Woman Won A Consultation With A Stylist, Learned The Secret Why Clothes Look Better On Celebrities
You’re standing in the middle of a harshly lit changing room, squeezed into high waist jeans that look horrendous, trying to convince yourself that this cotton shirt doesn’t look like you’re about to rock a charity bingo night. “If she can pull it off, I can do that too, right?”, you say to the image of Jennifer Aniston walking down the street, casually dressed to kill.
Here comes the moment of enlightening truth. It’s not you that resembles a melting snowman in the middle of February with a piece of carrot left to rot, it’s celebrities who have every single piece of their clothing tailored! Sit down, please, we’re gonna get real here. This woman was left speechless upon finding out that “Jennifer Aniston is wearing a bigger size of Ralph Lauren t-shirt and having it altered to fit her.” Our whole life has been a lie—the clothes are NOT meant to fit you, and if they do, it’s because you make them. Take my hand and let’s go through the whole thing together.
Bored Panda also spoke to the stylist Agne Ananasas below about some useful tips for your next shopping spree.
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This woman couldn’t believe she’d only now realized why celebrities look drop-dead gorgeous
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Bored Panda asked Agne Ananasas, a stylist based in Vilnius, to share some insider’s tips on looking your best every day. “Looks are never the most important part. It all comes down to having a rich personality. A desire to look perfect for others is just a façade which is temporary.”
However, customizing your clothes is a great way to show your best. “Clothes that are tailored to fit a particular person will always look better on her or him. It will make your body shape look slick, and will emphasize your best parts.” Agne adds that “a good tailor may help you to hide the bits that don’t fit your bodily proportions. A tailor session can also give that old but good quality piece of clothing a second life.” Meanwhile, celebrities have to always be a step ahead of everyone. “They strive for perfection!” Agne explains. Of course they do. Angelina Jolie’s brand alone is worth a whopping 100 million dollars.
Agne gives some tips for your next shopping spree. “Always think before making a purchase! Count how many seasons you’ll wear that item that you like. Not all items are worth taking to the tailor! Think if you really like it, if it’s of a high quality, or if you won’t get bored by it. Sometimes a second-hand thing that doesn’t cost much but looks chic deserves to be remade more than a high-street item.”
Remember that your mood and hormones matter when shopping around because they might influence your decisions. “Avoid ‘drunk’ purchases. In that state of mind, everything looks better than it really is. PMS-induced mood swings are also something to be avoided. At that time, you’re likely to be more bloated and your hormones are going through the roof.” For that reason, Agne recommends going on a clothing hunt in the middle of your cycle when you feel in balance with yourself.
Little details work wonders when it comes to tailoring
Virginia Chadwyck-Healey, stylist and creator of some of Kate Middleton’s new looks, says that when it comes to looking your best in high-street clothing, little details work wonders. “I would certainly take high street items to be tailored” she stated. Tailoring could also solve the in-between size problem that is more common than you’d think. “If your bust size is bigger than your standard clothes sizing, you may find that you usually have to buy tops in a size up, but that then makes the item too big in other weird places. Small tweaks will make a huge impact.” If an item fits you really well, you are more likely to put it on every day.
In addition, a 20-dollar tailoring session will not only make your jeans look better, but will add an expensive look. Even a designer item will look dowdy and cheap if it doesn’t sit right. Another simple way to upgrade your wardrobe is to opt for better quality fabrics like cashmere, organic linen, or very thick denim. The best way to judge a fabric is to simply touch it. Does it feel rough and thin, or is it smooth and substantial? Your answer to which one’s better is right there.
People got on board to share their views on ‘the fashion scam’
I work as a seamstress, which is a dying breed because people have lost the understanding of how clothes are made. When people used to have their clothes made for them, they understood that everyone's body is different. Now we buy clothes from a rack for a couple of dollars and think that if it doesn't fit, you can just throw it away because it cost virtually nothing. This is so depressing to me...
I love my tailor! Until the 1970s or so, everyone (men, especially, but also women) had their clothes tailored to fit. It drives me crazy that we live in this cheap, disposable, fast-fashion world where Americans weigh 3x more than they did 40 years ago, and yet no one will visit a tailor and everyone complains how their clothes fit. Fashion design isn't magic, but tailoring is.
