5 items to complete your ensemble

We recommend the 5 must-haves in your daily wardrobe, to complete your look.

Dressing up feels like such hard work, doesn’t it? Apart from wearing age- and shape-appropriate clothing, one must also accessorise properly to look their best. You can go really wrong with accessories, but not if you have these 5 items on yourself every day:

1. A scarf or stole. A scarf draped around the neck, or a stole left loose around the shoulders can complement your outfit. Besides, there are several ways to drape the scarf around your neck, and you can even knot a stole just under your collarbone to add an elegant twist to your ensemble. Try solid colours like indigo and magenta to offset a plain grey or black outfit.
2. Laptop bag. Everybody carries a laptop to and from the office, but it’s high time you ditched that ungainly backpack to hold your laptop. Not only does it make you look frumpy, the backpack limits your clothing choices as well. There are some really classy options in designer laptop bags that are available in a variety of materials, patterns and colours. Both men and women can look out for laptop bags online, and make a statement with the newest designs.
3. A stylish wallet. Your wallet holds your cards, cash and other odds and ends, and it is one of the most-used items in your ensemble. It is also one of the most visible accessories – and yet, very few of us pay attention to how frayed our wallets and purses look after a while. Get a really fashionable wallet online, and whip it out in style to admiring glances. Your fashion wallet can say a lot of things about you, so keep it trendy!
4. Black leather shoes. Your clothes are perfect, hair coiffed to brilliance, the perfume just right and your skin glowing with health. Now take a quick peek at your feet – are your shoes doing your look justice? We agree that it can get really tough getting shoes to match every outfit, so let’s simplify matters – get a couple of pairs of black leather brogues or high heeled pumps, and be done with it. They match with every outfit and are the safest choice.
5. A metal watch. Your look would not be complete without a stunning watch adorning your wrist. You might be left confused with the type of watch to pick – metal finish, coloured dials, chronographs, canvas straps, coloured rubber straps…so just pick a metal finish watch in black or silver and simplify matters. Like black leather shoes, a metallic watch in black or silver matches practically every outfit and occasion.