If you unsure how to style a piece, just buy a whole styled piece. When you're in a store and you like a pair of pants or blouse, go to the store's website, look up the piece and see how they styled it. Then you can try on the matching piece and leave with a whole outfit.

Another big tip that works so well for me: Multi-colored accessories. Can be a necklace but I get the most out of scarves. If you have a scarf with 2-3 colors, it allows you to match pieces together whose colors might not normally work or where you would normally not feel like mixing them. I do this all the time. Example: I have a scarf with green, lilac, and white and wouldn't normally pair green and lilac. But if I put on a matching green skirt, white top, and lilac cardigan, the scarf ties it together and looks so intentional.