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This is why I sew! I tailor my ready to wear clothes, I buy stuff in charity shops or in sales and make them fit or repurposed them and I make clothes from scratch. It's even more important now I'm a wheelchair user as I need clothes that fit around my disability and make me feel good even when I'm feeling poorly. Ive often have people mention how stylish I look or how well put together I am.... an I always put it down to simply wearing clothes that fit me.
Rule of Thumb: what you see on media, classic of social, is just an illusion, optimized into this or that direction. It is neither natural nor usual. If you want to see true beauty and honesty, find a mirror!
Like really everyfuckingthing! Every picture of whatsoever.. The problem is, it's changing what we think is normal and that f***s everything up.
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I had my daughters school blazer tailored to fit her when she was 15. I worried it was giving the wrong message and bowing down to the body image messages, it she was a young teen going to a new school in an item that she would wear every single day and it made her feel like she was all shaped wrong. We bought a bigger size, spent £90 to get it altered and she felt ok about herself and stopped being self conscious about herself in it. One of the best £90 I have spent (my idea not hers, she didn't know such a thing could be done!)
There's one other reason people always look great in magazines. The next time you see Vogue or the like, riffle through it until you fins, somewhere near the front, a small box labeled cover credits or similar. It will name every person who worked on the model at the studio's cover shoot--usually five or six of them. It will list also all the expensive clothes and accessories worn by the model. That too, take plenty of time and money. And the result? As Cindy Crawford (I think) said, "Even I don't look like Cindy Crawford."
I'm a fan of his show and they talk about altering clothes all the time. Almost every episode...
I feel like I've heard about altering clothes from a lot of shows like that. Definitely read things that mention it too. People just seem to not register that part for some reason.
Load More Replies... This is one of BP's very best and most helpful stories. The woman is right about almost everything, although her claim that the industry's fault are deliberate goes too far. The problem of poor fit is this: few customer can achieve fit by their own efforts (hemming a skirt is one thing, actually tailoring is a demanding craft) and few are willing to pay for it (I has a mass-produced $60 jacket tailored last year--the tailoring cost $80). The result is that hardly anyone knows about proper fit anymore, and the fashion industry can't be expected to deal with that. About a decade ago, responding to women's demand for jeans that fit, Levy's (I think) invested heavily in store-based fitting machine to alleviate the problem. You'd go to a store, step on or into the machine and it would measure you, then send the details back to Levy's for the production of your own custom-fitted jeans. Of course, this took time and cost more, and the program died for those reasons.
Question: how does this relate to shoes? Because I can't for the life of me find comfortable, well fitting shoes that give me the support I need, no matter how much I spend. My orthodics only help slightly. I'm at the point where I think that my feet freakishly difficult. Can/should shoes be altered to your feet as well, for an improved fit?
If you can still find someone skilled for this.. Here where I live there still are workshops that make tailored shoes, though not as many as they used to be years ago.
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I will agree with this to a certain point. Celebrities nowadays take much better care of themselves and have access to grooming and designing options that previous generations did not. Also, the entertainment industry is so dialed into beauty and looks and with each generation becoming more genetically superior, the designer clothes tend to fit certain body types better. The designers are also altering the measurements of their manufactured clothes to fit a more modern body. If you think every single celebrity who looks good in clothes has a tailor or a seamstress, you are smoking some good crack Our society totally over thinks EVERYTHING, not to mention we are focused on most of the wrong things. If you are so caught up in having clothes look perfect on you, then you are clearly focusing on one of the MANY wrong things.
Wow... I'm quite surprised by this as well. I only assumed that their gowns, dresses and suits were tailored to fit. I had no idea people tailor all of their clothes. I hate the terms famous or celebrities; they're people just like us.
I have tailored my own clothes since I was a pre-teen. I can't imagine how people can live with ill-fitting clothes.
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For years most of my clothes came from consignment shops and thrift shops. If you hunt, you can find some great things. Go to a high end neighborhood, their thrift shops are amazing. THEN, because you've saved so much money, you can afford to have your favorites altered by a tailor.
