Power Dressing: What You Need To Know

Hello readers,

Since our routine has finally settled in and we're already engrossed in school, college and/or work, I found this as a perfect opportunity to introduce you to this thing called power dressing. 

Fall and Winter are the time to get all business-like and put on your best front to impress and make things happen for you, whether that has to do with your scholar, academic or professional career. 

So..

have you ever felt inspired by these capable and apt women, like Coco Chanel or Margaret Thatcher who had the guts to break the rules and make history? What makes these women iconic, is not only their work but also their impact as personalities, the effect they had on people and that, a lot of times, has to do with image as well. Imposing yourself on others is a matter of attitude -and skill of course-and style can be a significant part of that I'm-going-to-take-over-the-world attitude.

Inspiration: Fashion Through the Decades

Vintage is a hot trend and in combination with the very now must-haves, you can create the perfect look. Many designers are inspired by the fashion trends of older decades. Coco Chanel, Marilyn Monroe, Grace Kelly, Audrey Hepburn, but even the latest ones: Madonna, and the Sex and the City girls have been a huge inspiration to all the designers considering that each of them represents a whole decade, even an era in the fashion history.

Let's make a quick flashback and remember a little these things that broke rules in the past:

20s:

> Charleston style: Fringed dresses, long pearl necklaces, dark features. Black and red characterize this wonderful period in fashion. Sexuality and femininity.

30s:

>The elegance and chicness all in one woman. Coco Chanel.

40s:

>Puffy sleeves, high waisted skirts. Don't tell me you haven't seen these in 00's catwalks?

50s:

>Full skirts, tiny waist. I can picture in my mind all the 5o's Greek movies...

60s:

>60's skinny top model, Twiggy. The make-up during this particurlar decade was so intense with an extra focus on the eyes. Lots of eyeliner and mascara then.

70s:

>Wide leg hight waisted pants. And lots of neon.

80s:

>"...Oh girls just wanna have fun.."

>"...Like a virgin...like the very first time..."

90s:

>Shoulder pads and ugly shoes. Ugh! 1990 Sex and the City.

>Late 90's, Sex and the City. Again.