Fashion Do’s and Don’ts – Style advice for women on a budget. Great fashion tips abound in this classic Katie Holmes / Ann Taylor advertisement photo. It is an example of simple yet classic beauty and style that every woman can afford too.
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Katie Holmes in this gorgeous Ann Taylor ad looked classic and beautiful. Notice her sunkissed yet natural looking makeup and neutral clothing colors. At left are contrasting fashion don't examples. What this should show is that the right color choices can make a huge difference. Her hair style, color, makeup, skin coloring, and clothes are just perfection.
Celebrity Style. Katie Homes in a terrific Ann Taylor advertisement
I love this photograph of celebrity Katie Holmes modeling for Ann Taylor. The reason why I love the photograph so much is that it really demonstrates an example of simple classic beauty. The great thing is that she is wearing merely a sweater, jeans and high heels. This is absolutely affordable for any woman on a budget. Yes the off the shoulder sweater is especially nice, however the combination of the gray sweater, jeans and black heels can be duped at a store even like JC Penny. So, it’s not really the fact that it is a designer label that makes it great.
Natural makeup
I love Katie Holmes’ makeup artistry in this photograph! This is really perfect for the woman over forty and illustrates a very important makeup concept. Notice how the makeup looks totally earthy in color and nothing is too bright on her face. Her makeup looks natural but she still has a slightly tan color. What is important to learn from here is that this is natural makeup but not totally nude makeup. She has just the right amount of color. In other words, too pale of a beige or white makeup undertone is washed out (see photo top left hehe). What is great about the makeup on Katie Holmes is that it is natural but still gives her a natural looking tan and glow. This should be strived for. Women tend to go with either too much color, or too little. This photogrph shows just the right amount of color. The nude look can be too washed out so try natural makeup colors but definitely give yourself a light golden bronzed glow. Don’t be too colorish or too pale.
Classic style clothing– Black sexy heels and shoulders exposed
A toned down sexy statement can still be utterly sexy. As shown at left it is definitely not all about showing skin. And, you definitely do not want skin showing in all the wrong places. The simple off the shoulder exposure and sexy appeal of the high heels is all that is needed to make Katie look gorgeous and sexy. At left you see that exposing more skin is not a guarentee at all that you will look sexy. When it comes to sex appeal especially for the older woman, sometimes less is more and a classy look suits an older woman best.
The colors make the outfit, not just the designer label
Granted the clothes are Ann Taylor, yet this outfit Katie is in can be replicated. The success of the outfit is just as much about color as it is the clothes themselves. Tasteful colors can be substantially more flattering on a woman. Older women tend to go calico so to speak and slide off into kaleidescope-ville with the crazy pastels or peaches and cream. Check to the left the pinks, peaches and lousy patterns add more noise and drown those women out! Staying with natural hue colors in solid tones is always a good idea. The gray is great. Notice also that some detailing such as fabric texture can create a more alluring effect than the prints. Keep clothes simple and classic and look for solid toned color hues. Not only with this make you look more gorgeous, it will make it easier to match clothes together. If you are not a fashion junkie it is going to be way easier to pull off a look with solid color combinations. They mix and match easier and tend to clash less.
Natural nails
Notice that Katie has no expensive manicure or long acrylic nails. A simple buff nail finish done at home can look classic and nice for a fraction of the cost of salon nails. Keep nails neat and trimmed and consider a pale beige, clear or neutral toned color on them. This mutes the hands and makes them look younger than would a bright pastel color.
Natural Hair
I love this simple brunette hair style of Katie Holmes. Adding bleach and fancy highlights to hair is not only higher maintenance it can be higher propensity to clash and create noise. A simple brown color looks great on her. No roots, no frizz, no fuss and no muss. It reminds me of the classic Cindy Crawford shoulder length brunette hair style. Sometimes the simplest is the best. It’s been said that hair to the shoulders or collarbone is the absolute most flattering for women. While you needn’t grow your hair long over forty, having a little length to it is an advantage. Men love longer hair on women it is a sign of youth. If you have enough tresses to grow hair to shoulder length or slightly below you should consider it.
In all I love this Ann Taylor advertisement with Katie Holmes modeling. It exemplifies a classic natural beauty that would go perfect on a woman over forty. It’s full of great ideas and hopefully the stark contrast of mistakes shown at left in the photograph will illustrate this fact even more. Thanks for reading I hope you enjoy these simple fashion tips.
