Tie or Tie less: The IT look

Is the tie going out of fashion? More and more guys dump the tie nowadays in favour of the open chest relaxed look. Except for banking and other corperate sectors who still maintain the tie-for-life dress code, guys are increasingly showing how smoking it can get in the no-tie department.

In a recent graduation ceremony for the school of ministry and leadership of Global Impact church, all the graduating students were instructed to comply strictly with a formal dress code. The formal code was to give an indication that they have been officially admitted into the leadership circle, their dressing was to be a key mark of the leaders they had become. For men, a formal style comprises the everlasting suit in agreeable colour, the dress shirt and then of course, the tie. 85 per cent of the students as well as the lecturers turned up suited sans tie.

Elsewhere, all over the world, the tie has stopped featuring as a prominent item of formal dressing, a clear indication that the almighty accessory may be on its way out of the fashion scene. Top designers like Adebayo Jones as well as clothiers like Tolu Omoniyi of Bobos city and Emeka Oranu of First zone may not be caught dead with ties. Blessed with a penchant for style, they wear their suits like second skin, adding panache by introducing features to die for into their dressing.

For many other guys, this era is one that calls for a more relaxed look. “There is too much stress flying around, you don’t want to add a choking tie to that” say Henry, a photo model.

Power Dressing: Improve Your Image Through Visual Appearance.

You could work into an establishment and instantly get employed or you could clinch millions of dollar worth of business deals by simply dressing for the part. The colours you wear will create a visual impression to an onlooker, that if you left house without checking with your mirror first. Colours on the wearer can either make her look pale or healthy; they can also make her look people friendly or chase people away from her.

According to Jennifer Edwards, a graduate of political science who doubles as a model, beauty and image consultant, people will response to you based on the colour you wear, you need to understand the colours that work well on you so you can coordinate them. Colour plays a major role in our dressing as far as business world is concerned; there are colours that must not be worn to work.

If you go out and you receive a lot of compliments from people on what you are wearing, then you should know the colour is your colour and you should work around it. You need to know what style goes with your body structure.

Edwards who is organising a seminar ‘dress for success’ aims to teach people how to achieve a successful image through dressing. She intends to also teach about colour palette, “if a dark complexioned person is wearing black colour, the black will only serve to enlarge the complexion and this will make the wearer very unappealing to onlookers” says Emeka Ebeniro, a brand consultant. People may be very rude to the person and the person may not know that it is a result of the dressing.

The seminar is particularly targeted at people going for job interviews, business men or people in the marketing profession. Edwards believes it is not so much what you wear as how you wear it. She observes that Nigerians always want to wear whatever is in vogue instead of dressing according to the body type.

Touch It Like A Beauty Queen

According to the chairman, Silver bird Group, Ben Murray- Bruce, people should not always be amazed when the most fantastic lady ends up wit the lowest points, while the one who is not the most beautiful goes home with the crown in a beauty pageant.

     “Winning a pageant is not always about beauty. A lot of things go into it. The contestant must always be on top of her games, she must do everything to stay in the good books of the judges at all times. You could look fantastic on the first few days and miss it on the last day,” he said. As far as facial beauty goes, standing out in a crowd of beautiful, talented people is very important and there is no better way to do this than to have a polished look. The following steps should fetch you the desired beauty queen look.

Step 1

  Select make- up that that matches your skin tone. Understand that make-up that is different from your normal skin tone will be a bad contrast under onstage light and private interview lighting.

Step 2

  Apply transparent loose powder that is not easily noticeable to eliminate shine.

Step 3

  Use a lighter colour foundation below the eyes that accentuates your eye colour. Put a small amount of foundation below the eyes will stand out more

Step 4

  Put on eye powder. Select earth tones, except when you are using a really bright colour. Choose eye shadow that is a lot darker than you would for everyday wear. The eyes are especially important.

Step 5

   Apply blush. Put blush directly o the check bone. Begin at the ear and brush toward. Using blush adds colour to the face. Add a small amount of blush to your nose and your chin.

Steps 6

  Use eyeliner under eyes, right above stand out and appear to sparkle. Use mascara to lengthen eyelashes.

Step 7

  Remember to apply lip liner and lipstick. Select a shade that is not too bright because light shade can make lips look thinner.

Step 8

  Top the lips off with an elegant, subtle lips gloss that matches the tone of your clothes.