BOUTIQUE | What is a Fashion Boutique ?

         Fashion Boutique for Women

To answer the question what is a fashion boutique?

Womens Fashion Boutique SovaCollection has emulated the style and fashion from the meaning coined from the French word “Boutique” (shop), which represents the small business shop that curates the products of fashion stylish designer clothing and handmade jewellery created and showcased to offer a touch of unusual pieces of quality made Jewellery and exudes the passion of something different in the fashion market place..

Our passion is part of the past designers fashion mind set, to innovate and emancipate the freedom of abstract art in fashion designing. Just as the shops of the 1960’s did in London, Carnaby Street and Kings Road, which were the centre piece of  media attention that witnessed the transition of a new fashion generation era of fashionable stores of our time. 

The Boutique is the fashion Mecca for new ideas, just as the fashion stylist movement for progressive ideas was started by Mary Quant who defined targeting marketing products such as the famous mini skirt, hot pants and thigh length boots, which she dominated in the Independent sector of fashion.

With Boutiques you culture the freedom of graduate young fashion designers to create avant-garde pieces to challenge mainstream fashion. Boutiques that are the platform for innovation and creativity,

Otherwise assimilated retail high street mainstream fashion tends to stifle young talented fashion designers from being imaginative and creative in thought and ideas for the next big thing.

The sixties symbolised liberalism and freedom of expression. We need to carry this tradition on and to help keep nurture individual innovation that Mary Quant and many other boutique styles in fashion created.

Boutique shops are positioned in the Independent sector market place, they specializes in small quantity one of garments, hand-made items; accessory crafted unique products, art crafted produced unusual T-shirts, stickers, and other Fashion Accessories.

Retail High Street Clothing stores are marketed differently to Fashion Boutiques, Retail stores are larger and their volume of stock are mass produced, compared to a Fashion Boutique that intentionally set-up their Boutique shops differently from mainstream high street shops, to create a unique niche in the market.

There shops are distinct in size and the clothes line and accessories they sell are special edition (one-off) designed and the volume of stock invariably limited due to the designer creativity being either from a collection or a one off line fashion line.

Either way for the shopper, this is the store to find clothing that is not on the high street, or part of the mainstream trend. It’s an Aladdin’s cave full of unusual styles for the discerning wearer to evolve a new style trend and to stand out from the crowd.

A Boutique displays prized garments that have been fashioned by the designer with the intention to convert those shoppers seeking the next big thing, with the benefit to the customer having the full attention from either the designer who created those beautiful pieces of art.

Although Fashion Boutiques are on the decline on the high street, just as the 60’s wave of Boutiques graced the streets of London, the few Boutiques that are out there still survives on the Independent Market, not competing against the big high street retailers, but by providing a clear market niche of what the customers want and provides a close relationship with customers.

Survival in the current market is positively assured, testament to this are seen in this news article I came across Independent Retailers (By Sean Hargrave).

Dress Sense Tips – Women’s Fashion Clothing

Dress sense applies to everyone whether we are considered to be slim or not, we all suffer dressing wrongly to compliment ourselves, it may be wrong length skirts, wrong colour clothing in contrast to our skin tone, flat heals instead of heal shoes. it's so important to know that slim people the dress sense code too, once you get the basics of knowing which underwear to wear that is comfortable and properly sized to your body contours, you will instantly feel comfortable, which will help you to have confidence to where dresses that will exude confidence and self-respect, because you will look and feel comfortable and confident, which is so important for one’s self esteem.

Look more into Shapewear products to help reduce those areas that you feel embarrassed or self-conscious about and get that self-confidence running through your body again. But out of all the troublesome problems in clothing the bra is the number one issue which you must resolve by getting your sizing right, see my article that will guide you to a better way of making use of the correct underwear.

Focus on what to wear instead of what not to wear! It’s the feel-good factor, when choosing the right clothes to fit you. You should feel good in what you are wearing. The most common misconception people have about dressing slimmer is they have to wear black. While black does provide an overall sleek appearance, it's not the only path to a svelte look. The first piece of advice, know that you are normal and everyone's body is different!  Once you start looking at yourself through a less critical lens, fashion can be a lot of fun.

Here are her tips:

1. Go monochromatic
First off, wearing a monochromatic colour scheme is elegant and flattering to all body types, explains. Even wearing an all-white suit, for example, will look good on someone trying to dress slimmer because it doesn't chop up the body. The last thing you want to do is chop up your look with a different colour, which could make even a slim person look stocky.

