The Chic List How to focus on your finer points - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Fashion The Chic List How to focus on your finer points By You Magazine - June 6, 2021 It doesn’t matter what age you are – when getting ready to go out, the thrill of the transformation from Day You to Evening You never wears off. I’m more a ‘flatter a shoulder and hide my legs’ person. Dress, Mare Di Latee. Bag, The Row. I always think a huge part of the fun of socialising is the at-home ritual of dressing up, doing our hair and make-up. Giving ourselves a brand-new costume to face the world. Women are lucky that we get to play with clothes, with the constant ability to reinvent ourselves, in a way men never do. But even the heartiest among us were up against it during the chilly first weeks of alfresco May, with layers of knits and coats and restaurants distributing blankets – one lovely waiter even handed me a hot-water bottle. Now – and let this never be snatched away again – it’s such a joy to be able to get properly dressed up, eat inside and put the world to rights at a friend’s dinner table. One of the things that I’m most often asked for is advice about eveningwear. My response is always the same: flatter the hell out of your best feature. Given enough limelight and attention, that is all that people will remember. It might sound simplistic but I promise you it works, and it’s a great way of boosting your confidence. So every time you are dressing up to go out, ask yourself which bit of your body you like the most. And don’t dare tell me you don’t have one–we all do. Too many of us, myself included, struggle to see anything but our faults. This will help you overcome that. For example, if you have nice eyes, make them pop with make-up and wear earrings to draw people’s gaze to them more. Enough eye contact with those gorgeous blinkers and people won’t pay much attention to anything else. If you like your arms, but are not madly keen on your legs, apply some fake tan to those babies, wear a round-neck sleeveless top, jumpsuit or a midi dress and let them swing free in all their glory. There’s always something alluring about a bare shoulder. If you have insecurities about your waist, but like your legs, wear a long-sleeved ruched or loose-fitting dress with Spanx to give you more confidence in that area. Then make sure you pick a dress length and heels that show off those pins. The other thing I would say is less is definitely more when it comes to alluring evening dressing. A peep here and there from a couple of undone buttons or a cleverly placed slit is more attractive than a whopping great eyeful of cleavage and leg. Wrap, £285, willowcashmere.com This light cashmere cover-up is perfect for garden party chills. Necklace, £210, shop.alighieri.co.uk A gold pendant will polish your look perfectly. Dress, £365, La Ligne, net-a-porter.com Nothing says wow more than an ocean blue. Dress, £360, Self Portrait Dance the night away in these sublime party sleeves. Top, £29.99, ZARA Show some shoulder. Bag, £19.99, Mango Add interest to an evening outfit with an unexpected accessory. Trousers, £27.99, ZARA High-waisted trousers and a statement top never fails. Follow me on Instagram @thestylistandthewardrobe RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR Rochelle Humes has launched a gorgeous new edit with Next Shop the YOU Magazine Instagram YOU picks the best new-in buys from M& S Popular in Fashion Laura Jackson has teamed up with Next for the chicest knitwear January 22, 2020 Holly Willoughby’ s birthday dress is another Zara bargain February 10, 2020 The Instagram-famous & Other Stories wool blazer is back in stock August 31, 2022 Lorraine just wore Emma Willis’ Next collection from head to toe March 17, 2020 The prettiest spring dresses under £100 March 1, 2022 Everyone is buying Holly’ s gorgeous gingham Oasis dress May 14, 2020 13 bargain dresses to buy in ASOS’ s extra 20 per cent June 10, 2020 This £20 H& M dress is set to be the social media June 26, 2020 Stacey Solomon x Primark is back for a third collection with July 20, 2020 Searches for this perfect heatwave summer top style are up 5000% August 10, 2020 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved