Coleen’s Real Style
Coleen Rooney
To my mum and dad. Thanks for putting up with me for all these years and coping with my love of clothes! I appreciate everything you have done for me and for going out of your way to give me all you can (the expensive Christmas coats, ha ha). And mum, thanks for introducing me to all the girly things in life.
To my Wayne. Thanks for all your support in everything I do. I love you. And yes, I do need all those bags and shoes…because I love them!
Coleen x
Contents
Experimenting and finding the styles that best suit your look.
Everyone who knows me knows that I love fashion, and by that I don’t mean going out and hitting the shops and spending until I drop, no matter what the papers say. It’s just that, like most girls I know, I simply enjoy clothes and love trying out new looks and styles. I’ve never really been into full-on fashion-y looks, though. Don’t get me wrong, I love seeing all the new styles from the catwalks every summer and winter and trying some of them out, but at the end of the day I’m a real girl with a real shape. And that means that no matter how much I love all the things I see, there are plenty of styles that are just never, ever going to do it for me.
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I love all the catwalk looks, but I’m a real girl with a real shape.
And that’s where my Real Style guide comes in. It’s not about telling you the latest designer clothes to buy or just pointing out what’s in fashion now, it’s about me sharing my experiences with you and showing you some great ways to help you look and feel your best. Because whether you like to dress up in the latest designer gear, or love high street faves like Topshop (and who doesn’t?), to me, real style does not come from copying someone else’s look or wearing a designer name from top to toe. At the end of the day, whatever you decide to wear the only name that should be all over your look is yours.
Handbag, La Redoute.
My top five
So let’s get started: I think the best way to do this is to take you through my idea of what makes a great, easy-to-wear set of clothes and styles – or ‘capsule wardrobe’. That’s what this section of the book is all about. I’ll come back to certain things in the following chapters, like tops and bottoms and dresses. Oh, and don’t worry, I’ve dedicated a whole chapter to jeans, so we’ll look at these in loads more detail later on.
But don’t flick through to that bit just yet; we’re going back to basics first. This is how I do it: when I’m deciding what to wear, I ask myself five key questions when I look at my outfit in the mirror:
Top, Yves Saint Laurent; skirt, Joseph.
Style Tip
It’s OK if a shaped jacket won’t button around the waist
