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Or you’ll fail at life. No. Just kidding. But apparently it’s true that face shape has a lot to do with how you dress.
I found that out last night at the book release party for the second edition of Always in Style, a guide to dressing well and personal style. The book outlines how to find your personal style, how to dress for your body type and then how to accessorize and put on makeup. Basically, Always in Style is your literary personal shopper. When the other intern, Hannah, and I met one of the authors, Melissa Skoog, we weren’t exactly sure what to ask her. So Hannah came up with, “What advice would you give us?” I thought maybe Melissa would respond with something generic and vague such as, whatever you wear should be comfortable or just be yourself and you’ll always look good. Nope. To my dismay, she started examining us — did a quick look up and down and came up with, “Well, whatever you wear should match the shape of your face.” And that’s when the panic struck in. I thought, this woman is really judging me right now. She thinks I don’t know how to dress myself! My face doesn’t match my clothes! How could I be so stupid?
Apparently there’s a lot more to getting dressed than just putting on clothes that are flattering and make you feel good about yourself, and it all starts with your face. After you determine your face shape, you determine your body shape. So since I have an angular face and a curvy body, I have a straight-soft body line. WTF does that mean? It means I’m supposed to wear clothes that compliment my body line. According to the book, I’m supposed to put an emphasis on my waist, wear geometrics and stripes on top and floral and paisleys on the bottom. There’s a science to dressing yourself. Geez Louise, who knew?
So when Melissa finished judging Hannah and me and explaining to us how the necklines of our tops should compliment our face shapes, I stopped panicking. That shouldn’t be so difficult. And then I opened up the book and it told me everything else I was doing wrong …
Actually, alwaysinstyle.com has personalized profiles that might be easier understood than simply reading it in the book.
Jillian, I started reading the book on the ride home. Apparently I have “bright” coloring, an oval face, and fine features, which did lend itself to some good tips, but I got really confused on the overall body type. I think I am “curvy” because I have a waist, but all the examples of celebrities were full-figured women, which I am not. Were you confused after reading that part as well? The book also made me panicked because I had never thought about any of those things before either!