How can i get my friend to dress better and have a good sense of style?
filed in One Bytes on Dec.14, 2009
I have this friend that is bad at dressing she has bad taste, a bad sense of style and she wears the same clothes over and over and when i am walking with her i hear people laugh at her and say all kinds of mean things about her and i don’t know how to tell her about her style. Is there something i can do that can give her a better sense of style without hurting her feelings.
December 14th, 2009 on 12:57 pm
You should go shopping with her, and help her pick out clothes she likes, and you think are nice. Also, see if you could get her some nice clothes for Christmas as a gift!
December 14th, 2009 on 12:57 pm
just take her shopping with you and casually suggest certain clothes to her. have her try them on in a fitting room and when she comes out compliment her and make her feel good about what shes wearing cause chances are that she doesnt have the confidence to wear nicer clothes.
December 14th, 2009 on 12:57 pm
Don’t say anything directly to her, it’ll just make her feel bad and put a strain on your friendship.
You’ll have to be subtle.
Suggest going shopping together so you can pick out things which you think will look good on her and sway her towards them.
Offer to have a ‘clothes swap’ evening, at a weekend. Say you want to ‘re-fresh’ your wardrobe but you don’t have enough money to go shopping (so that it doesn’t seem like you’re deliberately focusing on her clothes). Don’t make the evening all about the clothes, listen to music, gossip and watch films as well. Then you can have put aside any clothes you don’t want anymore which you think she’d suit and get her to try them on. For this to work you’d have to do the same with whichever clothes she might bring, you never know some of them might suit you, or if not – you never have to wear them and you’ll have taken them off her hands.
December 14th, 2009 on 12:57 pm
maybe for her birthday or christmas get her a lot of nice new clothes, but i wouldnt say anything about it. if she wants to dress that way it shouldnt matter to you.
December 14th, 2009 on 12:57 pm
wow this is really hard without possibly hurting her feelings.
either she has no idea about the way she dresses
or she knows and just doesnt care.
you could take her shopping with you and show her things that you think are cute and would look good on her. when she picks out anything weird or bad for her, tell her that clothing like that isnt very flattering on her and show her something else that might look better. do this nicely remember! do not make her feel bad.
for christmas you could buy her a new outfit, or get a bunch of friends together and offer to take her shopping to pick out new clothes. this might make her feel bad, but be really nice about the whole thing and show her that you are being good friends. never make fun of her.
if she continues to dress how she wants, if you hear anyone say mean things about her, stick up for her! you could tell them that at least she wears what she wants to and doesnt follow the crowd, is unique, or original. as long as she is wearing what she wants it shouldnt matter what others think