Girls Just Want to Express Themselves: Help Her Do it in Age-appropriate Ways
You know your daughter or granddaughter wants to express herself and her personality through her clothes and everything she does. Youâve already seen how picky she can be about what she wears to school or just to hang out with her friends on weekends. Fashion is vital to most girls, tweens and teens and now more fashion choices are available.Â
But, as a parent you may not feel comfortable with the scary Goth-chick look, ripped jeans or overly provocative fashions now available to underage girls. How can you encourage her individuality, her confidence and sense of personal expression in a way thatâs fashionable and age-appropriate at the same time?
First, when she knows she is valued and appreciated she will be more likely to take your direction. Second, experts in child psychology say girls encouraged to speak up, share their thoughts and express themselves are more likely to feel self confident and exhibit healthy self esteem. Finally, when she sees an example of confident and loving people around her, she has a fantastic example to follow. When youâre confident â she will be more likely to be confident.
One fashion look thatâs become well loved among women the last couple years and has trickled down to girls is the surprise of unexpected color. It started with women who wore a black and white outfit and âpopped itâ with a bright red or yellow purse. Now, nearly anything goes when it comes to pairing color in an outfit. That jolt of unexpected color is usually seen in a bag, shoes or a belt. Girls now look for ways to pop their outfits with a jolt of bright color  Â
Enter St. Louis designer James Androuais, age 22, who wanted to encourage girls in a positive way with his business. He saw the skyrocketing fame of MySpace and Facebook websites with girls, tweens and teens. Networking websites where conversations can go back and forth for hours. He noticed girls are constantly expressing with their words and in their appearance. So he made a fashion accessory both girls and parents can like. Now she can be unique, fashion forward and express her point of view all at the same time.Â
Meant to be worn with jeans, that ever-present fashion staple among girls of all ages, Xpressit belts provide a pop of bright, unexpected color and a small extra. Yes, the belts come in hot, fun colors girls, tweens and teens like including Mimosa Yellow (the âinâ color for 2009), Classic Red, Aqua Blue, Limey Green, Bubblegum Pink and Perfect White. But it doesnât stop there.
After choosing the color belt she wants she gets to choose from small Twistonz (about the size of a penny) that go in the grommet holes around the belt to make a one of a kind look. She can spell her name with Twistonz. If sheâs an animal lover there are animal Twistonz with cute names. Does she like shopping? There are Twistonz with a high heel shoe, a purse and words like âShopping Diva.â Like text messaging and her MySpace page? She can get Twistonz with well loved sayings like âBFF,â âOMGâ and more.
They have become so well loved that XpressIt belts were chosen to be featured in a holiday gift bag loaded with goodies distributed to Hollywood moms with celeb-daughters like Debra Messing, Brook Shields, Heidi Klum and others.
Girls like clothing items and accessories that provide an opportunity to showcase her unique personality and style in ways that are fun and fresh. In a world where nearly everything seems is mass-produced, having the ability to change the words and pictures on the belt she wears with her jeans makes her feel a small more special and vital.Â
The possibilities are nearly endless. Fortunately, the XpressIt Designs website at http://www.XpressItDesigns.com has an Thoughts page where girls can get a small fashion inspiration so she can see the possibilities. Truthfully, sheâs only limited by her imagination and how she wants to express herself.Â
XpressIt belts and patent pending Twistonz can be found exclusively at http://www.XpressItDesigns.com or email us for more information at XpressItDesigns@gmail.com Get yours today! (This article can be used in it’s entirety with all links active and with the resource box at the bottom. If you’d like a customized version of this article for your site, ezine or publication contact Denise Michaels at XpressItDesigns@gmail.com )
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