Sarah I'm On a Budget!

Ladies, I am here to answer your plea! Many of us are on budgets and we want to find a great outfit for an affordable price. So I have gone shopping at several different stores for some affordable outfits. Check'em out!!!

Kohls (Click here to see these items and more)

This lovely white top is below $22

Ruffle Cardigan for under $32

Straight Leg Trousers for $30

Total outfit price UNDER $85

Charlotte Russe (Click here to see these and other great finds)

Ladies always make sure that the pieces you pick out are both age appropriate and well fitting.

Romantic Chiffon Top $15

Cropped Twill Pants for $27

Preppy Pumps for $25

Earrings for $4

Total Outfit Price $71

JC Penny (Click here for JC Penny online)

Floral Blouse $20

Ruffle Pencil Skirt $20

Designer Bag $45

Total outfit price $85

Forever 21 (Click here for other great ideas)

Sweet Ruffle Dress is $30

Sassy Head Band $4

Silver Bead Necklace for $9

Total Outfit $43

There are good buys out there! Just be willing to spend some time trying on and finding great pieces to enhance your wardrobe. Please feel free to email me if you would like to have me as your own personal shopper and stylist!

Spring Forward in Style

Spring is a fresh start! Your fashion should include a fresh start too! We are going to take a look at some fashion tips and trends to make your spring wardrobe SING.

Lets take a look at great spring attire for Work, Casual, Evening Out/Social Events, and Maternity. We will also look at some inexpensive ways to PUNCH up your current wardrobe for spring. If you feel you need additional assistance please feel free to email me at perfectpintuck@gmail.com for a personal styling session.

WORK:

Look for trousers and skirts that are in the color pallets of navy, grey, and camel. These colors are softer and match up to pastels and brights better then black. Look for tops that have bright colors and accessorize with florals. (The items shown can be found at Ann Taylor Loft)

Casual:

Look for tops that are light and airy perhaps in the tunic style. Look for straight pants and shorts. Also look to dress up a plain outfit with accessories like a scarf, head band, hat or bag. Be careful when accessorizing not to wear all your accessories at once!

This fun little head band is at Anthropologie!
Anthropologie

This is a BELT!! Sooo CUTE! Anthro!

Evening Out/ Social Event:

Look for fun and flirty dresses that will show off your figure!

Maternity:

You may be asking yourself, "why did Sarah start putting maternity into every blog?" well the answer is quite simple: I'm Pregnant!!!! I am loving the thought of getting a whole new wardrobe of cloths that showcase my baby belly!

Spring is such a fun time and so have fun with your wardrobe and accessories!!!

Easter Frockery

I love SPRING!!! I just do, I am always ready to shed my winter cloths for some awesome Spring Cloths. Top on my priority list of things to buy is EASTER FROCKERY! I don't believe that Easter Dresses are just for little girls they are for girls of any age. I love the idea of having a lovely new spring dress to dawn at Church on Easter Sunday. So lets look at some dress ideas for each of the body types.

First rule of Easter frockery is that the color scheme should fit the occasion, look for pastels, floral colors, whites and creams to celebrate the season.

Pear:

Look for a dress that will complement your petite top half and demphasize your lower half. Looking for V-Necks as they draw attention up to your lovely face.

Apple:

Look for Tunic style dress that will float away from the middle section.

Upper Figure:

Look for a dress that will demphasize the broadness of the shoulders and has many feminine details.

Linear:

Look for famine details and cinching at the waist.

Maternity:

Look for items that will emphasize your cute tummy but won't make you look like a floral nightmare.

If you need additional shopping help please contact me at
perfectpintuck@gmail.com!

Badonkadonk

Trace Atkins, Queen and Sir Mixalot have made a fortune singing about the Lower Figured Woman. Badonkadonk, Apple Bottom, Pear, Junk in the Trunk...these names all honor one fabulous body part! The BUM!!! Ladies your lower figure is lovely because a rounder posterior implies fertility, the term birthing hips hold true. It is often easy for the lower figure to find well fitting tops for their delicate top half, but finding a pair of pants that fits the hips while actually clasping the waist is difficult. Fear not my sweet lower figures! I am here to Help! I am Sarah Hosman, Personal Shopper and Stylist in the Phoenix Area. I would love to help you find a wardrobe that will make you feel like a queen. I teach style classes for small to large groups. I can also take you for a personalized style session. Please contact me if you are in need of my services and I will send you a services sheet. perfectpintuck@gmail.com

First rule to dressing all Body Types is to never accessorize and embellish the fullest part of your body. For the lower figure that means choosing pants and skirts that will de-emphasize your fullest "asset". Look for pants that are flat-front and have a straight leg. Avoid high waisted trousers that sit above the navel and lower rise trousers that don't reach your tiny waist. I know it is hard but TRY EVERY PAIR OF PANTS ON!

Rule two, look for skirts that fit the hips then continue straight down. Bias-cut, A-line,wrap, fit-and-flare, and straight styles are all“go’s”. Pencil shapes or full pleats are “no’s” as they highlight imbalance.Rule three is to look for balance between your top and bottom the best way to do that is to choose tops that have bold colors, big patterns, and special details. Look to build up your petite top to help balance your Ample Bottom.

Rule four, dresses are great! Look for dresses that have an A-Line skirt as they will balance and create the illusion of an hour glass figure. Look for Dresses with embellishment and detail towards the top but not the bottom.

