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PUT ANY preconceived notions about perfection in the closet.
You don’t have to look sensational.or have great style. Energy,

vitality, confidence and flair are pre

**You want io find your
authenticity, that will make you
as beautiful as you can be,’’
says Robert Panté, an intern
tional image consultant in
couver recently to give a fa
seminar. 7

A woman of the 90s:
cerned only with the quality and
honesty of her own style, and
in the purity of .that focus she
embodies the ;perfect woman.
This sincere charm becomes the
only way she:communicates both
with her;clothing and in her
manner.

The way a woman dresses
should proclaim ‘‘these are my
values,’’ says Panté. ‘‘These are
the things | value and I have a
passion for them.”’

A woman of the 90s buys
smart and still looks wonderful,’’
he says. One of her secrets, if it
is one at all, is that she fills her
closet by capitalizing on good
quality. She builds her wardrobe
with only fine quality pieces,
then even the worst mismatching
or ill-fitting garments will not be
a Catastrophe. More likely, it
will be seen as having an inter-
esting personal gesture of style.

He explains, ‘‘She selectively
buys expensive items (on sale)
that she absolutely loves, feeling
when she buys them that she
will wear them forever even if
she doesn’t,

“Value is important but taste
is there, too. There should be
an equal level of quality and
taste. She wears more than what
is dictated by fashion trends.”’

Panté’s ideal woman “looks
healthy, has vitality, she is not
fat or lazy.”” She may not be a
raving beauty, but she knows
how to dress what she’s got.
She ftooks as though she takes
her slim, healthy body for
granted, but in reality, she
keeps her figure problems to
herself.

When women deal with aging,
Pante says that truth is of no
consequence. Women who don’t
show their age have learned
how to conceal and deal with

uisites to beauty in the 90’s.

“their aging imperfections so well

that others are kept guessing.

Panté exclaims, ‘‘There is a
new breed of women who have
become the role models of the
90s. Those who we have to ask,
‘Where did their age go?’
Women such as jane Fonda,
Cher and Glenn Close in their
forties, Linda Evans and Diana
Ross in their fifties, Lauren
Bacall in her sixties and Audrey
Hepburn in her seventies are the
new order of women, and they
are prescribing what women will
look like when they are that
age.’

Women and men whose hair
color has turned grey should
dye it another color until it has
gone to a true white. if hair has
a tendency to yellow when
white then it should be dyed a
soft light shade. When hair ts a
nice shade of grey or white,
men and women should stop
wearing hair long.

“Having big grey clouds over
one’s head does not make you
look young. Even if hair is
thinning, it should be kept short
and combed back,’’ he says.

For Vancouver Sun fashion ed-
itor Virginia teeming, who in
her forties has let her hair re-
tain its natural grey color, Pante
insists that she go platinum. He
also advises that she shorten her
hair, keep it wavy instead of

hairstyle
cotton dress.

makeover. Her hai
be fuller on the top,
much softer look.

Sunday. March 31, 1991 —- North Shore News - 17

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curly, and pull it away from her
face. He explains to her, ‘‘You
are too sophisticated, sexy and
vital for your hair style.’

When asked what a woman

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EVA STALEY

Striking earrings and
dramatic use of color in®
makeup resulted in a look Eva,
glad to take home with