Hi awesome ones, well you've heard me say many times before, get out of a styling rut. I gotta
tell you over the past three years I've been there many times myself. Now one of the observances of
this is the fact that sometimes we don't even know we're in on. So in this video what I want to show
you is how to figure out if you're in a styling rut. How to fix it and I've got five outfits. I've
got one outfit it'll kind of be the In-the-Rut outfit and then I'm going to show another outfit
that I kind of fixed up a little bit. So let's get going with example number one. Let's say
you bought oversized clothes to hide your weight gain but now you realize they are actually making
you look bigger. You like the colors and fashions and you paid a lot of money for them so what to
do if you just don't want to get rid of them or go through the cost and hassle of tailoring them?
Well I have a no-sew idea that will help with many of those fashions it's called Cinch It and I
bought the package with three of them inside. All I have to do is put the Cinch It on the back side of
this top and pull through the excess material and then voila I have a top that looks like
it actually fits. I also have the extra bonus of ruching which helps to hide my tummy a little bit.
You can use the Cinch It at the side, back or front of many of your oversized tops and dresses and
start wearing them again. And as usual I'll have most of the Fix-It items and outfits
underneath the video description and also in the comments and if you're interested in some of my
favorite items and fashions just go to amazon.com/shop/awesomeover50 and if you scroll down you're gonna
find my beach wear favorites, tops skorts, all kinds of different things, dresses too. So oh and by the
way we have an Amazon daily deal section there too and that's when I make sure that a lot of my
favorites that are on sale are really highlighted for you. Alright so let's get to the next example
and that is wearing an outfit with hardly any accessories and making it very very plain. Let's
take a look. Here I am and I know I've been guilty of this one I have this lovely green dress
that I just got. Now let's say that I was invited to an out outdoor wedding or a business function
now of course I'd be adding my sunscreen but I could do much more than that. Let's take a look.
Now I just added a little va va voom with big sunglasses from Zara, a floppy Straw Hat, round straw purse, a
trio necklace and elastic Bangles. These elastic Bangles they come in a set of three
but I'm just wearing two of them for now. I also added gold shoes which are trending right now and
really add to this special occasion look. Example number three will really resonate with a lot of
you since we all have our go-to purse and shoes. Now maybe it's a go-to black purse and black
shoes or maybe for you it might be the brown shoes and the Brown Bag. Let's take a look and see what
I mean. Here I have a go-to look for myself that I've worn way too much over the last year. Maybe
it's because the shoes are so comfy or maybe the purse is so easy to grab and go but let's fix it.
First let's realize that even if we don't want to go all out with a bright color with something
we're wearing we can always add a little color. On our feet the gold shoe is really trending
right now and this flat not only has a style but also feels like you're wearing slippers. I
also have a comfy pair of loafers that I also wear quite a bit and as for the purse I use the purse
inserts to go from one purse to another. And this designer style purse goes with almost everything.
My small black purse also fits right inside a bigger handbag like this one and just make
sure that you turn your zipper upwards and you can access everything easily and also remember you no
longer have to match your shoes to your handbag. And if you enjoy videos like this modeled by a
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All right so let's take a look at the inner rut example number four. You know it's slimming
and you know you wear too much of those all black outfits. It's also the color you look for when you
go shopping and when you check out your closet you've got way too much of it. This is indeed
a fashion rut and for most of us the black color against our aging face makes it look dull and even
highlights the wrinkles a little bit. So what to do? How about easing into color by adding Navy to
your wardrobe. Here I have an awesome classic look with a navy jacket, white top, tan pants and the tan
shoe color which will also add a little height to my look as it matches the color of the pants.
If it's a little too hot to wear a jacket how about a Navy or darker color of top or
even a lovely Navy dress instead of the classic black one that you always wear to those fancier
get-togethers. The next In-a-Rut kind of situation would be that you wear the basic
same styling quite a bit and you never really look at a trend and say I think I might try that and I've
got to tell you some trends that are out there you don't want to try but I have embraced a few
of them. And and when I wear them I just feel so revitalized so what I'm going to show you next is
of course a before picture and then I'm going to show you three Afters where I've really embraced a
trend. So here I have a standard look where usually I'll change out the tops and maybe the pants to
jeans and the the shoes to sneakers but the basic silhouette of a top and pants is pretty standard
for a go-to look. But here I'll have examples of dressing with attitude with a few trends.
The first look is a long lacy skirt which I love wearing and I get a lot of compliments on it. The
second has my new checkered stretchy pants with an elevated loafer and the third had to include
a skort, this one in purple with my new comfy sneakers with an ingenious side zipper and also
I'm wearing an eyelet top which is also trending right now. These are really energizing outfits to
wear and I just love to put them on. Let's face it if you're feeling really bored getting dressed
in the morning and you don't even have a desire to buy a couple of things to put a little spark
into your wardrobe you could be in a fashion rut and although I say fashion rut you also
could be in an emotional rut as well. And one of the things that I really try to do here is help
you to to build confidence and self-esteem and also not to feel invisible. I know for a fact that
it's it's time for us to really get out in the world again and to up our game from drab to Fab.
Another thing that this does is it it really shows the daughters of the world the young
women of the world that aging isn't something to be feared. It's not something where you get
in a rut and you're really really boring. Nope not us right? What we want to do is we want to
rock this world. We want to age with attitude and for me it's just another way to keep it awesome.