Winter Layering Tricks
What are the secrets to winter layering?
Lets look at it like a light and healthy salad with the main ingredient being proportion.
Proportion and placement of each piece is extremely important in any outfit but especially if you want to look artful during the cold winter months.
In the pictures above it gives perfect examples of proportion.
In the left you can see a short sweater layered over a long one which is a nice break to the horizontal stripes which we all know don't flatter women with a larger bust line.
The outfit on the right plays with proportion where the dress peeks out beneath the coat and also with the tall height of the boots. My golden rule in the winter is if you are going to wear a skirt who's hemline falls above the mid-thigh then you MUST wear a tall boot. Showing too much leg is a No-No even if you are wearing stockings.
I personally hold off on wearing a jacket or coat until the last possible minute. I would rather throw on an undershirt with a tight long sleeve thermal, short sleeve sweater, my poncho, gloves and an extra long scarf to wrap around and top off the entire look. I call it my gypsy look.
Layering looks best when whatever your wearing under your sweater or jacket playfully peeks through.
Another important final note is to eliminate matching color from your mind. The less you match the more creative the outfit looks. Of course beware of colors that clash or don't suit your skin tone. Often times they can make you look like a corpse instead of the glowing little saint we all know you are.
What a great idea.
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