2. Stop hiding behind baggy clothes
makes sure clothes fit you properly. Wearing clothes that are too baggy can easily add the illusion of five to 10 pounds to your frame and make it look as though you are hiding behind something, she says. On the other hand, wearing clothes that fit properly -- not too baggy and not too tight -- exudes confidence.

3. Add accessories
Accessories are a smart trick for looking slimmer. Adding bangles or a nice pair of Swarovski earrings is a great way to pull together a nice occasion wear, evening wear outfit and add a tasteful splash of colour to a monochromatic look. Accessories like a cute gemstone necklace or brooch draw the eye up, and toward your beautiful face.

4. Choose lower waistlines
when it comes to choosing the right pair of pants, your best bet is to stick with a lower waistline with a flat front and no pleats. A slightly lower waistline helps to elongate your look, she explains. Pants should be on the longer side so there is a nice break at the cuff. Boots will finish the look, lengthen the legs, and can add height and elegance, she says.

5. Bet on belts
Belts can also be a great tool when trying to accentuating dressing slimmer. Wearing a belt with a nice buckle lower on your hips will draw the eye to the belt and elongate your overall look, especially if the belt blends with your clothing colour. Belts can also help tie a look together, and are a very versatile accessory.

6. Skinny versus wide pants -- you can wear both
since skinny pants are still on the fashion clothing radar, there are ways to wear them and look streamlined. If you are going to wear skinny pants, pair them with a voluminous top or a long blazer. The same principle applies when wearing a wide-legged trouser. Pair them with a fitted shirt or jacket. The whole outfit shouldn't be completely voluminous or stick straight. But pairing one with the other makes it simple to dress both slim and stylish. If you are going to go with a skinny jean or pant, you can achieve a sleeker look with stylish boots worn over the pants.

7. Wear colour
Use bright colours wisely, since classic browns, beiges and charcoal grey looks good on everyone, just as bright splashes of colour as underpinnings to an outfit. Wear a rich magenta or deep blue camisole under a dark grey suit jacket to spice up your look without going over the top.

8. Flattering footwear
picking the right footwear is so important; choose boots as a no-fail option. Boots are flattering on everyone, and everyone can look sleek in a boot. If you are wearing a pair of jeans, just adding boots and a blazer will complete your outfit, and also be slimming. Heels, too, are slimming footwear, but stay away from ankle straps, which cut off the lines of the legs, she explains.

Wearing women’s fashion clothing stylishly that fits you well and that you are comfortable wearing, can help retrain you to appreciate your body.

After all, it's only when you are comfortable in your own skin that you can feel good in what you put on.

It is very important that the above tips can only be effective as long as you wear the right underwear that compliments your body. Wearing the wrong sized bra under a beautiful occasion wear dress will be ruined with a wrongly worn bra that will bulge and spoil the look that you are trying to attain.

Supportive Shapewear underwear will help to smooth and give a contoured shaping of your body when dressed in that favourite fashion boutique outfit you have spent money on!

     Fashion Boutique Clothing

Accentuate Women’s Plus size for fashion

Plus size women’s clothing

Although the recession is starting to slow down, the debate as to why some designers are reluctant to make Plus Size Clothes, this has been a long standing debate for many years. The recession has changed a lot of things in the clothing industry; changes that I think will be permanent!
Value for money in retrospect is not about cheap clothing, it’s about quality, style and value in combination.
The true fact is that plus size clothing is expensive, due to the amount of material needed to create garments.
But on the other hand some may argue, why is it then that when Sales are on, it’s always the small sizes that are left on the rail?
Although there are stores that provide a variety of plus size clothing, this in all honesty is not enough!
I don’t want to see the easy way out, by designers creating, drab looking, non- flattering, one size fits all culture!
I want to see more designers creating more beautiful cut, dresses, tops and coats that compliment and shape beautiful curvy women.
There’s a lot of advice and tips out there, on the subject of women’s body shape!
Since the 50’s women’s clothing size measurement were established and created a general chart size for women.
Also on-going is the argument about zero sizing, well publicised amongst the press and women lobbying against the cruelty of young models demeaning themselves to appease to agents, fashion designers requirements!
The negative attitude attributed to this has been highlighted by the need of more plus size models in the fashion industry by Lorraine Kelly, who recently advertised for new up and coming models to become part of a plus size supermodel campaign!
Statistics of recent have proven that the actual average size to date is size 16!
So why has this factor not been represented in the fashion catwalk industry?
The pros’ and con’s debate about this could go on forever as to why more curvy shaped women can’t walk down the more affluent fashion shows!
Setting aside this argument, I think it’s more to home in on women out there that require information to be more frequent and transparent as to what is available out there for them and easy access to good sound beauty and fashion advice and tips that are actually for plus size women and not just a generalisation tip, that questions as to whether this is applicable to me as a plus size woman!
There are a lot of women out there that have curvy beautiful bodies, all women out there needs to be advised more mentally and physically!

