Topic
Every GetStyleGo article tagged proportion — 8 pieces across 5 sections.
Fit & Tailoring
Break is the fold the trouser makes where it meets the shoe. Getting it wrong is the fastest way to look like you have not thought about your clothes, and it is the cheapest thing to fix.
Fit & Tailoring
Pear, apple, hourglass, rectangle. The categories are crude, the advice attached to them is contradictory, and the underlying principle is simpler and does not require a label.
Shopping Smart
Standard sizing is graded from one fit model, and the further you sit from that model in any dimension the worse the compromise. The practical responses are specific and mostly involve alterations.
Shoes & Accessories
Most jewellery advice is about occasions. The more useful question is what you can wear continuously without thinking about it, which comes down to metal quality and scale.
Capsule Wardrobe
Most wardrobes are built for an imagined week rather than the real one. The mismatch is measurable, and correcting it is the cheapest improvement available.
Colour & Pattern
A neutral wardrobe becomes interesting through one deliberate colour in a small quantity. The proportion matters more than the colour, and most people use too much.
Fit & Tailoring
The collar is the part of a shirt closest to the face and the part that determines how the shirt works with a tie and a jacket. There are perhaps six styles worth knowing.
Fit & Tailoring
Hem length is the single most consequential decision in a skirt or dress, because it creates a horizontal line at a specific point on the leg — and some points are more flattering than others.
