Is your wardrobe is holding you back? Have you taken the time to develop a personal style – one that reflects you?

Keller’s Rules to Dress By:

1. Express your individuality. Remember, you are your brand. By being true to yourself you will be authentic. If you are warm, open, accessible dressing like a femme fatale won’t cut it. You’ll look silly and people will notice the disconnect immediately. First impression: She’s phony.

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When I lived in Bahrain in the late 1970s and through the 1980s, I thought Muslim women were steadily evolving away from the covered heads and black cloaks (abayas) of earlier decades. I almost never saw someone with a veil over her face.

True, the Khomeini Revolution forced Iranian women back into black covering from head to foot, but even in Iran, faces-without the forbidden makeup-were unveiled.

When I returned to Bahrain in 2006, after 16 years away, I found the changes in dress startling. Not more modern, as I would have predicted in the 80s, but distinctly more traditional. In the malls, almost all women wore the ankle length black abaya, but its style had changed. No longer a cape that covered the head and extended over the body, the abaya had transitioned to a black, ankle-length dress, supplemented by a black head covering that often included a veil over the face.

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With the on-set of the fun filled summer months it’s also time to refresh our wardrobes with clothes that are more casual, colourful, light and fun to wear. The hot summer sun and the holiday mood that sets in during this season require a complete new look and feel. Your summer clothing should be such that it makes you feel lighter, cooler and definitely younger than ever. Lets now check out on the latest trends this summer and find out what’s really in this season.

Summer Clothing

Fashion is all about clothes! Infact, to be more precise, it is about comfortable clothes. Anything that makes you conscious and squirmy is just not the right fashion thing for you. The way you dress up, what you wear and more importantly how you carry yourself in the outfit are the essential factors in any dressing. Choosing the right kind of dressing for yourself during the hot months is again a little different than any other season. Summers demand you to be comfortable and cool; therefore it is very important that apart from being stylish and trendy you must also stay comfortable in whatever you are wearing.

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