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I don’t know about you but I find clothes shopping an absolute nightmare. Don’t get me wrong, I love buying new clothes – it’s just the shopping I have a problem with.

Weekends in my city mean that the women’s clothes shops are so busy that I don’t want to go in them and if there’s a sale on then clothes will end up everywhere – on the floor, scattered around the changing rooms and it’s near impossible to find anything.

Luckily, we have the brilliance of online shopping which makes my life, for one, a lot easier. No need to trawl around town and fight your way to the rack only to find they don’t have your size – online clothes shops let you see exactly what you want, which is very handy.

Online shopping used to be a bit of a nightmare but these days there are lots of different stores stocking everything from designer clothes to vintage dresses and most high street stores these days have an online shop too, which means that if you’ve spotted something amazing in the window of a shop but don’t want to go in because it’s just too manic, then you can probably find it online.

Of course, the only problem with online shopping is that you can’t try anything on but the beauty is that you can try everything on at home and then if you don’t like it, send it back. Some stores will let you take it back to their high street stores but most just give you a pre-paid envelope to send back the items you don’t want.

So, if you’re a fashion fan but don’t want to fit it out with those sales fiends on the high street, why not try out a bit of online shopping instead? The online department store Very offers trendy high street clothing, shoes and accessories, visit today and catch the sale!

have you heard of 'Effortless Dressing'. Effortless dressing can be demonstrated by celebrities such as Kate Moss, Sarah Jessica Parker and Gwyneth Paltrow.

They claim to effortlessly sling together their designer shoes, scarves , little dresses and coats to bring together the right style with the right attitude.

Dress Designers like Stella McCartney are playing with these styles and being picked up by Celebrities such as Gwyneth Paltrow who wore her Silvery Mini Dress.

But, seriously, there must be an awful lot of effort made to look that great. What the Italians refer to as sprezzatura and the French name élan involves a serious amount of work, but pull it off and you can look super cool and super sexy.

Follow the below 5 steps to ensure you dress effortlessly.

1. Be aware of your body shape

Be aware of what suits you. Not all styles work for all body shapes. be careful what you choose. If waist pinched isn’t right for your apple shape – don’t do it.

1. Picked tried and timeless good quality pieces

Work with vintage and new, but ensure that the quality is there. If you buy quality, they will last and make your outfit look fantastic.

1. Work out your combinations

If you look great in pumps, jeans and a coat, make that part of your combination.

1. Keep It Simple

Don’t go mad. Less is more. Too much time spent and too many items makes your look seem busy and confused which will then be reflected into your personality.

1. Wear the right shoes

What can I say? Always consider your footwear - make sure it matches your style with perfection.

Follow these 5 tips and your look will work. Ensure to leave yourself time to plan your outfit before you wear it. Make up and hair is also to be taken into consideration. Prep your outfit the night before to leave time to beautify yourself. When you leave, you will be perfectly, effortlessly styled.

It’s never too early to think about your dance dress. Like weddings dresses, it is one of the most important dress you will own. Since it is a right of passage from childhood, your prom night deserves all the attention you can give it. Stretch limos will be hired for the occasion by those that can afford it.You need to make sure that you feel and look good, since photographs will be taken that will survive forever. Your best prom dress will be the very foundation of the look. Everything else, your shoes, your hairstyle, your makeup and your jewelry will be planned around your dress.

Before even looking at any dance dresses, look carefully and honestly at yourself. Are you overweight or too slender?, or are you one of the really lucky (and rare) people who are perfectly proportioned? Are you top heavy or does your bust line leave a little to be desired? Are your legs long or short, and how do you rate your hips? Before choosing your dress, all of this should be carefully considered. One final thing. If you manage to select your evening gown more than a month before the event, don’t actually purchase it. You might put on or lose weight, and the prom dress designs would not then fit properly.  Even if your dress is to be custom designed, all these factors still apply.

So now you know your good points and those things you wish to minimise, you need to decide on a style of dress. To decide which style would best suit your figure, you should take lots of advice. One thing that holds true no matter what you look like. Don’t get anything to tight. It emphasises any imperfactions and makes moving about less easy. Make sure that you can dance the night away in comfort. If you are still in doubt about what suits you,take somebody with you and go and try on lots of different style of dresses. Be careful who you choose to take with you. You need somebody who will be brutally honest. You need an honest opinion, so don’t tell them what you think you are looking for in advance.

Once you have chosen your dress, then consider your hairstyle and make up. If you have long hair, you will have to make the decision about whether to put it on top of your head or leave it around your shoulders. An upswept hairstyle looks really good if you have a long slender neck, and good skin complexion. Also consider the neckline of your dress, hair left lose can look very cluttered with a fussy neckline. Think also about what your hair will do when you dance. You need a hairstlye that will survive the night long dancing. There are many hair ornaments which will help you to keep it under control. If you have short hair, you can always add extensions to your hair if you want to go for the long look or add a false piece set in curls on top of you head for something totally different.

