Stop Stressing About Dressing

By Scarlett De Bease

Almost every woman wants to look younger, thinner, and occasionally taller. There are hundreds of books, magazine features, and young, thin, and gorgeous fashion “experts” constantly telling women what they must wear to look and feel better. So why are the majority of women out in the real world miserable and unable to dress well for

• Language: English
• Publisher: Scarlett Image
• Release date: Apr 21, 2016
• ISBN: 9781945058943

Scarlett De Bease

Scarlett De Bease was named the "Red Hot Image Maker" by Westchester Magazine. A professionally trained image consultant, Ms. De Bease started her wardrobe styling career in her 40's, and is in demand as a speaker at professional associations and business organizations. Scarlett De Bease lives in Westchester County, New York, with her husband of 29 years. She is the mother of two children who occasionally even take her wardrobe styling advice.

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Stop Stressing

About Dressing

Scarlett De Bease

Illustrations by Erica Liu

Copyright © 2016 by Scarlett De Bease

All rights reserved.

Green Ivy Publishing

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ISBN: 978-1-945058-93-6

Contents

Chapter One - Stop Stressing About Dressing 1

Chapter Two - Push ’Em Up! 3

Chapter Three - If Not Now, When? 4

Chapter Four - Come Clean With Color 6

Chapter Five - Fabric Or Facelift? 8

Chapter Six - Let Your Hair Choose What To Wear 10

Chapter Seven - Are You A V-Neck Or Round-Neck? 12

Chapter Eight - Have Your Contents Shifted? 13

Chapter Nine - Size Doesn’t Matter 15

Chapter Ten - End The Trend 17

Chapter Eleven - Don’t Shop ’Til You Drop 19

Chapter Twelve - Do You Know Where Your Breasts Are? 22

Chapter Thirteen - The Perils Of High Heels 25

Chapter Fourteen - Step Back From The Rack 27

Chapter Fifteen - Divorce, Despair And What To Wear 29

Chapter Sixteen - Battling The Bathing Suit Blues 32

Chapter Seventeen - Don’t Waste Your Waist 34

Chapter Eighteen - Where Have All The Sleeves Gone? 36

Before After 38, 39

Chapter Nineteen - Back Bumps And Lumps 40

Chapter 20 - Frumpy Or Fabulous? 42

Chapter Twenty-One - The 21St Century Closet 44

Chapter Twenty-Two - Packaphobia 47

Chapter Twenty-Three - I Hate Shapewear! 51

Chapter Twenty-Four - Try It, You’ll Like It 53

Chapter Twenty-Five - Yes, It’s Hot In Here 55

Chapter Twenty-Six - Beware The Compare 57

Chapter Twenty-Seven - Is There A Skeleton In The Closet? 59

Chapter Twenty-Eight - Lesson Learned 61

Chapter Twenty-Nine - Youniquely Normal 65

Chapter Thirty - Be The Big Picture 67

Chapter One

STOP STRESSING ABOUT DRESSING

OMG! You now have less than forty-eight hours to figure out what to wear to a soiree. You are certain it will be absolutely no problem for you to find the perfect outfit because it’s lurking in your wardrobe. You know there must be something fabulous for you to put on, because you have more than one closet filled with clothes, drawers packed so tightly that opening and closing them often requires Olympic strength, piles of shoes up to your calves, along with an ever-growing population of dust bunnies.

No problem, right? WRONG. Why? Because you probably don’t have the right clothes in the right sizes, or you don’t yet know how to stop stressing about dressing.

But wait a minute. Didn’t you recently get some new clothes and you loved the way you looked in them? That’s why you bought them, after all. Oh, you don’t like how you look in them? So why did you buy them? Bet you have been asking yourself these questions for quite some time. How can it be that you keep buying clothes yet still have nothing to wear?

The reason picking out what to buy and wear is stressful and somewhat discouraging is that you don’t know what you should choose. Your goal is to find clothing that will make you look your best, effortlessly and easily.

If you believe that you are the only one who feels this way, I think you’ll be happy to know that you are definitely not alone. Retailers are hoping you stay that way so women keep stuffing their closets and drawers with more and more until they end up having less and less to actually wear. Use this book to let you know that you are not alone if you are at a loss as to how to change the way you see yourself. Each chapter will be relatable and give you the direction to take so YOU will finally Stop Stressing about Dressing.

Chapter Two

Push ’Em Up!

Would you like to know how to instantly look taller and thinner without buying new clothes, losing weight, or not breathing while holding in your stomach? I know you are thinking that this is impossible, but it isn’t, and I’ll show you how to do it in less than one minute.

Here is what you need to do: