Closet Confessions: How To Take Your Wardrobe From Classic To Cool | Fashion Haul | Trinny

Hi Lucy. Hi Trini. Today we're talking about ageless dressing. How to achieve it. What defines you by your age and how you can think of tips and tricks that I'm going to tell you in this film about what you can do so you achieve ageless dressing. I don't want to say am I in fashion because that is like really old school to say. It's like do I feel cool. So this outfit I feel cool in. I feel I'm not defined by an era in which I might have first worn it. It's not high fashion. It's in classic shades. There isn't a print in sight. Which could be an element of this because I'd rather have no print on a rail. And there's little details that really matter to me when I put together this outfit. Okay, so what are we talking here? So I started off, let's just deconstruct it. I got these trousers from Noebe. They're not cheap trousers but the trousers inspired me for this whole collection because I found lots of things on the rail that are not expensive that do this. There's something about ageless dressing where somewhere you have some volume. And I think these trousers give that volume but the fabric's beautiful, you've got a pocket in there. They're stretchy. They're really comfortable. And I've done them with my Zara t-shirt with the shoulder pads and I think a part of ageless dressing for me, and it's not just this era, but it's about structure around your shoulders. Yeah. Which I talk about a lot. Yes. So if your posture's bad and if you're like saggy, it doesn't feel ageless because that lack of posture and that kind of sloping shoulder quietens down your presence. Yeah. And a shoulder pad brings presence. So these are a little bit exaggerated but they work and they work especially when I put on a 20-year-old hackneyed shirt which doesn't fit me anymore. But I'm using the shirt and I'm doing something with it. So you could do this. That to me is not ageless dressing. Okay. So by just doing up the top button and leaving this draping, it changes so much about what the outfit is as a piece because it just makes it come together. It's not a sloppy. So a lot of ageless dressing is a sharpness, Lucy, around your collar. Okay. It's also the length of sleeves. There's something, if you've got a long, long sleeve, whatever height you are or shape you are, if you have a longer sleeve, it feels expensive and I think ageless dressing, you want it to feel premium. Yes. There's something about that whole expression where you want it to feel premium. You can do that with high-street clothing. There's a little detail going up and then down again. So it doesn't cut me off. It doesn't make my legs look shorter. It goes up to give me a length of leg here. Those little details count. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. All right. Layering is an essential part of ageless dressing. I don't think there's one outfit here where I'm not layering. It shows a consideration of putting things together. When you're putting an outfit on, think, has it come together in some way? So now I've got, you know, this jacket over, it's the right blue. It just is another layer. You sort of notice, oh, she's got a shirt underneath. Is that the jacket? You're not quite sure. Yeah. You know, from far away, Lucy, you might think that's part of the jacket. Yeah. And then you look up close and there's a little detail. Makeup is a huge part. Nice. That kind of clean look, you might think that's great. But as it's all so subtle, maybe I want the slash up here. Mm-hmm. Okay. For this, I'm going to keep my eyes super clean and I'm going to focus on the other area of my lip. I'm going to do a red lip. I'm doing rossy lip to cheek and that, to me, is a little bit of what ageless dressing is about. Focus on one thing. Now, there's a little bit of something there. Ba-ba-boom. And then if I was to layer on this piece, it might be how I wear a handbag. I'm going to take a handbag in silver and it's very clean and fresh. The white and navy and silver is beautiful together. And it adds that, there's like that singular thing, which is sort of very architectural. Yes. This bag is from Kos. Yes. Really architectural. Yeah. So with the makeup, and you've just done the lip. Yeah. Do you think a heavier, if you went for eyes and lips, would that make you look older? It's too purposeful. Okay. It's not sort of, I've just put on a lip. So there's an effortless energy. It's a bit effortless, like one lip is effortless. Very manicured eye and lip is, I've really made an effort. Yeah, okay. So there's something you want where it's kind of, it's a bit effortless. Okay. This is the yellow suit before I give it the ageless dressing element. Okay. Now, I haven't got many elegant shoes, so I put on a Zara shoe. And it could be that somebody, if they were doing this before they kind of went into ageless dressing, would put on a nice pump, but the shoe would be quite conservative. Yeah. All right, and then a nice t-shirt and tucked in. Right. Zip it on up. All right, sort of just, you know, like it's my business suit. Now, lots of you might have a suit that you used to wear for work, and now your work has changed, or you don't work in that job anymore. And you've got those trouser suits hanging in your wardrobe. So how can you make them feel ageless cool? Okay. This, to me, now says something different. I have added something in. Yeah. A couple of things in. But there's so many little details to this. I like a chunky shoe, and I think a chunky shoe has a place. It might be something that's quite fashionable right now, but I feel the concept of a bigger chunky heel's been around now for about six or seven years. I don't think it's going away. I think it's like leopard. I think it's become a classic. So I do like that. I could do it with a big chunky trainer as well, but I'm going to show you something with a trainer. Do you think, so you love a chunky shoe. It suits your body type. Yeah. Your shape. Yeah. Does it work for everyone? I think it does when you're wearing a trouser. I think some people, they have a very skinny leg, and they wear it, it falls off their leg. Okay. You know, but when you have a trouser, you're just seeing an ankle. Yeah. So it's all right. And it's just because there's so much volume here, I don't want to go to a really delicate shoe. Yeah. Because it makes it suddenly classic. Yes. Wouldn't take it to cool. Yeah. So that's the first thing, the shoe. Yeah. And the fact the trouser's a bit wide leg, and it's ankle length, so it works really well. If this was a longer trouser, it wouldn't work with the shoe. Okay. The next thing is, I've changed the cheapness of the construction of the ASOS jacket by putting in a sleeve the same colour that elongates the sleeve. So it makes it more expensive looking, which is an element of this. Then I have stopped you seeing where the crotch of these trousers ends, and I've let this hang, and it's the same length as the jacket. Yes. All right. And what I've done is originally, I'm just going to show you this in very detail, because again, this here is really tight. Okay. All right. And it really works. It's tight. Yeah. Now, it doesn't come like that. I put a safety pin at the back. Right. It comes like this, and that loses everything about the suit. It doesn't look deliberate now. No, it looks like messy. And that's sort of it. You know, I can just go on about this, but I like the fact that the shirt happens to have these long bits, so it covers the crotch. But even if I take the jacket off, I love this look like this. Yeah. You know, and it's just kind of, I'm not trying too hard, but it's sort of fun. Yes. Like that. I feel totally ageist in this, and I would keep that red lip. Yeah, definitely. Okay. We'll do another suit slightly in white. Okay. This is a Zara suit. Yeah. Again, the sleeves are a bit short. The colour is great. I love this colour. I'm pulling this up really high, because the length of the trousers was here, which isn't a great length on me. Right. So, I actually took down the hems. Yeah. Actually, they're like that now. Okay. All right. So, it's nice, but it's boring. Yeah. But there's not much change. I'm actually going to take off Rossi, and I'm going to go more Swain-y, which is just a brighter shade of red. And as the blue has got brighter, it's nice the red pops more, too. Like that. Hi. Have we met? No. Right. Okay. I've nearly had to turn Zara, actually, because these are Zara sunglasses. This is Zara, and this is Akin. Those Zara sunglasses are fab. Aren't they fantastic? Yeah. So, the simplest of things can change things to cool. Yes. You know, so a really cool pair of sunglasses with a shocking look. Yeah. It's fab. Yes. You know, and you can do it. I could do it, you know, with my hair like this messy, but I could even do a kind of constructed, strong look. Hair back is better because that is sharper and slicker. Yes. I can either have the shirt longer, which is nice because it's long enough that it doesn't look like I've got short legs. It's nearly to the knee, so it just looks like it's a layering piece. Okay. Okay, so I can do that. Yes. Or I can do something which is a nice thing to think about if you only or always tuck in your things fully. One I always call the half tuck. Yes. The half tuck for me I've