Here are three tips that can help you get outside your own personal taste and focus on the person receiving your gift.
1. What is your friend's
style? Is she conservatively
tailored? A northwest jeans and fleece
gal? A jeans with tops and jackets that enjoy drape and flow? A bohemian style with lots of movement and
color? Knowing the answer to this
question can also help narrow down the options drastically.
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| Simple T-shirt and khakis, small earrings, no necklace, only a watch. She's also wearing warm tones - brown and tan |
2. what is your friend's
favorite color(s)? This question often
stumps people, so start paying attention now. If you're not sure, just close your eyes and see the person in your head. What color clothing do you see most often on her? When you think of her, do you see
blue-purple-aqua? Or brown-orange-moss? One of those means she prefers cool colors,
and the other warm. Maybe she's an all-black-all-the-time person. These important
clues will help narrow down a gift choice in the jewelry or accessory category
quickly.
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| Flowing clothes, a bit Bohemian. Can't tell in this picture, but she loves colorful, long, fun earrings. There's a big, wide bracelet too. Also notice the colors - pinks and purples, so in the cool tones. |
3. What pieces of jewelry
and/or accessories have you seen her wear?
Not everyone enjoys necklaces, for example. I have several customers who were given a necklace by their children,
and it is the only necklace they will wear.
This rules out necklaces for this pal!
Alternatively, she may enjoy earrings.
Okay, what kind of earrings?
Short ones with bright colors?
Long dangly ones? All
silver? If she wears bracelets, notice
if she prefers the stiff, cuff type, or a more flexible chain or beaded
type.
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| A more tailored look on the right - button up shirt and jacket. Hair pulled back and - oh no! - no earrings! But and lovely, simple, feminine necklace looks perfect. The pretty blue means she wears cool tones. |
And of course, we must consider a
scarf. A scarf can turn a simple top
and pants into an outfit with a simple twist of the wrist! If you have seen her wear scarves at all,
not only do we have a wide variety of scarves, but we also have an entire shelf
devoted to scarf toys!
And in the post just before this, there are three great ideas on how to wear your scarves more fashionably and with greater versatility. There's even a video of me showing our favorite way to tie scarves!
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| And here's me, in my comfortable, drapey, sexy clothes. Also I like jewelry to be pretty showy, too, so I've got on some big earrings, necklace and bracelet here. |
These three simple tips will make your gift selection process so much more effective, and give you much more confidence in your choices. It's all a simple matter of paying attention, which is rather fun anyway. So take a few minutes to think about those with upcoming birthdays, or those on your holiday gift list, and make them very happy this year!
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Manya Vee Selects
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Edmonds, WA 98020
425-776-3778
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