This is hyperbole. Do celebrities make sure their gear looks good by any possible means? Sure. But all of it? What about the millions and millions of people on the streets every day that look great? Do all of them have tailors? Some people are just good at finding clothes that match them. Luxury retailer stores like Holt Renfrew assign a personal shopper to you when you walk in the door. They know fashion and how to find the right stuff in the store that suits you the best. Also, celebrities are usually in fantastic shape which obviously helps. Is there anything people don't like about themselves that they won't blame on other people?
Agree with you. There are plenty of ordinary people who look flawless. Sure, tailoring expensive clothes is logical, but I highly doubt that people tailor t-shirts.
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She forgot to say that celebrities have good tailors. Your clothes likely will be spoiled by usual tailor. I
that is me when im in the back of the line with my teacher flip my hair and keep going
From the comments, a lot of people do care and appreciate knowing. Just because it's of no interest to you is, quite frankly, beside the point.
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It’s not actually any of your business though, is it?
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You had me with you can just tack it to wear if you can't get it altered right away, but you lost me with buy a dress wear it and then return it. I know some people do it- but I don't want to go out and buy a 70 dollar dress that's already been worn by someone for a whole evening. It's... not a great look.
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I was treated to a Hamlet performance at the theatre when I was earning a really low wage at a charity (supporting vulnerable people) . It was starring Benedict Cumberbatch. At the end, he used the stage as a platform to demand everyone donate money for x charity via the ushers at the doors because 'you can all afford it if you can afford to go to the theatre'. I was furious. Did he think that we, normal people who didn't earn eye watering amounts of money per night needed him to prate on and shame us for coming to see him perform? And the assumption that we don't support causes as it is? And the assumption that some of us sacrificed a decent wage to actually put our money where our mouth is? What a giant twat!
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I work as a seamstress, which is a dying breed because people have lost the understanding of how clothes are made. When people used to have their clothes made for them, they understood that everyone's body is different. Now we buy clothes from a rack for a couple of dollars and think that if it doesn't fit, you can just throw it away because it cost virtually nothing. This is so depressing to me...
I love my tailor! Until the 1970s or so, everyone (men, especially, but also women) had their clothes tailored to fit. It drives me crazy that we live in this cheap, disposable, fast-fashion world where Americans weigh 3x more than they did 40 years ago, and yet no one will visit a tailor and everyone complains how their clothes fit. Fashion design isn't magic, but tailoring is.
Load More Replies... This is why I sew! I tailor my ready to wear clothes, I buy stuff in charity shops or in sales and make them fit or repurposed them and I make clothes from scratch. It's even more important now I'm a wheelchair user as I need clothes that fit around my disability and make me feel good even when I'm feeling poorly. Ive often have people mention how stylish I look or how well put together I am.... an I always put it down to simply wearing clothes that fit me.
Rule of Thumb: what you see on media, classic of social, is just an illusion, optimized into this or that direction. It is neither natural nor usual. If you want to see true beauty and honesty, find a mirror!
Like really everyfuckingthing! Every picture of whatsoever.. The problem is, it's changing what we think is normal and that f***s everything up.
Load More Replies... I had my daughters school blazer tailored to fit her when she was 15. I worried it was giving the wrong message and bowing down to the body image messages, it she was a young teen going to a new school in an item that she would wear every single day and it made her feel like she was all shaped wrong. We bought a bigger size, spent £90 to get it altered and she felt ok about herself and stopped being self conscious about herself in it. One of the best £90 I have spent (my idea not hers, she didn't know such a thing could be done!)
There's one other reason people always look great in magazines. The next time you see Vogue or the like, riffle through it until you fins, somewhere near the front, a small box labeled cover credits or similar. It will name every person who worked on the model at the studio's cover shoot--usually five or six of them. It will list also all the expensive clothes and accessories worn by the model. That too, take plenty of time and money. And the result? As Cindy Crawford (I think) said, "Even I don't look like Cindy Crawford."
I'm a fan of his show and they talk about altering clothes all the time. Almost every episode...
I feel like I've heard about altering clothes from a lot of shows like that. Definitely read things that mention it too. People just seem to not register that part for some reason.
