How to meet the most magical night of the year, says Alena Guseva, personal stylist, TV expert and fashion blogger.
2020 is the year of the Metal Mouse. How to please her? What outfits are appropriate for family, friends and which ones are needed to go out? How to create a festive family look? What to do if you did not take care of the outfits in advance? What should you think about if you don’t have a carriage or a magic pumpkin to go to the ball? Do holiday things have a further life in everyday wardrobe? And finally, an unusual question from our reader: what to go to the corporate party if the continuation of the evening will be ... at the rink? We reveal all the holiday secrets and wish you a great New Year holiday!
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Marianna Makarova: Good afternoon, friends! You listen to the podcast of the magazine Burdastyle, with you I am the editor-in-chief Marianna Makarova. And today, Alena Guseva is visiting us again — a personal stylist, beauty coach, fashion blogger, author and host of workshops and trainings on fashion and style, and a TV expert. Hello, Alena!
Alyona Guseva: Hello, Marianne! Hello everyone!
MM: Alena, on the cover of the 12th issue of Burdastyle magazine there is a huge headline: "Miracles are waiting!". I think that now is the most magical time of the year, from which we expect something unbelievable. And of course, every woman and every girl wants to look amazing and amazing! Please tell me what is relevant for New Year’s Eve. After all, a year awaits us ... What? Remind me!
AG: Year of the Metal Mouse!
MM: Oh, even metal! And how does metal differ from all the others? Tell me!
AG: As a stylist, I will speak the language of colors, lines and textures. We can meet this wonderful and magical New Year's Eve in something emitting and setting glitter! That is, it can be metallized surfaces, it can be sequined fabrics, it can be fabrics through which thin metallized threads pass. And we can celebrate the New Year in silk textures, velvety, pleasant to the touch and at the same time emitting such a flicker on the surfaces. As for colors, the mouse loves white and white is considered the favorite of the year 2020. She likes light colors such as ivory, champagne. Metallics.
MM: What about gray? Mice love gray mostly.
AG: Gray is a must. We just have to choose those gray colors that are nice. It can be graphite or gray-blue. Pearl again - it is also considered gray. In general, noble and pleasing to the eye shades of gray.
Glam radar, 12storeez, who what wear MM: Alena, please say the New Year holidays - they are not limited only to the New Year’s actually. We have a very long vacation, when everyone has parties with friends, corporate parties at work, public events, and theater premieres. Tell me, what is appropriate for family and friends? And what is appropriate when you go out?
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AG: If we are in a circle of friends or celebrate this wonderful holiday in the circle of our loved ones - our family, then, of course, we are not talking about any neckline, feathers, impossible cutouts and sparkles, because I want everyone to look harmonious enough and how one family.
MM: Let's not shock the family!
AG: Although, of course, there are such cases, for example, an Italian mother who can go out and defeat everyone in a red dress with a neckline! (laughs)
MM: Italians are supposed to have status! (laughs)
AG: Yes, but we can choose a more comfortable option.What can you think of? If we want and adore, for example, family look, the whole family can wear some cozy sweaters. Again, in the colors of the mouse: milk or beige. Mom can, for example, go out in a cozy sweater dress. If a mother loves the theme of femininity, then she can, for example, choose a dress with a wide neckline "boat" and shift it by one shoulder. It will be very elegant. Children in wonderful sweaters. Below, anything - for example, corduroy pants. Very cute! Dad can wear jeans with a milky-colored sweater. It will look like a family, and it can be not only an apartment, but also a summer cottage option. Just imagine, like this by the fireplace, a large wooden table. Very cozy and sure to get nice photos.
lovecrafts MM: And I think that our listeners, who are, by definition, needlewomen. For them, this is such a scope for creativity. Making a family look is, on the one hand, a wonderful gift for the whole family and really an opportunity to celebrate the New Year with such fun and warmth. And I want to ask you a very funny question that came to us from social networks when we announced our meeting with you. What do you need to go to the corporate evening, so that later you can go to the rink?
AG: Great question. If this is a costume party, then you can skate and go!
MM: As a figure skater, I’ll say that it’s all in favor! But a little uncomfortable. Well, and if you still take this issue more seriously, a corporate party, does it oblige you to do something?
AG: Of course, it will depend on the dress code. Because there are companies that have a certain dress code for parties too. But there are companies where more freely. It may even be a certain party theme. Regarding the ice rink and corporate party, there is such a moment. If there is an opportunity to change clothes, then you can take warm fleece trousers with you (laughs).
MM: You laugh, and for our Russian winter it is a very vital issue!
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AG: Yes, for example, you come in a silk trouser suit, and under it you have such thin trousers with fleece!
MM: Well, accordingly, you can immediately go to the rink, and if you still warm up at this party ... But I feel that you and I were simply fascinated by this topic! Then another question is also from our user of social networks. If New Year's Eve is already approaching, but due to various circumstances (maybe they worked until the very end - until December 31, or were busy with some other things, family problems), you do not have a New Year's outfit. Is there any quick option? What can our listener find in her wardrobe so that it is appropriate and looks festive?
