Fashion icon Iman graces Instyle for our 30th anniversary, sharing pearls of wisdom for life, beauty, and fashion. From self-worth to style tips, beauty secrets to confidence building, enhance your life with her insightful answers to our questions. Learn what every woman should do once in her life, how to find the perfect person (_hint - he’s David Bowie_), and more in this video.
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00:00Hi, InStyle, I'm Iman, and you're watching Pearls of Wisdom.
00:09One universal beauty tip that anyone can use, regardless what your skin color is, I would
00:15say it's a bronzer.
00:17A bronzer will make anybody look like they just stepped off a plane from Capri, sun-kissed
00:24goddess.
00:25I'll give you an example.
00:26Jennie from The Block became star J-Lo with a bronzer.
00:32One thing that every woman should do once in her lifetime is to go away on holiday on
00:37her own.
00:38I think the reason I recommend that is that because as we get older, we become more comfortable
00:45with our own company.
00:47Young girls need to learn that.
00:49I think one thing that one should never apologize for is standing up for herself.
00:54It starts with the self-worth, especially for girls, and the reason behind that is that
01:00you will be able to walk away from bad jobs, bad relationships, anything that doesn't serve
01:06you well.
01:07So once you know that you're able to stand up for yourself, you are not going to take
01:11anything less than that.
01:12I think one thing that every woman should invest in is the perfect tailor.
01:18If you have the perfect tailor, even something that is just you paid $50 will look like it
01:24was $500.
01:26It all comes down to the tailor.
01:28I have several tailors that I cannot live without.
01:32I believe more in tailors than any designer because I really believe that the perfect
01:39tailor can make everything look great on you.
01:42How do you know when you've found your perfect person?
01:45Is that not to ignore the small, loving gestures.
01:50For example, my husband, the first time, the first week we met, we were walking down the
01:56street and my shoelaces came undone, and he got to his knees and tied my shoelace.
02:02That is my perfect person.
02:04But let's not ignore also the big gestures, like the perfect croc, Birkin bag.
02:12I got both.
02:16I've always been asked several times when people say, oh, your late husband, and I always
02:21correct them.
02:22He is my husband, not my late husband.
02:24He's ever-present with me is because he has left an impact in my life.
02:29He was the perfect person for me, and I'm happy that I was able to experience that in
02:35my lifetime, and I wish for everybody to have that one time in their life.
02:40My perfect response to insult?
02:42I want to say insult back at you, but no, I say just walk away from it.
02:50I find power in walking away about almost everything, right?
02:55I find it to have like a superpower when you really actually keep your calm when somebody
03:00insults you.
03:02That's a superpower.
03:03I really advise you to really take advantage of that.
03:06Do not have people belittle you, insult you, and then you lower yourself to their level.
03:12Walk away, never see them again like they don't exist.
03:18You should spend your first paycheck on luxury, luxury luggage specifically.
03:24Not every designer luggage, but luxury luggage because that will last you a lifetime.
03:29My first paycheck, I think it was in 1977, and I spent it all in, I don't know, 10 pieces
03:35of Louis Vuitton luggage that I still have them till today.
03:40Well, thank you.
03:41I hope that helped you with my pearls of wisdom, but there's always something that you can
03:45take away from it, just a pearl.
03:48Pick a pearl.