Don’t get so caught up with the proper design and look of your gown prom dresses that you forget that the evening is about having  a wonderful time. Whatever your prom dress looks like, the night is about you. It will look good and it will show if you feel happy and confident. So go out, and have fun.

At last, it’s time to buy a designer prom dress. Whether you have it created specially for you or purchase it, You should consider the following. Firstly, the likely temperature of the dance hall. You do not want to be wearing velvet if the room is going to be overly warm. Similarly you don’t want a thin chiffon dress which will show goose bumps because you are freezing. Wear something you will be comfortable in, which is always important

Next, design. This should flatter your figure and heighten your personality. Choose something fussy if you like being the center of attention, have an outgoing personality, or love meeting people. But remember that you are likely to be snapped so don’t be too outrageous. You don’t want your future to be haunted by those photos. If you tend to be more shy, then look for something refined and tasteful. Find a style you will be comfortable wearing.

When choosing a style for your formal prom dress, you should also look carefully and honestly at your figure. most if us have a few pounds extra that we would rather not highlight and few have the perfect figure. Don’t fool yourself that you can diet/exercise to be rid of it by prom night – you won’t. Instead, find a costume which will compliment your assets and hide those extra inches. Do not wear a tight fitting costume if you are on the heavy side, frills and flounces will only tend to draw attention to your inperfections so don’t wear them. Do not wear a tight or very low cut costume if you are large on top, it will do you no favours. The edict ‘If you have it – flaunt it’ does not apply on prom night and in the end will probably only embarrass you. You want to look glamorous and refined on this special night.One other thing, if you fancy a striped material, make sure the stripes go the correct way. Horizontal stripes tend to make you look shorter and fatter, Vertical stripes tend to make you look taller and thinner. If you are challenged in the bust department or your hips are large then stripes can often come to your aid.

You can heighten your skin tone and improve your overall looks by choosing the right color. If you have a very pale complexion, avoid Royal blue, you will appear to be even paler. Also you will look insipid and fade into the background with very pale colors, and on this special evening that is the last thing you want to do. Deep pinks, greens and reds would look good. If you have a favorite color, try it. Pick out the color that best suits you.If you are a redhead, avoid oranges and reds, but greens shoulkd look really good on you. Look at your eyes, why not try enhancing their colour by wearing the same colour for your dress.

Be open minded when you start looking for your prom costume. Try everything, before you dismiss it. Enjoying wearing your prom costume is the most fundamental thing of all.This is a special night and you should feel special. If you don’t, try something else.

Be it everyday fashion, or Evening dresses, the attraction of well known labels is the same.
Although many girls don’t care about a celebrity label, others that do understandably want a designer label on their special occasion dress. You don’t have to settle for a no-name brand just because you have a limited amount of money to spend on your dance gown. You just have to consider where you might find low cost elegant gowns, and Carry out some searching.
Discount brand name elegant gowns are actually more available than you may think.

It is also possible to find low cost celebrity prom gowns by buying ones that are previous years models. You can find theseat a very much lower price, making them an extraordinary deal. quite often previous years designs can look incredibly good if slightly modified or accessorised correctly.

It can also pay to investigate classifieds and consignment shops for cheap celebrity prom dresses. Many celebrities will end up selling theirs this way, and the savings are substantial.
This only works if you are willing to use a dance dress that has been previously worm. But don’t worry, they can be cheaply cleaned to be like new. It is really just a state of mind. Rather than thinking of your designer ball gown as being second hand, consider it as already having a history of good times to which you will add your own personal history.

A thing to remember about all designers is that even the best ones, or their manufacturers, wil have accidents. This means that you can often find cheap prom gowns from very good designers that have flaws that come from the manufacturing of the garments. This doesn’t mean the design is second rate, or that the gown is not great, it simply means that something happened while it was being made.
This is a really good method of getting discount designer prom dresses that can look really good. You will have to carefully examine these to be happy that any flaws are not glaringly visible, or that they are ones that you can live with, repair or hide.
A lot of manufactured designer prom gowns are rejected due to relatively minor flaws, and since they don’t live up to the usual high standards of the designer, they are sold as seconds.

The key to finding discount designer prom dresses is to know where to look. Shopping online for that perfect dress.The Internet is probably your best tool with this endeavor. Search through classified sites for elegant dresses, and also through cheap stores. You may have to investigate a bit to find the best locations for these low cost gowns for proms, but they are out there if you are ready to put the time into it.
When you do this, you can have the unique dress of your desires without investing the top price to get it. Even better, you are the only one that is going to know it if you decide to keep the information to yourself.