Category: Style and Fashion
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Autumn Outfit Ideas: 6 Toteme-Inspired Formulas to Recreate
Looking through Toteme’s autumn collections reveals a small set of autumn outfit ideas that keep returning: a tailored coat over tapered trousers, a fine top with a sculpted skirt and tall boots, and an elongated turtleneck falling over fluid trousers. The pieces change from season to season, but the way they are put together stays…
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How to Style Clothes: See Your Wardrobe Like a Stylist
For years, I thought learning how to style clothes meant trying things on until something finally worked. I would put on a pair of trousers, try one top, then another, then another. Sometimes changing the shoes made everything look better. Other times nothing seemed quite right, even though I liked every piece on its own.…
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Minimalist Luxury Fashion Brands That Editors Actually Wear
Spend enough time looking at fashion week street style, editor wardrobes or behind-the-scenes photographs from magazine shoots, and you start noticing the same minimalist luxury fashion brands appearing again and again. Some are names almost everyone knows. Others are brands you may not have heard of unless you spend a slightly unhealthy amount of time…
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How To Create Interest In Monochrome Outfits
I have always loved monochrome outfits. They are often the looks I save the most, whether it is an all-cream outfit, different shades of brown or head-to-toe grey. They feel calm and put together without trying too hard. At first glance, monochrome dressing seems simple. You pick one colour and build an outfit around it.…
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The Row Formula: How to Dress Effortlessly Elegant
I have always liked minimalist fashion, but I also think minimalism can easily start feeling repetitive. A neutral coat, wide trousers, simple knitwear. After a while, a lot of brands begin to blend together. Then there is The Row. Somehow, its outfits still stand out, even when they are built from the simplest pieces. On…
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The Secret Behind Effortless Outfits That Always Look Elegant
For years, I kept noticing women who seemed to wear the most effortless outfits possible and still somehow looked incredibly stylish. A white shirt and jeans. A knit with trousers. A blazer over a basic t-shirt. Nothing about the outfits themselves looked particularly complicated or trendy, however they always looked chic in a way I…
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How to Make Summer Outfits Feel Elegant
Summer outfits should feel easier, but somehow they often end up looking less put together. I kept noticing that outfits with beautiful individual pieces, linen trousers, simple dresses, leather sandals, still felt like something was missing once everything was combined. And I realised the issue was rarely the clothes themselves. In colder seasons, layering adds…
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How to Look Put Together: What It Means in Practice
Some people always seem put together, even in jeans, a sweatshirt and trainers. Others can wear beautiful clothes and still look like something is slightly off. The difference is usually not in how formal or expensive the clothes are, but in how the different parts work together. Looking put together means that an outfit feels…
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Best Fabrics for Expensive-Looking Clothes: A Quality Guide
Two pairs of black trousers can look almost identical on the hanger and completely different once they are on. One falls cleanly from the hip; the other pulls around the pockets and turns shiny across the thighs. That difference is why the best fabrics for clothing matter more than the brand name. Fabric affects whether…
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Spring Transition Outfits: Dressing for the In-Between Season
Spring transition outfits are often the hardest to get right. It is cold when you leave the house and mild by mid-afternoon. Winter pieces feel heavy, but lighter spring outfits feel premature. The mistake most people make in spring is dressing for how they feel at 8am and not how they will feel at 2pm.…









