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The Elegant Sophisticated Woman

Why did I choose to write about and define the elegant sophisticated woman?

Many times people mistake sophistication for elegance. I disagree. While elegance and sophistication do come sometimes hand in hand, that is not always the case.

elegant sophisticated woman

Elegance as we know is graciousness in action, a certain confident simplicity. Sophistication come with learning and knowing a lot about your surroundings, having an refined understanding of different cultures and being comfortable with luxury (and not prioritizing it).

Sometimes sophistication can be vulgar.

We've all seen it before.

Girls dressed up with super bling all over, with loud monogrammed luxury goods and clothes from top to toe, pretending to hop off their private jet and being rude to service staff. Or those girls who pretend to be sophisticated by rattling off their knowledge of cuisine and restaurants, the magazines and books they've read that make them oh-so-literary and sophisticated.

I definitely don't want that.

So I decided to write about the elegant sophistication that I want and love.

The Elegant Sophisticated Woman

Sophisticated Confidence

You'll feel more beautiful when you learn how to have confidence.

It has been said that confidence is next to beauty that causes a woman to be appealing.

Confidence means you know how to act in any situation, making you sure of what you are doing.

How do we get confident in _______ (fill in the blanks)?

  • Playing tennis
  • Being comfortable on a first date
  • Speaking French
  • Dressing up
  • Doing your hair
  • Being financially free

Here is the secret:

Confidence only comes when you've done something over and over enough times and made enough mistakes that you finally learn how to do it right.

Then you do it automatically and you don't have to think about it anymore -- that's confidence.

So whatever you find in your hands to do, practice, practice, practice. Keep at it no matter how frustrated you are.

The Elegant Sophisticated Woman

How to "Fake" Confidence

If you don't feel confident (yet),

  1. Practice Your Perfect Posture
  2. Pay Attention To Your Grooming
  3. Practice Eye Contact
Your posture tells the world how to treat you from sight alone. You can either look like winner or a loser. Posture is the single most important body language there is. Erectness is confident-looking. People will believe what your posture tells them about you.

For instance, if you tell a little boy to "act like a King", instantly you'll see him straighten his back and his neck as though he were wearing a crown. You wonder who teaches them these things!

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Your posture communicates..

Psychologists say that the first indications that a person's morale is dropping when her daily grooming habits slip.

Haven't we all seen girlfriends who have had their hearts broken not bothering with make up anymore, letting themselves put on weight and the such? We've all watched television shows which depict people in real life who have been told they've lost all their money? The most educated groomed men starts to resemble the beggar on the street.

Eye contact is another indicator of confidence. Practice looking people directly in the eye as it will help you establish a position of confidence in the minds of others. Do not stare at their eyes or gaze into them. Look at their eyes when speaking, but be natural. If you are opening your eyes more than normal, you are gazing!

The Elegant Sophisticated Woman

How To Be Sophisticatedly Interesting

elegant sophisticated woman having dinner

An interesting person is an person who is interested.

Do not worry about being interesting or TRY to be interesting.

Tastefully engage in conversation with others, learn about someone else's culture.

Have avid social life. Take part in charities, serve in church, throw dinner parties.

Take an interest in yourself, always seek to grow, refine your knowledge, get better at things.

Embrace change. Learn about things that increases your sophistication like

(Pick 2-3)

  • Art - drawing, painting, or Art in museums
  • Literature/History
  • Languages & Cultures
  • Theatre, Plays, Musicals
  • Dance - the Ballet, Waltz etc
  • Music - Symphonies, Musicals
  • Sports - Skiing, Tennis, Golf
  • Water sports - Sailing, Speedboating
  • Travel
These are merely suggestions!

I will be continuing my series on The Elegant Sophisticated Woman on the next page!

Thank you for reading "The Elegant Sophisticated Woman" Part One

You might also be interested in:

The Art Of Elegant Living
Elegant Entertaining: How To Throw Elegant Coffees, Dinner Parties
Elegant Sophisticated Selection - Choose Your Way Into Elegance

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