February’s Pople Style Watch says Boxy Bags are Hot. They are saying think sleek and simple. We found some for you!
Madiya’s Blue Ribbon Necklace – Oprah Magazine
Hot Off The Current Fashion Trends Press – Wrap Skirts
Lucky Magazine Highlighted the wrap skirt. A 90’s thowback – these are easy to wear and can be worn as casual or as elegant as you want. As with every outfit, what you pair it with will decide the look. Find a great fitting wrap skirt and you will get much mileage out of it!
We found some great choices for you!
Glamour Magazine – 16 Flattering Coats!
Winter is coming! Get the coats out! Although the weather has been unusually mild this year in the Northeast – it is coming – coat season. Instead of dreading the inevitable, embrace the season and get a great coat that makes you look and feel like a million!
We found some info that might help you find a great coat! Achievable Fashion knows most women are not super models, so we sort through the sea of fashion information, sift out what real women can use and report it. Glamour Magazine has great tips on finding a Flattering Coat. Seize the Season!
As Seen in – In Style Magazine
Large, heavy link jewelry is hot right now! Check out Girl Props for some great options!
5 Quick Tips to Look Instantly…
Glamour Magazine gives us 5 quick ways to look…
Classic
Trendy
Upbeat
Celeb-y
Sexy
Achievable Fashion is all about quick and easy fashion. These tips are things real women can pull off without looking like a fashion accident! Enjoy!
Party Dresses for Your Shape – 16 Sexy Dresses!
The holidays are here. With the holidays come party invitations. With party invitations comes the thought, “what will I wear?” Here are 16 sexy dresses that will give you some great ideas. They address different shapes, playing up good features and downplaying not so good ones. Thanks Glamour Magazine for the great tips!
The Rules of Plus-Size Style
At Achievable Fashion we are never concerned with being a certain size. In fact we know most of us real women are nothing like the supper skinny models in the fashion magazines. We believe looking great is never about being a 0 or Size 2 but rather about dressing correctly for you shape.
One of the reasons Achievable Fashion was created was so that women everywhere could achieve effortless fashion – something that eludes most. In fact it was created at my own desperation to get out of the house looking sharp each morning – minus a fight with my closet!
Our efforts include searching through the sea of fashion magazines out there and reporting any useful information. By useful I mean information we can actually use. Although I love flipping through the pages of high fashion magazines, there isn’t much on those pages I can usually implement into my life.
When I do find something I can use, I like to share it with you. I figure if I share enough good tips in one place more women can achieve effortless fashion Here is a great article I found in Good Housekeeping, “The Rules of Plus – Size Style.” Check it out for some great tips!
How to Update our Wardrobe – The Right Way!
Okay let’s get a grip on updating our wardrobes. If you have built your Basic Classic Wardrobe (BCW) you are ready to update your look. If you have not built your Basic Classic Wardrobe I strongly suggest you get our Book and build it.
The Achivable Fashion Basic Classic Wardrobe consists of the essential wardrobe pieces every closet must have in order to function. Without a BCW you have the dreaded closet full of clothes and nothing to wear. The closet full of clothes and nothing to wear always leads to frustration! We start with the dressing aerobics – you know how it goes – pants on, pants off, another pair on, another pair off, then comes the sweat, aggravation, then comes pulling your hair out – and the grand finale, in desperation, in the middle of the closet, we scream, “WHY do I have a closet full of clothes and nothing to wear!!!”
Back to updating your wardrobe. For kicks and giggles let’s say you have built your BCW. It’s time for wardrobe updating. In order to maximize your wardrobe the items you purchase should work well together. Often we make the mistake of purchasing trend items without regard for how they will work together.
An orange fuzzy sweater does not blend well with purple plaid bottoms; and neither work with a blue hounds tooth scarf. Yet when shopping this is how many us make purchases. (No wonder our closets end up looking like a thrift store gone wrong!)
3 current fashion trends right now are – plaid, snakeskin and loafer pumps. See the examples above. The first row is how not to purchase current trends. Yes, they are the correct trends, but can you wear any of them together? No. So if we purchase the first 3 items we will have the correct trends in our closet but we will not get the most mileage from them. Now look at the second row. They are also the correct current trends; however they do work well together so we will get maximum mileage! (Visit Runway to Real Life for more examples)
Maximum mileage comes from selecting items that work well together. Notice how purchasing 3 items can multiply your wardrobe when done correctly. We have selected a pair of wide leg trousers, a snakeskin scarf and loafer pumps to update with. Because we selected items that work well together we get lots of new looks with only a few pieces. Armed with the Achievable Fashion Basic Classic Wardrobe updating your look seasonally is a snap! The AF logo is next to our BCW pieces.
Here are 3 of our Looks- Busiess, Party, and Casual Fun – updated with just 3 new items. A snakeskin scarf, a pair of wide leg pants and a pair of loafers with heels gets tons of mileage when added to the right base!
Mix Prints / Patterns Like a Fashion Expert!
Mixing multiple prints is a current fashion trend. But unless you are a fashion expert can you do this without looking like you got dressed in the dark? When I decided to put together a website that would bring effortless fashion to real women, my mission was to find and report information that would help us busy ladies on our fashion journey – information that would allow us to be fashion forward with minimal time and investment.
The current fashion trend – mixing different prints together – is tricky business. I searched to find information that would help you and I steer clear of looking like a hot mess when wearing more than one print at a time. What I discovered is that there are some basic rules to follow. I found a great blog that highlights 8 rules to follow when mixing multiple prints. Follow these rules and you are sure to look like you walked off the runway – instead of looking like you got dressed in the dark! Have fun mixing prints like a current fashion trend expert!