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Shopping for Labels and Love?
These days the singles market is one that is growing vastly. A surge of online dating sites, speed dating and social online networking has shown that people want to meet potential partners quickly; however this does not mean that people are not still selective about their dating partners! Perhaps even more so, as the internet has meant access to even more potential partners than ever before. Uh oh! Increased competition!
First impressions therefore can make or break a potential relationship. The internet dating culture intensifies this idea of first impressions as people are basically looking for a partner (initially) by looks alone. On these occasions your natural charisma, beautiful sparkling eyes, husky voice or expensive perfume won't catch someone's attention. It's depressingly, simply down to how you look and how you are perceived.
Stand Out From the Competition.
So firstly, get the picture right. It needs to be a recent, clear, head and shoulders shot of you. Make sure you have done your make up nicely (you can always wear a little bit more than usual for the purposes of a photograph) and make sure your hair is styled.
I wouldn't suggest that you use any action shots of yourself for example bike riding or bungee jumping in an attempt to look more interesting and add "depth" to you profile. At this point the viewer doesn't care about that; they are just looking at who they think is attractive. If they can't see your face properly, they'll just move on to the next page. Why stop, there are hundreds of more women's photos to look at!
The First Date Outfit.
Once you get chatting to someone, hopefully the result will be a date. Most online daters, whether they admit it or not, would probably spend the time from when the date is arranged, up until the time it happens, planning what to wear. They may STILL not feel confident about their choice of outfit when they leave the house!
This is mainly down to not having the confidence to dress stylishly, sexily yet comfortably for fears such as "What if he thinks I'm fat in real life? What if he thinks I'm not trendy enough?" This can often lead to outfit blunders for example, women wearing heels that they are not comfortable in an attempt to look sexy and then walking like an old woman towards the end of the date because the "sexy" shoes are so uncomfortable.
Whether it's right or wrong, people are judged on their image. What they wear and how they wear it can greatly impact on someone's first impression. 55% of a first impression is based on appearance alone and once this impression is made it can take up 20 subsequent meetings to undo the damage. The last thing you want when you meet your date is for him to think you're someone you're not. A relationship can never grow from this.
Dress to enhance!
Pick at least one physical attribute about yourself that you like a few days before your date - in fact start this today whether you have a date or not! It can be anything from your hair, to your eyes, to your legs, boobs or nails! Anything at all. Then everyday for a week find a way to accentuate that part of the body. For example if you like your hands, wear a nice cocktail ring, do your nails, use hand cream each time you wash them, wear a bracelet. Keep doing this weekly and add a new physical attribute each time. By the end of the month you will be more focused on the good rather than what you consider to be the bad and the ugly! Planning is everything!
If you have the time, the ideal scenario is to figure out what you're going to wear the day before, that way you can ensure everything is washed, ironed and ready to wear before you get ready for your date instead of rushing around and stressing out five minutes before you leave the house. Your image shouldn't be something that just happens - you should make it happen!
Go for something that you are comfortable in BUT NOT TOO COMFORTABLE like a tracksuit! Heels are great as they automatically make you walk a little sexier, as they throw your hips out further when you move, not to mention the fact that they make your legs look longer and slimmer! However don't overdo it and go in to full on glamazon mode on the first date, as he may think you're all about the looks, with no substance, when that couldn't be further from the truth.
Test Drive Your Outfit!
The day before the big date, test out your outfit. Try the whole outfit on that you are going to wear! That includes testing out how you will do your hair and make-up. I've known so many women who have decided to try to do something new with their hair half an hour before a first date, for it only to go wrong and them end up feeling self-conscious about themselves all evening.
Watch how you move in the outfit, making sure you feel comfortable, there are minimal wardrobe malfunction risks e.g. bra showing, chicken fillets falling out, zip bursting open, heel falling off shoe.
That way you be your most fabulous and confident self! Now all we need is a fabulous man on your arm to match your outfit! HAPPY DATING!!
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