Dress to Express : Seven Secrets to Overcoming Closet Trauma and Revealing Your Inner Beauty

?Why do some women exude confidence and look great in their clothes and others never feel good about how they look, no matter what they wear? And why do we claim we have ""nothing to wear"" when our closets are bursting with choices? Clothing and dressing anxiety -- what Tracy McWilliams calls closet trauma -- occurs because we lack a clear sense of self and we have not defined the image we wish to express What woman hasn't stood in front of a packed closet and thought, "I haven't a thing to wear." What she's really thinking, says Tracy McWilliams, is "I don't have anything to wear that looks good and makes me feel good." According to McWilliams, most women shop and dress from emotion. This book teaches them that they can dress logically with a bit of self-awareness and planning. This book defines the seven principles of good dressing -- among them, Accessories Make an Outfit, Quality Never Goes Out of Style, Dress from the Top Down, and Visualize Yourself Beautiful -- and explodes five clothing myths. In the process readers learn how to devise their individual, best dressing process, dressing plan, and dressing picture. McWilliams explains how to express inner beauty with smart clothing choices, without becoming slaves to trends that don't fit one's body or personality Arguing that most women dress from emotion, the author shows women how to present how they feel about themselves through clothing without falling prey to trends or articles of clothing that do not flatter one's body or personality. Original. How you feel and how comfortable you are in the clothes you wear comes from your own self-image.