Are you a Renaissance Woman??

Hello folks I wanted to spend some time discussing the different body types more in depth to help you "figure" out your FIGURE... The first group we are going to look at is one of the most common figures: Middle Figured/Apples, these gals are our Renaissance Women. Renaissance art portrayed women with a delicious creamy center to show their femininity, health and approachability. Middle Figure simply means your fullest part is around your navel. Despite the signs of health and approachability Middle Figures can often suffer from a lack of confidence and frustration with shopping. Middle Figures need to remember that in spite of their warm center they have amazing limbs that can help give them a more slender look.

Before I proceed further I want to introduce myself: I am Sarah Hosman, Personal Shopper and Stylist in the Phoenix Area. I would love to help you find a wardrobe that will make you feel like a queen. I teach style classes for small to large groups. I can also take you for a personalized style session. Please contact me if you are in need of my services and I will send you a services sheet. perfectpintuck@gmail.com
First rule to dressing all Body Types is to never accessorize and embellish the fullest part of your body. For the Middle Figured girls that means avoiding belts and sashes around your waist.

Rule two is to look for tops with structure that float away from the tummy. Middle Figured Women can look for larger prints, but use with caution. Look for jackets that have great seaming and fit the broadest part of you.

This item is at Bananna Republic

Rule three is to direct attention up to your face you can often do that with a fancy neckline that is rounded or V-neck and exposes a bit of skin. This item came from Anthropologie

Pants! Look for pants that have structured supportive waist band and are mid rise. You want to avoid pants that give you "grandma pants" (this means your pant waist band hits under your bust line) or give you the muffin top (pants sitting too low that cause the tummy to expand out the top) Many apples complain of a flatter tushy so look for pants that have buttons on the back pockets and sit higher on the bottom. These pants are from Ann Taylor Loft

Underpinnings! If you still feel uncomfortable with your tummy then look for underpinnings that give you a cleaner line over your tummy. This item came from Spanx

Figures of First Lady's

Ever since Jackie Kennedy wore this stunning Oleg Cassini gown at her husbands inauguration, the country has watched the fashion of the First Lady. Jackie always chose classic lines and cuts that flattered her Linear figure well. There is a tremendous responsibility to be both elegant and classy while not looking matronly and boring. We have had many First Lady's work hard at creating an appropriate image to flatter their different body types. I want to take a breif look at First Lady Fashion through the decades.




Our darling Laura Bush is an Upper Figured woman (larger proportionally on top then below) Many of her formal gowns have feminine details and often use a V-neck line which works well to minimize a broader chest.

Power house Hillary Clinton is a Lower Figured woman, as is Michelle Obama. I want it to be noted though how Michelle is dressing her figure more flattering then Hillary. Hillary trys to hide her ample rear end while Michelle lets her "solo" act stand on its own. When lower figured women use long jackets and tops to cover their bottoms they end up calling more attention to them. You are putting a big tent over your bottom. Michelle's jackets are shorter and break at the hip. They draw attention to her waist. While the skirts and pants she chooses are often in a neutral color and have little details so as to not draw more attention.

Barbara Bush, Americas Grandma, is a classic Middle Figured woman, this means she has softer center of the body. Middle figured women should look for tops that either "lock and load" the middle using seaming and darts that will give the appearance of a smaller waist line. They can also look for items that float away from the middle. Barbara did not no do this perfectly but she tried. However, lets look more at the fashion from the current inauguration. I must at this time give props to Michelle for her STUNNING outfits for the Inauguration and Ball. She wore an elegant Isabel Toledo gold dress with matching over coat. This was a Jackie moment! I only wish she had a hat to match her shoes and gloves....I am obsessed with hats... Jason Wu designed this elegant and classy ball gown worn by Michelle later that night at the Inaugural Ball.

Is She the First Lady of Fashion?

I am not sure if anyone out there knows our soon to be First Lady, Michelle Obama, but if you do please direct her to my blog! First, it would be fun if she actually stopped by. Second, I want us to evaluate the things she is doing well in dress and style, as well as how it can improved. President Elect Obama ran on the slogan of "YES WE CAN!" and the tag line of Change. So, I am calling for some "Change" in not only Michelle Obamas dress but also our own.

The first thing is to realize Michelle is being professionally dressed to fit a "look", each of us has our own look and and signature style. I would classify Michelle Obamas signature style as a mixture of masculine/feminine with some "classic" touches in her exsessories. She wears basic colors, usually solids with classic simple shapes. I have heard it said on several occasions that she is the First Lady of Fashion. However, I don't think she is quite a Jackie yet. This may sound harsh but I thought she wearing a maternity dress at her husbands acceptance speech. The issue with the dress was the red. If it had been red all over with the black banding at the waist it would have been fine. However, the red on her stomach and hips drew attention to make them appear large.

Michelle Obama is a classic pear shape. This means that perportionally she is wider around her hips and bum then she is around her bust. This shape is beautiful and great but it has rules. Michelle Obama chooses to often pick a pencil skirt shape for dresses and skirts. The difficulty with pencil skirts is that they can often look boxy. This has happened to Michelle on a few occasions.

Pears look for tops that will help add volume to help balance the body to look more "hour glass" Look for skirts that have an A-Line shape like the one below.

Pears also look for necklines and details that draw the eye up to your face and away from you rear.
I am looking forward to seeing her fashion choice for the inauguration and looking forward to seeing if she will become a Jackie