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The Best Ways to Accessorize Your Outfit for a Fashionable Touch
A practical overview of accessorizing: how to balance pieces, choose a focal point, pick one or two standouts and edit before leaving the house.
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Styling Outfits
Layering, patterns, accessories and key garments.
How to Choose and Style Sunglasses for Your Face
Learn common sunglasses frame shapes, how they tend to relate to face shapes, and how to match them to casual, smart and warm-weather outfits.
How to Choose Boots and Wear Them With Everything
A plain guide to boot shapes, from ankle and Chelsea to knee-high, and how each one tends to work with trousers, jeans, skirts and dresses.
How to Style a Denim Jacket Through the Seasons
See how a denim jacket works as a layer across the year, from summer dresses to winter knits, with notes on fit, wash and what to wear underneath.
How to Style a White Shirt in Ten Different Ways
Ten ways to wear a classic white shirt, from tucked and tailored to knotted, layered and open, with notes on fit, fabric and keeping it crisp.
How to Style Wide-Leg Trousers
How to balance the volume of wide-leg trousers with the right tops, shoes and outer layers, plus hem length tips for casual and dressier outfits.
How to Wear a Belt to Shape and Finish an Outfit
Learn how belt width, placement and buckle style change an outfit, and how to wear belts with trousers, dresses, coats and loose tops.
How to Wear a Trench Coat and Other Light Outer Layers
A guide to trench coat lengths, belts and layering, plus other light outer layers like mac coats, shackets and light jackets for mild weather.
The Art of Layering for a Modern, Polished Look
How to layer clothes without bulk: order, thickness, proportion and neckline tips for a tidy, polished result in cool and changeable weather.
The Art of Mixing and Matching Patterns for a Modern Look
How to combine stripes, checks, dots and florals using scale, a shared color and a clear leading pattern so a busy outfit still looks deliberate.
The Art of Mixing and Matching Prints for a Modern, Polished Look
How to wear animal, botanical and graphic prints: anchor them with solids, limit the number of prints and keep the finish polished and intentional.
The Best Ways to Accessorize Your Outfit with Hats
A guide to hat shapes, how they relate to face shape and occasion, and which hats suit each season, from sun hats and caps to beanies and fedoras.
The Best Ways to Accessorize Your Outfit with Jewelry
How to choose and combine necklaces, rings and earrings, mix metals, and match the scale of jewelry to your neckline and outfit.
The Best Ways to Style a Cardigan for a Modern, Polished Look
How cardigan length, knit weight and fit change the look, with ideas for wearing one over dresses, tees and shirts, buttoned, open or draped.
The Best Ways to Style a Little Black Dress for Any Occasion
How to dress a simple black dress up or down for work, evenings and casual days using shoes, layers, jewelry and bags, with a fit and fabric checklist.
The Best Ways to Style a Scarf for a Chic, Modern Look
A guide to scarf fabrics and sizes, plus a few simple ways to tie and drape a scarf, from the loop and knot to the soft wrap and neckerchief.
The Best Ways to Style a Statement Handbag for a Modern Look
How to let a bold bag lead an outfit: choosing a base palette, keeping other accessories quiet, and matching size and shape to what you carry.
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