Q&A for How to Be Elegant

Try to image you are walking a tightrope with good balance so you don't need to hold your arms out to the side. Place one foot in front of the other and move fluidly and gracefully like a tightrope walker.

Read about their fields or interests prior to meeting them, and try to form your own opinions. Curiosity is also key. Asking questions is as interesting as giving your own opinion.

Dress neatly and sleek -- you can keep up with trends without having to look unkempt. Be polite, and contractions and colloquialisms are sometimes appropriate or even appreciated, especially among your peers, and can keep you from appearing odd or pretentious. Always be mature and almost aloof with an appearance of nonchalance to silly and petty school drama.

Quality fabrics tend to be the natural, traditional ones: wool, cotton, silk and leather. This is as opposed to synthetic, man-made fibres such as polyester and nylon, which usually are cheaper, but don't wear as well or look as nice.

Start slow. Make gradual, incremental changes, one at a time. If you make the changes over a longer period of time, instead of all at once, it's less likely to draw a lot of attention.

It means that you care more about possessions than people, and use objects as a symbol of status and self-worth.

Kids should wear neat, pressed and stain-free clothing with little designs to look elegant.

Try not to mention it to them, that will just cause them to think you are trying too hard. Instead, just go about your day, they will notice eventually!

You can search YouTube for good hairstyle examples and how to do them. You can also try applying hair moisturizers and doing fishtail braids.

Just talk to the person as if the words were never said and use fitting arguments that represent your opinion. Try to be kind and respectful even if the one you are talking to is not. If the other person keeps being vulgar, simply ignore the person and walk away.

When at a formal reception with your husband, prepare, not only by working on your appearance, but also by researching the people you are going to meet. If you know someone has traveled parts of the world with which you are familiar, that's a topic with which to open a conversation. If they have been somewhere you don't know, they will be only to pleased to talk about it given the opportunity, so ask.

This can apply to men as well as women, just remember to be polite to everyone you meet as well.

Accessorize! You can still be elegant while following the dress code by walking elegantly. Try expanding your vocabulary, and always be kind.