Emotional Support

Whether you are a woman in transition to lose weight, or happily contented with yourself or you fall in the category of being un-happy about their weight or your situation!
It’s so important to feel you have support from family, friends and people out there that are willing to help and make you feel empowered with the optimism to change things around or if you are contented to feel even more appreciated.

“Pay more attention to wearing correct fitted underwear”

Underwear

A number one let down for plus size women and it’s not your fault, it’s the fact that you are forced to wear miss-managed underwear due to a number of factors, hard to find in your size, never looked into getting correctly fitted underwear due to the confusion of the sizing charts of the manufacturers!
Whatever the reason, you need to do something about it!
There are too many confusing contradicting information out there that at times maybe one needs a rocket science degree, to unravel the actual facts!
The best advice is to get the best information applicable to you and once you have them, you will still need to go out and try until you get the best fit for your body!
To simply give in and adopt the one size fits all and be contented is simply not good enough for you as a person!

The Bra

There are no manufacturing standards for bras; there are so many methods and ideas to measuring yourself for a bra that it’s become a minefield trying to find a best practice for measuring for a bra!
All store departments adopt their own individual sizing for the production of their bras, so what do you do? You try to find the best method for yourself to obtain the correct measurement to fit the differing styles available on the market.
Wearing your bra incorrectly is massively broad scope amongst women, so be empowered with the following information to make a better judgement to gaining a better fitting bra!
Areas of support that are neglected and incorrect, the straps and the cup they have been highlighted as being straps too loose and the cups too small.

Basic Bra Measurement – you still need to find a professional at a specialist store to establish a better fit bra size, but the below is just a basic start that will get you on your way

Before taking measurement

Try to get a friend or family member to take the measurements for youStand up straight, don't slouch, lean your head back slightly to help give a better shape to your shoulders and breathe normally
Wear a bra that you feel most comfortable in, but make sure you don't wear over clothing, like jumpers etc.
Band Size

Make sure you are wearing a bra that is comfortable for you, for best results use a cloth tape measure and run it
around the rib cage just under the bust at the centre of where the bra strap sits. The tape measure should be
tight, but snug and comfortable, ensuring that the tape measure is flat all the way round and flat at the back.
Take the measurement and to calculate what your band this is either rounded up or down by 1 inch, so if you measure
34inches that’s fine, if you measure 33 2/3, round it up to 34inches.

Bust Size

Measure loosely around the biggest part of your chest, keeping the measuring tape level and then take the figure to
calculate the cup size.
Measure around the fullest part of your bust, as a general rule its level along the line of your nipples.
For those of women that have sagging breasts, don't worry!  just pull them up by the bra straps, in order to
measure them at their fullest.
But if this is a difficult task, then ask a friend or your partner to help out.

Calculating

Most calculators vary greatly and are generally inaccurate. The problem with online calculators is that they can
add up to 6in or more to your bust size measurement
Take your measurements, Bust Size and Band Size and to do this:
 Bust Size = +1 to +2in
Cup Size
Bust Size – Band Size = Cup Size in inches
 Sample: Band Size 33 Bust Size 39
 33 + 1 = 34 Band Size
 39 - 34 = 5in difference
Cup Size would be 34DD approx.
 

   Cup Size Chart

 A woman with those measurements would still also try 34D, 34DDD, 36D. It's important to try different sizes to see what provides the best and most comfortable fit and support.
Remember that measurements are only guidelines; you need to keep try different bras to achieve the right fit.
The band needs to sit flat across the breastbone, it should feel snug and you should just be able to fit two fingers under the band. The cups should not have any breast tissue spilling out the top. The strap length due to some women that have bad body posture, you don’t need to adjust your straps to the same length on each side.
Underwire of your bra should press on the bone, not breast tissue. The underwire should sit on your ribcage, encasing your breasts but not digging into them.

 

  Basic Bra Measuring Guide

 

Fitting a Bra Correctly  

 

Tip - One method to confirm that the bra is the best fit is a simple manoeuvre that allows the breasts seat naturally in the cup of the bra.

After identifying a well-fitting bra, glide leaning forewards, allowing your breasts to fall into the bra, filling the cup naturally, and then fasten the bra on its loosest hook. When you stand up again, using your opposite hand to place each breast gently into the cup (the lift). You then run your index finger along the inside top edge of the bra cup to make sure breast tissue doesn't spill over the edges.

