almost any set of clothes. For women, it is desirable that the shoes have heels - this gives femininity.

Nice shoes and a fashionable hairstyle are good, but these are not all the secrets of a well-groomed appearance.

Face

Makeup should be natural during the day and brighter in the evening. If you focus on the eyes, then the lips should be pastel colors. If the lipstick is bright, then you should not overdo it with eye makeup. Tone is definitely needed. This can be foundation, powder, or bb cream. The tone will hide all facial imperfections, enlarged pores and skin unevenness.

There are also additional products for correcting the shape of the face such as concealers, highlighters, etc.

Nails

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