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Posted by Colleen Shirazi, Friday, August 18, 2006 8:45 PM (Eastern)
"In general, if you wear 3 pieces you'll look most polished. For example, a nice skirt, a cute professional top and a blazer/jacket/cardigan."
--Dawn Miller, www.styleforlawyers.com
This is something that would have never occurred to me, given, say, a million years or so. Yet when I stumbled across this sage advice, it stuck inside my head and I began to observe. It's true. (And not just for lawyers. :) )
In any given professional situation, it is simply better to wear three pieces.
Extending this idea...it works for casual situations too. Somehow the three pieces make you appear "more dressed" rather than the same old "pants and tee" or "skirt and tank." Adding a cotton cardigan, or even a vest...I don't do scarves much but a substantial scarf would be an interesting element...makes it more of an outfit, rather than "I gotta wear something."
I've even begun to think of my jewelry-making in the same thread, with three distinct components--for example, jade rondelles, jade diamond-shaped faceted beads, and quartz crystal rondelles...and I'm making a new one (ran out of wire) with small carnelian beads, medium carnelian beads, and a fairly heavy component of gold fill. Two or fewer distinct elements are not as good unless you are making a classic string of pearls or something like that...three elements give the piece more depth.
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