AG: A lot of options! It all depends on how she is our listener. For example, if she is so dynamic and goes in for sports, then it can be jeans and a silk top on top. Or, to be more sexy, then jeans, a silk linen top on thin straps, and a beautiful jacket on top. The theme of jackets is very relevant! You can choose a jacket of some tasty color. It can be a silk jacket or a jacquard jacket. And this jacket will go into any image. Imagine you came running 5 minutes before the clock, and you had a report at work, and here you are in classic black trousers and a shirt. You quickly take off your shirt and put on your most beautiful jacket from above, for example, a sequin jacket or a jacquard jacket. You have a beautiful bodice in the neckline and the image is ready!
Again, any woman has a little dress. I hope today it is not a black dress, but there is some kind of variety in the color palette. You put on such a dress, and on top your favorite brooch or necklace. A little bowed head, threw back and added volume to the hair. And be sure to color a little finger on the lips - choose a berry shade lipstick. And now you are fresh and good, like a rose flower.
Nasty Gal, Net-a-porte, Glam radar MM: And one more difficult task for you. Well, with a little black dress and a jacket it’s more or less clear.And if you still have an elegant silk dress, but you are not Cinderella, who has a wonderful carriage, as you know, into which the pumpkin turned. And suppose you do not have a personal car, and you need to go outside, it is cold and snowing there. Is it appropriate for the dress, long enough or to the floor, to peek out from under a fur coat or short coat?
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AG: In fact, in the construction of any kit there are rules for proportions. And it all depends on how much the length of the coat or the length of the fur coat with us is correlated with that piece of the dress that peeks out from under the outer clothing. Ideally - this is in the proportion of 7/8. If we imagine that the whole image is 8, then the coat will be 7 in length. And then it will look very harmonious on any figure and any height. Or imagine that if it is a shortened fur coat, then it should slightly cover the knee or be two palms higher than the knee. And while wearing an elongated dress. This is also acceptable. We look at the proportions, and then it will look elegant, appropriate, comme il faut.
Who what wear MM: And you can also advise all students when you are preparing your holiday outfit, still think about how you will move in it. And what do you wear on top in order to look at all 100. The outfit should not wrinkle or get dirty at the bottom, so this also needs to be thought out in advance. And tell me, please, is it possible to adapt the holiday outfit to ordinary life? We understand that the holidays will end sooner or later, and not everyone is able to buy a dress in order to go out once or twice. Ahead after the winter holidays comes our ordinary daily life. Do holiday things have a life in an ordinary wardrobe?
AG: Mariyana, a wonderful question, because it is really very important. I, in fact, for a functional wardrobe! See what you can think of then. Take, for example, a sequined skirt, because this is an actual thing and you can then wear it with a sweater or t-shirt in spring and summer, as well as for any occasion. Or it could be a top, again in sequins or a silk blouse. Any thing that is considered universal and that can be called basic. And it can be a silk dress of tasty color that suits you. If it is elongated, then in ordinary life you can wear it in the style of the 70s - now they are in trend. Wear with sturdy high-heeled boots. From above you can put on a cardigan or sweater, or a thin cashmere turtleneck under it - all this is also very beautiful and very stylish. You can wear it at the event and in everyday life.
MM: Alena, therefore, we will not advise you to leave everything old in the old year, but still adapt at least holiday dresses for some new looks. By the way, I completely forgot to ask you about such an important thing as shoes! After all, shoes in a festive way play the most important role, agree?
AG: Shoes play a crucial role not only in the festive, but also in any way! If we are talking about an event now, then due to the shoes we can make an exit image from a concise, everyday and simple way. For example, we wear a dress of basic color and laconic cut, and we put on metallic or silver or gold-bronze pumps, we make pretty styling, plus elegant earrings, a handbag or a clutch, and our image will play! It will be elegant and elegant, and you can go on a holiday.
Jimmy Choo, Net-a-porte I remember another important question: if you come to the event, and there is no way to change shoes, even in such boats, about which I say what to do? Here the solution may be elegant boots, preferably suede, because suede is always thinner and gracefully shows the contour of the legs. And we must choose exquisite colors. Let’s imagine as an example such an image: we may be wearing some kind of blouse or elegant sweater, below will be a skirt of sequins and suede boots, for example, in pearl color. There may be a low heel, but the whole image will play, because it will be fully assembled and refined.We can only protect our boots from winter and boldly use public transport - it will not be scary.
MM: Alena, and if, of course, we go to the store for shoes, then we can always make our own holiday outfit with our own hands. For this, there are wonderful patterns in Burda Style magazine, for this there are electronic patterns on our website burdastyle.ru and amazing online courses of our Burda Academy. There is still time, I assure you, you can sew a wonderful outfit with your own hands! And to collect a holistic image and appear the very Cinderella who is going to the ball. And I urge you to subscribe to the Burda Style podcast on Apple, Google podcasts and Yandex music, regularly visit our social networks on our website, and come to study with us at Burda Academy. Marianna Makarova, editor-in-chief of Burda Style magazine, was with you, and today our guest again was an amazing stylist and fashion expert Alena Guseva. Alena, thank you very much and have a nice New Year!
AH: Marianne, thanks! We wish you all a wonderful, magical mood!