done for about 20 years. Yeah. And I've done it because I have short legs and what I want to do is, it's like that sort of the Joker, you know, he has, look at the length of my leg and look how cool the layering is. Yeah. Why can't I have legs? It's cool. And it was really sunglasses and the lip and tucking in the shirt. Not much to it, is it? It's not that much to it. These are little details. Yeah. When you put things on, think, ooh, could I do this? Mm-hmm. Okay, thanks. This is just about looking at things in your wardrobe and thinking, how can I change them up? Now, I got this for Friday twinning. I've done this as an outfit today of changing it up. Do I keep it or not? Chile and trousers from Zara. And I just thought, how can I make it more special? It did come with a belt, which I've lost. Okay. So I just thought, what can I do? Yeah. I've put on this very, very old dress. It's 22 years old from Lombard. And I love it and I don't wear it because I don't wear dresses this short. And I'm just trying that layering piece of a dress over trousers with a chunky shoe. Yeah. Not for everyone, but I kind of like this. But it feels a little bit dull. Okay. Something of dull about the grey. Yeah. So before I go to thinking, how do I incorporate the chile, I'm going to just improve upon the fun and brightness of my face. Yes. So I'm going diametrically opposite. I'm tempted that I would use a little bit of pia with some cha-cha. I'm just going to mix them. I'm sorry for those of you who have one or the other. I like that. Then I'm going to put some mycotrichum on top. And I'm going to take a little bit of that and put that on my cheek because I really need blush for this look. Otherwise, the grey washes me out. Take a big brush, which is our tea brush, and I brush that all in. I take the last bit on my forehead. It's still about the lip, but my face looks fresh. Here we are back at Cos again. I know. Cos is very good for this ageless dressing moment. I'm just going to put that on. Just bring a tiny bit of detail up here. Yeah. So all the tiny detail and that. Okay? Now the shoes, I'm still thinking, are they too heavy and chunky? I'm not sure. Yeah. But when I put that on, I sort of think of that. Then I think to myself, let me put the gilet back on and see what that looks like. That's changed everything. And it's kind of changed it because this is a lot of volume at the top. But having the volume back at the top gives a proportionality, and it's quite Japanese now, the construction of that wide-leg trowel with a sort of kimono-inspired top of the sleeve, sleeveless but wide here. Yeah. With a little bit of that layering underneath all in colour. Then I could just go a little bit madder. These 10-year bangles from the market. Then I might just make my hair back, put my hair back again, because I just feel it's a bit curly-whirly. And sometimes hair can make an outfit that you want to feel cool and architectural. If your hair's a bit curly, it doesn't go with cool and architectural. Okay, yeah. All right? That's how I do feel. So if I put that back in the nape of my neck, it's got a kind of... I feel that's a better look. Yes. Yeah? Yeah. And then I can tip it off with my lovely sunglass sent to me by Be Like Birdie from Maud. Very cool. And then I feel super cool. Yeah. You make it look very, very easy, Trini. You make it look effortless. A couple more and we're done. So, I'm starting with a dress. From? Zara. Putting it on always felt a bit sort of like a lab coat. But there was something about it that I thought there is a reason each year that I didn't get rid of it. It has potential. But I hadn't found the way to wear it. I didn't like the slits. I didn't like my sagging knees showing through. I'm just undone. I'm not good with that. We talked all about the construction here. So, let me show you what I did with it in such a TikTok fashion. To this. Wow. It's the art of layering again. There's a lot of different things here. Where do I start? So, I like the idea that you can layer and not be concerned about lengths as long as there's something going under something going under something else and it ends at your ankle. I haven't done up this where it's like a dress. I've left the ability for you to see the trouser through. Yeah. So, it's like a layered under piece. Yeah. I've just tucked in the curly bits at the end of my hair into my jacket coat. Yeah. And it just feels cool. So, you could have really long hair doing this, but you've got rid of the curl. I've tucked in the shirt collar. Now, it does show through a bit. I don't mind that. It could be like a part of it. Yeah. But I think having a collar and having another