There’s a common misconception that dressing modestly means you have to completely forgo any sense of personal style. While choosing to dress modestly does mean that the types of clothing you choose may be more limited than for people who don’t dress in this way, it doesn’t mean you are unable to express yourself through your clothing choices.
As someone who dresses modestly, it’s still perfectly possible to showcase your personality through your fashion choices. In this blog post, you’ll find some helpful tips to inspire you as you express your individual style while still dressing in a modest way.
Experiment With Layering
Minimising the amount of bare flesh you have on display actually provides you with the perfect opportunity to experiment with layering. Layering is often used by stylists and others in the fashion industry to add extra interest to outfits, and to transform a basic look into a much more stylish outfit.
Choosing an abaya dress to layer over an inner slip dress provides the ideal opportunity to introduce pattern and detailing into your outfit. Selecting abayas in patterns that you love, whether embroidered or embellished, is an excellent way to make your outfits stand out and showcase your sense of style.
Play With Colour
No matter how simple your outfit may be, choosing individual garments in your favourite colours will immediately make your clothing look distinctive and unique. You could choose clothing items in contrasting colours and play around with different combinations to create individual looks. Or, simply look for clothing in colours that flatter your skin tone and best suit you.
For a really distinctive look, you could try combining both colour and pattern into your outfit. This will create a strong, bold impression and shows you have confidence in your fashion choices.
Create a Capsule Wardrobe
Building up a capsule collection of clothing that you absolutely love is an excellent way to ensure that you reflect your personal style in every outfit you wear, every day. Choosing every piece of clothing that you buy with care, and only purchasing items that you really love will ensure that every single item in your wardrobe makes you feel confident when wearing it and brings you joy everytime you wear it.
As mentioned above, playing with colour, and choosing clothes in shades that suit you is also important. This is especially true when you’re building a capsule wardrobe that reflects your personal style. Having a selection of clothes in colours that make you feel happy when you wear them and look great on you will make it easy to mix and match items in your wardrobe every day to play around with your personal style and makes getting dressed and looking great completely effortless.
Final Thoughts
Dressing modestly doesn’t mean that you need to compromise on expressing your style. Shopping carefully for clothes you love in colours you adore will make it so much easier to always look and feel great each day no matter what the occasion.
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