Your style personality: city chic

You enjoy your clothes but are not fanatical about them. You dedicate time and thought to the way you look, and you love accessories, sometimes spending more on bags and shoes than on an outfit itself. Having probably tried out most of the other key styles and experimented with lots of different looks, you now know what suits you.

Style characteristics

● You tend to follow trends rather than high street fashion.
● You shop with care and rarely make rash purchases, ensuring that whatever you buy co-ordinates with other items that you already have in your wardrobe.

● You use bright colours with caution and tend to go for a tone-on-tone look. 

● You keep abreast of the latest trends by reading women’s magazines.

Make the most of your style

● Invest in basic, classic pieces in neutral colours.
● Keep your working wardrobe updated with new tops, purchased regularly. 

● Team trousers with a stylish shirt or twin-set and accessorize appropriately.
● For evening, a simple shift dress with a stunning necklace, worn with a colourful wrap or pashmina, will be a great success. Pumps would be a good choice for footwear to complete this simple but stylish outfit.

Your colour palette

Light: stone + cocoa; light periwinkle + sky blue; pastel pink + dusty rose.
Deep: Black + charcoal; pine + mint; purple + damson.
Warm: Bronze + moss; bittersweet + terracotta; daffodil + amber.
Cool: Medium grey + light grey; light periwinkle + dark periwinkle; cassis + rose pink.
Clear: True blue + royal blue; evergreen + emerald green; pewter + light teal.
Soft: Cocoa + rose brown; sage + spruce; damson + soft violet.

How to accessorise

● Make a statement with a single accessory, be it a stunning necklace, brooch or beaded scarf.
● Even when it’s not sunny, always wear your sunglasses somewhere, such as on your head.
● Swap the black handbag for a colourful one.

● Tie a scarf to your handbag.

● Wear a quality watch.

● Wear an elegant heeled pump shoe with your trousers.

Your face


By day: Create a matt finish for your face, and add a touch of bronzer and a neutral lipstick.
By night: Enhance your eye make-up with a granite
 or brown pencil and add a little sheen or gloss to your eyelids; enhance your lips with a darker shade.

Your hair

Keep your hair in good condition and have it cut regularly. Subtle highlights and lowlights will ensure a natural look.

Famous city chics

Halle Berry, pictured

Duchess of Cambridge
Christine Lagarde
Freida Pinto

This is an edited extract from the book ‘colour me beautiful by Veronique Henderson and Pat Henshaw, published by Hamlyn. For more expert advice on making the most of your style,  buy ‘colour Me Beautiful’ at www.colourmebeautiful.co.uk

You might also like...

Do you feel stylish; how to use fashion to empower you?
Body shapes - what's yours and how should you dress it?
How confident are you? Take our quiz and find out