Monochrome is often an easy fallback, but when I want to jazz up my look with some colour or print, I stick to the three colour rule. The underlying premise of the three colour rule is to not combine more than three colours in your outfit at any one time.
Instead, find the balance. Wear a pair of wide-legged jeans with a tight-fitting crop top and block heels. Alternatively, wear your favorite oversized chunky women's sweater with skinny jeans and cute flats. The balance will bring the whole casual yet chic look together perfectly.
Avoid large logos or fake designer pieces. One or two brand names can look classy, but too many can detract from the sophistication you're going for. Focus on structured pieces, like blazers or coats with small shoulder plaids, tailored dresses, and structured pleated skirts.
RESPECT BALANCE
The golden rule of style comes from none other than Coco Chanel: before leaving the house, look in the mirror and remove one accessory. This ensures your outfit won't be overstyled. Less is always more, so take off that third ring!
What is the 60-30-10 Rule? It's a classic decor rule that helps create a color palette for a space. It states that 60% of the room should be a dominant color, 30% should be the secondary color or texture and the last 10% should be an accent.
The five outfit rule is pretty simple. When you see an item that you just have to have you can only buy it if you can think of five different outfits that you can wear it with.
Invest in Quality Wardrobe Essentials.
Having a few well-fitting pieces of quality clothing will help create the foundation for any outfit. Basics such as white blouses, black trousers, navy blazers, knee-length skirts and timeless dresses can form the wardrobe essentials of an elegant woman's closet.
A classy woman exudes confidence. She's able to speak with conviction and be herself in most situations, even when she doesn't know what to say. She won't make a fool of herself because her appearance is top-notch and her presence commands respect from people everywhere she goes.
When I buy new clothes, I make a shopping list, size up my options, and stick to the 70/30 rule that Kathryn Finney taught me: “70% of your closet should be classic pieces like a great white top and awesome black handbag, and the 30% should be for trendy, fun pieces like orange skinny jeans.
In order to avoid arrest for public disguise or impersonation, a person had to wear three items of gender appropriate clothing. Lesbians who wore men's clothing in public were particular targets of the “three-item rule”, but so too were gay men, transgender people and unlucky heterosexual party-goers.
Trendy and Fun Pieces (30%)
About 30% or less of your wardrobe should be dedicated to those fun and trendy pieces. As a rule, I tend to splurge on my basics and spend as little as I can on the more trendy pieces.
Dominant color is achieved when one color serves as the focal point in a photo. The color expresses more intensity among other colors in the picture. This type of photo tends to instantly catch the attention of the viewer.
So if you're looking for a rule for using accent colors, here it is: think 60/30/10. 60% of your room should be the main color, 30% should be the main accent color, and the last 10% should be a secondary accent color.
A good rule of thumb for a cohesive color palette is to use no more than 5 distinct colors throughout your home. In this case, a white, a neutral, and 3 colors. But, that doesn't mean you are limited to only 5 paint colors in your home.
Wearing a top over it and knotting the top to shorten and tighten it at the waist. Tie a knot in the dress itself, to cinch it in and create more shape for both the dress and you.
This is the most common aspect of clothing that we talk about and people are looking for advice about. There are a few design principles that are widely used to make items more aesthetically pleasing: harmony, rhythm, balance, proportion, emphasis – the key principles of aesthetics in visual design.
The idea is that you combine four items, two of them “smart” and two “casual” – they should form an outfit that's not too OTT and not too dressed down either.