Happy 2014, everybody! What's on your New Year's resolutions list this this time around? Health, happiness, getting into better financial shape? Yup, me too.
Also on my list? A fresh new outlook on dressing. I've been in a dress-tights-boots phase for, well, OK, forever (I don't even think I'm allowed to call it a "phase" anymore)—so come 2014, I'm hoping to shake things up a bit with new perspective as well as style tips culled from the closets of some of my favorite celebrities.
Check out five of my celeb-inspired New Year's fashion resolutions. Wish me luck!
1. I resolve to take a different angle on head-to-toe black a la Miranda Kerr.
OK, I've worn head-to-toe black pretty much ever since I was 13-years-old. And no matter how much you style it up—tailored Belgian tuxedo jackets, draped Rick Owens cardis, skinny retro high-waisted jeans from Levi's—the fact is, I've always worn all-black as a way of streamlining my getting-ready regimen and as an easy way tonot get noticed. But what if I took a tip from Miranda Kerr's playbook and dressed in all black—to get noticed? Hm. Now there's a thought.
2. I resolve to think pink—or at least try to incorporate pink back into my wardrobe this spring, likeOlivia Palermo.
When I was a teenager, I'd conservatively estimate that about 75 percent of my wardrobe was fuchsia—i.e. hot pink. It was the early-'90s, you guys. And I don't think I've intentionally bought and worn pink since—after that semi-scarring decade. But this spring, bold pink is back in fashion—and I think I'm ready to take the plunge again. Good news is that there was a reason I liked pink as a 14-year-old—find the right shade and wearing pink makes your complexion glow.
3. I resolve to buy investment pieces—and wear them over and over again, just like Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton.
Every year, I vow to spend less on fast, throwaway, trendy fashion—and more on good, long-lasting pieces that I can build my wardrobe around year after year. But besides a heaping of black cashmere sweaters, tailored dresses, and a closetful of sharply tailored jackets and coats, I'd never thought it possible to find pretty and timeless investment pieces. I'll look harder this year, because if Kate Middleton can wear the same dress two years in a row, gosh darn it, so can I.
4. I resolve to dress down, the Cara Delevingne way.
What's so great about Cara Delevingne's style is that it's playful, unique, totally fun and colorful—and also exists somewhere between dressed-up and totally dialed-down. A look like this one here can take you from, say, a day at a theme park (OK, different shoes for the theme park) to dinner at a trendy restaurant. Because it's so fierce.
5. I resolve to strive for Beyonce-levels of style chameleon.
Beyonce Beyonce Beyonce. She's a mom, she's a wife, she's a superstar who unleashed a surprise album on the world complete with 17 music videos—and she looks totally, completely, wildly different in every single one. I bow down to your chameleon highness, Queen Bey. Next year, I'm resolving to play around more with my own style.
Check out some of Glamour's editors' New Year's resolutions in the January 2014 issue. Editorial director Anne Sachs vows to wear lipstick every day, and social-media maven Lindy Segal is going to really give jumpsuits a chance.
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