A little while back I introduced you to the concepts of Yin and Yang (or receding and advancing, or softer and stronger) ways of dressing. Here I want to show you a couple of ways that you can change the way you dress in some very common outfits to make them either more Yang (strong) or more Yin (soft).
How to Make a casual outfit more yin or yang by imogenl featuring a navy jacketAlternatively, here is a pretty standard work outfit of a pair of black pants and a white shirt. You can change how it feels from Yin to Yang depending on what you want to communicate.
make your work outfit more yin or yang by imogenl featuring slim pantsHere I’ve made a couple of outfit options using a dress (which is naturally more Yin) but you can change up how it looks:
Make a dress more yin or yang by imogenl featuring a straw toteSo when you’re thinking about working with your existing clothes, dressing them up more for work, or down more for weekends, you can use this concept to make it more formal and powerful, or softer and more approachable.