Dress up your outfit...

Shopping...blue jeans, pink sweatshirt, sneakers. Work...black plant, crème top, black shoe. Date...red cocktail dress, platform heels. Wedding reception...purple dress, stiletto heels. Seems familiar? Well this is pretty much how each person dresses while going to certain occasions. An elegant purple dress with stiletto heels looks wonderful for a wedding reception but having fewer distractions is going to be blah! Although this sounds ridiculous it is true…it is important to keep in mind that adding to the outfit will dress you up. Not only does it do that, it also makes your look like the glamorous Hollywood celebrities if you chose the right things! Well now you might wonder what I’m talking about…jewelry. You might think I’m out of my mind but simple or bold jewelry can make you unique. It also brings out your personality. But not all jewelry suits a person or an outfit so it is important to bring out the real reason for wearing jewelry! eHow editor tells that “A woman should wear her jewelry; it shouldn't wear her. What this means is that while the right jewelry can pull an outfit together, the wrong jewelry can make a woman look at best careless and at worst ridiculous”. By now all must agree that this statement is true because at some point we have had incidents where a piece of jewelry destroys an outfit. So to help you decide better next time eHow has some tips:

1. Big and small don’t go together and guess why…they are opposites. It’s important to remember that wearing big bold jewelry with a small jewelry either prevents a person from viewing a pretty pendant or distracts the viewer. Also, bold jewelry go better with solid colors while smaller ones go with prints as they offer less distraction. 2. Rings…too many can be distracting. Wearing thin rings blend in well with most outfits. But huge cocktail rings look weird with other rings (small/big) unless it’s your wedding ring! 3. Homogenous (mixture of metals)…yes chemistry plays an important role here. Just like it’s hazardous to mix metals that are of different proportions, jewelry can look disastrous if the same styles or proportions of different metals are not used.
4. Pins…they might be little but they came handy when you don’t have any other jewelry to wear. You can attach them either to a lovely scarf or your handbag even if it’s not your outfit like people normally do. Rule #1 applies while choosing pins. 5. Simple yet elegant is the key to wearing jewelry. At work it will be preferred that you offer little distraction to customer/employee so stick with smaller/less impact jewelry. For parties go with a jewelry that best highlights your outfit. Now that you know the basic guidelines for choosing jewelry, it’s time to check out some stores for jewelry that is cheap yet looks out of the world to make you look trendy at any place…even while shopping at Wal-Mart!
Claire's has got a lovely black earring for only $10.00. This can be either be worn with a bright patterned dress or a simple blouse for a date night. Need to have some distraction from your purple plunging neckline dress...then go for the Victor Alfaro Beaded Necklace from Bergner's. The lovely beads not only look expensive, they also look trendy (more so with the color trend for fall...purple) for an affordable price! Need something cheap to add some value to your turtle-neck sweater...then do an impulse purchase at Kohl’s...you will not regret it later! Finally something for your bare hands...JC Penny has an elegant Sapphire bracelet that looks stunning with a bridesmaid dress or just for another cocktail party.
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