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The French styling trick that can help you pull any look together By JESSICA CARROLL FOR YOU MAGAZINE Published: 08:01, 15 March 2025 | Updated: 08:01, 15 March 2025 e-mail View comments PROBLEM ‘I’m about to turn 60 and I want a style reset. I operate a manufacturing business, which means getting my hands dirty a lot, so I’m always in scruffy jeans and a jumper. Then at the weekend I put on slouchy loungewear.
I’d like to get dressed up and remind myself how good it feels.’ Julia Hayes, 59, is a company director from Shifnal, Shropshire SOLUTION For Julia’s outfit we adopted a simple styling trick that the French call ‘le rappel’. This involves picking out a colour from a pattern on your clothing and matching it to other elements of your outfit.
It’s a great way to pull a look together without it ending up too matchy-matchy. Here we homed in on the brown on Julia’s dress and tied it in with the accessories. Coat, £199, phase-eight.
com. Dress, £22, primark.com.
Belt, £15, marksandspencer.com. Bag, £245, russellandbromley.
co.uk. Boots, £89.
99, zara.com JULIA’S VERDICT ‘I love the whole outfit! The coat is my favourite because it makes me feel smart but it is comfy and wearable, whether with a dress or jeans. I’m definitely going to add more colour and pattern to my wardrobe now.
’ Hair: Dayna Vaughan-Teague at Carol Hayes using GHD. Make-up: Levi-Jade Taylor at Carol Hayes using Tatcha. Additional copy: Scarlett Dargan Share or comment on this article: The French styling trick that can help you pull any look together e-mail Add comment Comments 0 Share what you think No comments have so far been submitted.
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