Can you be elegant if you’re not elegant looking?

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Anonymous wrote:Learn how to post images properly, or don’t bother.

The picture posting technique hasn't worked for me in about a year. Don't know why. Stop being such a boor.

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Anonymous wrote:You do realize you posted these ladies all going to an extravagant event, and then posted the last female walking down the sidewalk? Do you have a photo of the last women going to an extravagant event so I can make a true comparison?
Kate without makeup not so glamorous
https://www.pinterest.de/pin/12314598965808954/

I’m sure if you google all your ladies without makeup walking down the sidewalk they’d look plain Jane!

Here are some pictures of Audrey Hepburn - dressed casually, wearing no makeup, etc. She is elegance personified.

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Here's Jackie Kennedy dressed casually and looking - as always - chic and elegant. You don't have to be dressed formally to look elegant.

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Anonymous wrote:Learn how to post images properly, or don’t bother.

The picture posting technique hasn't worked for me in about a year. Don't know why. Stop being such a boor.

You're probably not copying the IMAGE link, which is hard to do on a tablet.

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Anonymous wrote:Here's Jackie Kennedy dressed casually and looking - as always - chic and elegant. You don't have to be dressed formally to look elegant.

Very elegant.
Is some of that the background?

If you have a sailboat in the background. Or walking from a helicopter pad with your children, or standing on a grassy oceanfront lot........

The least elegant of these is the orange shirt. If she was pushing a cart around Giant, that wouldn’t be “elegant.” I think part of it is the setting + simple look.

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She doesn’t look elegant. Too thin, yes.

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I love MM but she does not look elegant in any of these photos.

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Actually, I think Jackie probably would look elegant pushing a shopping cart at Giant. IMO, a lot of "elegance" has to do with posture -- and the way you carry your body in both movement and stillness. If you've taken many ballet classes for example, you have a good sense of how to keep yourself aligned so you aren't hunched over, have a sway back, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:

I love MM but she does not look elegant in any of these photos.

MM isn’t very elegant. She’s hot.

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Anonymous wrote:Here's Jackie Kennedy dressed casually and looking - as always - chic and elegant. You don't have to be dressed formally to look elegant.

Very elegant.
Is some of that the background?

If you have a sailboat in the background. Or walking from a helicopter pad with your children, or standing on a grassy oceanfront lot........

The least elegant of these is the orange shirt. If she was pushing a cart around Giant, that wouldn’t be “elegant.” I think part of it is the setting + simple look.

Maybe... good point. But I do think elegance has a lot to do with bearing and she always looked so cool and confident. That goes a long way.

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Anonymous wrote:

She doesn’t look elegant. Too thin, yes.

I think she looks perfect. Tall and slim - not too thin IMO.

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Anonymous wrote:Actually, I think Jackie probably would look elegant pushing a shopping cart at Giant. IMO, a lot of "elegance" has to do with posture -- and the way you carry your body in both movement and stillness. If you've taken many ballet classes for example, you have a good sense of how to keep yourself aligned so you aren't hunched over, have a sway back, etc.

Exactly. I'm the poster who said a lot of it has to do with your bearing. I try to remind my daughter (and myself) to keep her shoulders back. It really helps.