Is Chic Really Better Than Comfort for Everyday Wear?

What if practicality actually made it EASIER to get dressed in the morning?

I want you to live your life on easy mode, so here are my 5 top tips for blending style and practicality to achieve your personal style.

Practicality is actually such an integral part to inspiring creativity in our outfits. Everyone has practical parameters they work with - this can help you think more creatively about the clothes that you love to wear, and why that actually is. Let's dive a bit deeper today with 5 tips that aren't often talked about when it comes to keeping practicality in mind while building our personal style.

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T I M E S T A M P S
00:44 Reframe Practicality
04:22 make getting dressed easy
06:19 your colour palette
08:32 your personal stamp
11:27 the online trap
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F I N D M E H E R E
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O U T F I T S
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Or individual links are below:
Intro

Cardigan - old
Bag - old

All Black

Jean Jacket

💋 W A T C H N E X T

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[AlexLouiseWest]

Thank you for mentioning rural, and in my case coastal, versus urban. I only really dress up for church choir or going into town, because most of my clothes need to withstand mud, sand, cat and dog hair and claws… But I still like working with my favourite colours for basics and for scarves.

[cindywall]

I loved your two cents!! Made me truly want to focus more on being me! Thank you! 🌸

[eve_in_paris]

So much wisdom 👏 Funny, I recently reprocessed my style words and Practicality came first (then current & elegant) And it felt so good to allow me to put that first. I’m not settling for less but on the contrary I’m being more intentional, choosing rooming clothes (I left the corporate world a while ago), easy to wash, etc. I’m very content and I feel good, not bold nor smashing, but good 🤗

[pompom]

I think chíc and comfort/practicallity can go hand in hand. Maybe the dress has a really loose and light fabric and cut, but it's made from silk or in some really lush jewel tone.

[szfrj]

One practical aspect of living in rural Scotland is peat in the water. Like washing your clothes in a strong cup of tea 😅 no white clothes for me while I life here!

[danielleg]

I love having a colour palette in my capsule wardrobe… but I don’t want it to be too plain or too enslaved to “trends” … so I picked yellow, fuchsia, cobalt and forest green for my accent hues. 😂 Gotta be able to mix it up!

[eliali]

Chic for me is much more how but what. In the other hemisphere winter is coming so I can give an example with my very practical coat - middle gray nothing special wool coat what becomes really special when I match by color my tote bag with the scarf or put my butterfly brooch on my scarf (it's very practical also when it's windy). It makes me fill chic and I get a lot of compliments ☺. Sometimes chic is to put the cherry on top 😄

[RuebenNomura]

Just subscribe your channel from Hawaii and respect your vlog

[YourNextStep]

I'm wanting to find "basics" that are slightly different than the norm. Like instead of a plain tshirt for everyday, a ribbed tshirt. The in between basic and exaggerated can be really hard to find. I've been looking for embroidered cardigans (sweet but not gramma style). Can't find many!

[martinapetakova]

Another great video, Alanna, so much food for thought

[sinnela]

Hi Alanna, lovely to see you in this natural look instead of the strong orange red lip you had in some of the previous videos. I'm only mentioning it because it fits so well within the theme of your channel - I think this subtle natural look makes you look so beautifully rosy and brings out the colour of your eyes! I felt like the strong lip must have been out of your colour season because it just brought out a lot of redness and didn't look harmonious. What do you think? I absolutely don't mean to be harsh here, just very interested in the topic of finding the colours and clothes that bring out our essence and beauty :)

[KatariinasVanity]

Great video again! Especially the point about scrolling online is so important! ❤

[sarahsnowsoup]

Are the images you included from your own pinterest board, or did you search em out for this video? If they're from your own, could you link it! I saw so many cute outfits I'd love to draw inspiration from. Loved the video, always always do!

[marionannmacredie]

Love that you don’t do the “tuck in” I just can’t master it. What is the denim shirt you are wearing? I love it!! 💞

[drawingout.net-vmcg]

Hi Alanna, Just came across your channel in my feed and I love your content. I see you're based in NZ but weirdly I detect an Irish accent in your well paced delivery. Is it my imagination? Keep going with the channel btw. Excellent content so far.