Fitting a Bra Correctly 

Tip - One method to confirm that the bra is the best fit is a simple manoeuvre that allows the breasts seat naturally in the cup of the bra.
After identifying a well-fitting bra, glide leaning forewards, allowing your breasts to fall into the bra, filling the cup naturally, and then fasten the bra on its loosest hook. When you stand up again, using your opposite hand to place each breast gently into the cup (the lift). You then run your index finger along the inside top edge of the bra cup to make sure breast tissue doesn't spill over the edges.

 

Fitting a Bra Correctly 

Tip - One method to confirm that the bra is the best fit is a simple manoeuvre that allows the breasts seat naturally in the cup of the bra.
After identifying a well-fitting bra, glide leaning forewards, allowing your breasts to fall into the bra, filling the cup naturally, and then fasten the bra on its loosest hook. When you stand up again, using your opposite hand to place each breast gently into the cup (the lift). You then run your index finger along the inside top edge of the bra cup to make sure breast tissue doesn't spill over the edges.

 

Back Fat - Body Briefer 

Reduce flabby back rolls!
An incorrectly fitted Bra is a major factor in the appearance of your blouse looking bumpy because the bra isn't adjusted to your body contour!
Wearing a body shaper can prevent bra bulge! And also give your garments a smother lined look to your body.

 

Large Thighs - Shapewear or Hi-Waist Thigh Slimmer products

To make your thighs and legs appear smaller and shaped up, body-sliming underwear are an absolute must for your wardrobe. These fabulous underwear items configure according to your figure and make your over-chiselled thighs seem thinner than what they actually appear. Shapewear item make an excellent choice when you are planning to wear tight fitting outfits.

 

Muffin Top

Yes the dreaded muffin top, ok yes to reduce this exercise and diet will do the job, but if that is not an option then the next best thing for now would be to get either waist cincher Shapewear, Spandex Shapewear or Spanx Shapewear all are great products to help give you the lift and confidence you need to wear those clothes without the consciousness of knowing that those dreaded muffins spouting out all over.

Poor Posture

I think it’s easy to skate around this issue and incorporate varying exercise which may suit some but not all of you out there!
I recommend a long term progression of exercise that can be done in the comfort of the home and will benefit you mentally and physically. The below is a very useful way to give you added confidence and to tackle building your self-esteem with appreciating your body and doing something about improving your wellbeing.

 

Exercising

 

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Both these items can be obtained from Amazon, the left is a book and the one on the right is a DVD, that both give great insight to Yoga for the plus size as there are not too many exercise routines out there that cater for larger people and understand that not everyone is a skinny person!
Tummy pooch
One of the most popular types of women’s slimming Shapewear, is the flattering and effective tummy control pants, ideal for use under tight fitting dresses, skirts and trousers to create a smoother stomach line that you want to attain to be confident wearing your clothes again.
N.B
Look out for these two companies that will give you good knowledge and a heads up to the products and understanding about bra measuring in better depth:
www.shapewear.co.uk
www.figleaves.com

Accentuating your body

Accentuating pertains to emphasising a part of your body you claim to be your best asset, such as your big blue, green or brown eyes, your thin waist, your curvy rear, your sharp feature face, your shapely chest, your legs!
Whatever the feature that stands out the best from you, work on emphasizing it in conjunction with the above changes above to give you a deserved make over!
Look how Kim Kardashian accentuates her best assets, be proud of who you are.

 

 

 

Some Tips

Wearing a belt the trick with big belts is NOT to add bulk – wearing it high on one side, cutting you in half diagonally gives you an instant tummy tuck. And wear the buckle on one side rather than on the front will de-emphasise your stomach. If you want to accentuate an hourglass figure wear a belt high on the waist.

Make-Up don’t forget make sure you use the right colour tone make up to accentuate the tone of your skin, especially if your eyes, lips and jaw line.

 

Clothing

As a plus size woman buying clothes that are stylish are few and far, but when you do choose a style that is available, steer clear of fitted dresses, which will do it’s best to not show your best assets to the full!
You will be best to choose a jersey material fabric, it’s flexible and you can shape the contours to your body better, giving you a much appreciated accentuated style suited to you.

    Sample Jersey Style Dresses for Plus Size Women

 

 

    Plus size Women’s Fashion Clothing

 

 

 

As a plus size women, when it comes to designing a more stylish dress one of the questions that hangs in the air, is whether women prefer to have a bolero, whether they prefer longer arms when wearing dresses, whether there is too much cleavage showing in the style of v- neck or low cut dresses or whether the length of dress is too short exposing the knee?
Please comment on this to help develop more of what you want to see in an Occasion Wear Gown (Dress), Cocktail Dress!