collar can fight. So, I wanted to get more minimalist and clean around my neckline. That is really clever. I've taken the white up to my sunglasses. These are Prada, but they could well be Zara. Sunglasses are something you can buy very cheaply if you're not worried about UV protection. So, if you're on bright sunlight, get some with UV protection. I've kept that lip on. The lip works really well because it's a shockingly bright lip, and I would do that. It's pretty. Yeah. And if I had neutral makeup on, it wouldn't be so fresh. It gives it a freshness. Yeah. It just feels so fresh and clean. Yeah. That's gorgeous. Really nice. And I love that you've got different shades of white in there as well. And that doesn't matter, Lucy. You know, I think people should never be concerned with can I mix white to cream and white and cream together. I've done that a lot. Yeah. I think you wear the colour that suits you the most closest to your neck. Last outfit. What? We're going to black. Oh. How I wear black now, if I wear it, because I want to wear it and for it to be about the architecture of the shape. Okay. This is a cost top, and these are black Zara trousers, and these are Zara boots, which I, you could get Prada Zara identical, and I can't even tell which is the same in my cupboard. I haven't worn belts in my jeans for years. Yeah, I'm surprised. I know. Really surprising, isn't it? Mm-hmm. But I did. And I like it. So with a belt, there's a little sliver of silver, which just gives something interesting. Nice, yeah. So it's just still really clean. Yes. Not much to it. From the front, it's great because I look high-waisted, but from the side, you see where my bottom ends. Right. Okay, so I just then take my favourite laying piece of all time, which is this cost piece. What I like is I've now just added that extra element to it, and you don't see immediately whether this is a top as one piece or whether it's, you know, you kind of don't know. Yeah. And which I like about the construction of this. And then at the back, you just don't know where my bottom starts. Yes. So I've changed the proportion. Yeah. Even though you've still got those elements of layering and the fray, there's definitely a neatness to how you're structuring things. Yeah, there is. You know, like you said about the yellow with the high neck, not making it messy. Keeping lines clean. Keeping lines clean is key. I mean, if we analyse for two seconds the key points, I'd love to do that. I'm thinking when I add anything to it, this, and I'm trying to think when I've worn it. And the only time I've added something to it is when I was in Venice and I remember I put this on top of everything. Okay. Because I just wanted some silver. Yeah. You know, just like that kind of, the chunkiness I like, the double layering. Should we sit down and read? Yeah, let's just condense the last few points to think about. And then think about next week. Yeah. I hope that made sense, Lucy. It did make sense. And I think I'm going to go back to my wardrobe and look at what I've got. I'm definitely in a place where I've transitioned a bit. Yeah, you've become a mum and you're a mum in your 30s. And also figuring out like, is my body back to where it was? Is there still somewhere to go? So I'm a bit hesitant to buy new clothes at the moment as well. But I do think from the tips that you've given, there's scope to layer pieces and wear them differently, which is key, especially in the world that we live in. We should be looking and shopping in our own wardrobes. We should be. And I think the main things to me, if I think of all the things and the themes they had, so it is about layering things. It's about block colours. Yeah. It's not about many colours together. Yes. You could do all one colour together, but I mean not many contrasting colours because that becomes fun uplifting dressing, not artlessly cool, whatever dressing. Yeah. There's a different label on it, right? It's about like no fuss, like the collars have to be tucked in or done up. There isn't like messiness around the neckline. That's so crucial. There is structural, this architectural form that you've created. Thank you, Diane. Why are you laughing at me? And I would say upper end for High Street, Cos is brilliant at all the things I've put in there. There's a lot from Cos Air, a bit from Zara and then high end you're going to get it wherever you choose to have it. But it's possible to do on any budget. It's about how you put the things together. Yeah, definitely. Leave comments below on what you'd like us to look at. Yes. That would be helpful. Until next time. Thank you, Lucy. Thank you, Molly. Thank you, Trini. Bye.