Load More Replies... This is one of BP's very best and most helpful stories. The woman is right about almost everything, although her claim that the industry's fault are deliberate goes too far. The problem of poor fit is this: few customer can achieve fit by their own efforts (hemming a skirt is one thing, actually tailoring is a demanding craft) and few are willing to pay for it (I has a mass-produced $60 jacket tailored last year--the tailoring cost $80). The result is that hardly anyone knows about proper fit anymore, and the fashion industry can't be expected to deal with that. About a decade ago, responding to women's demand for jeans that fit, Levy's (I think) invested heavily in store-based fitting machine to alleviate the problem. You'd go to a store, step on or into the machine and it would measure you, then send the details back to Levy's for the production of your own custom-fitted jeans. Of course, this took time and cost more, and the program died for those reasons.
Question: how does this relate to shoes? Because I can't for the life of me find comfortable, well fitting shoes that give me the support I need, no matter how much I spend. My orthodics only help slightly. I'm at the point where I think that my feet freakishly difficult. Can/should shoes be altered to your feet as well, for an improved fit?
If you can still find someone skilled for this.. Here where I live there still are workshops that make tailored shoes, though not as many as they used to be years ago.
Load More Replies... I will agree with this to a certain point. Celebrities nowadays take much better care of themselves and have access to grooming and designing options that previous generations did not. Also, the entertainment industry is so dialed into beauty and looks and with each generation becoming more genetically superior, the designer clothes tend to fit certain body types better. The designers are also altering the measurements of their manufactured clothes to fit a more modern body. If you think every single celebrity who looks good in clothes has a tailor or a seamstress, you are smoking some good crack Our society totally over thinks EVERYTHING, not to mention we are focused on most of the wrong things. If you are so caught up in having clothes look perfect on you, then you are clearly focusing on one of the MANY wrong things.
Wow... I'm quite surprised by this as well. I only assumed that their gowns, dresses and suits were tailored to fit. I had no idea people tailor all of their clothes. I hate the terms famous or celebrities; they're people just like us.
I have tailored my own clothes since I was a pre-teen. I can't imagine how people can live with ill-fitting clothes.
Load More Replies... For years most of my clothes came from consignment shops and thrift shops. If you hunt, you can find some great things. Go to a high end neighborhood, their thrift shops are amazing. THEN, because you've saved so much money, you can afford to have your favorites altered by a tailor.
This is hyperbole. Do celebrities make sure their gear looks good by any possible means? Sure. But all of it? What about the millions and millions of people on the streets every day that look great? Do all of them have tailors? Some people are just good at finding clothes that match them. Luxury retailer stores like Holt Renfrew assign a personal shopper to you when you walk in the door. They know fashion and how to find the right stuff in the store that suits you the best. Also, celebrities are usually in fantastic shape which obviously helps. Is there anything people don't like about themselves that they won't blame on other people?
Agree with you. There are plenty of ordinary people who look flawless. Sure, tailoring expensive clothes is logical, but I highly doubt that people tailor t-shirts.
Load More Replies... She forgot to say that celebrities have good tailors. Your clothes likely will be spoiled by usual tailor. I
that is me when im in the back of the line with my teacher flip my hair and keep going
From the comments, a lot of people do care and appreciate knowing. Just because it's of no interest to you is, quite frankly, beside the point.
Load More Replies... It’s not actually any of your business though, is it?
Load More Replies... You had me with you can just tack it to wear if you can't get it altered right away, but you lost me with buy a dress wear it and then return it. I know some people do it- but I don't want to go out and buy a 70 dollar dress that's already been worn by someone for a whole evening. It's... not a great look.
Load More Replies... I was treated to a Hamlet performance at the theatre when I was earning a really low wage at a charity (supporting vulnerable people) . It was starring Benedict Cumberbatch. At the end, he used the stage as a platform to demand everyone donate money for x charity via the ushers at the doors because 'you can all afford it if you can afford to go to the theatre'. I was furious. Did he think that we, normal people who didn't earn eye watering amounts of money per night needed him to prate on and shame us for coming to see him perform? And the assumption that we don't support causes as it is? And the assumption that some of us sacrificed a decent wage to actually put our money where our mouth is? What a giant twat!
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