A little accent can make a big difference if you choose a unique color. Often people reach for dark shades, such as black, brown and gray, when dressing. Those who appreciate fashion might reach for brighter shades, such as pinks, reds and purples. If you want to really stand out in the crowd, then seek out colors that you rarely see in clothes.
Adding a few bold colored piece to your wardrobe can turn nearly any outfit into one that demands attention. Consider adding pieces such as shoes, bags and scarves in vibrant colors. Also follow the rule that a color that matches nothing, matches everything.
Look for shoes that are bubblegum pink or hunter orange. You can pair pink heels with a basic black dress or wear orange boots with simple black leggings and a sweater. You can also find heels that are yellow, purple or lime green. Wear them with a mini skirt or skinny jeans.
Bags come in a variety of unique colors, though they may be a bit hard to find. A bright red leather messenger bag is a great addition to any outfit and is still subtle enough that it could be used in a professional daytime setting.
Scarves are another great way to add bold colors to an outfit. Look for a brightly colored scarf or a unique pattern. Be sure that your scarf does not compete with the rest of your outfit, such as patterns on a shirt or skirt. Don’t be afraid to wear your scarf all day, whether you are inside or outside. If you want to keep the color to a minimum, you can tie a brightly colored scarf on the handle of your bag for an understated accent.
When adding bright colors, add only one at a time and make sure that you are not matching them to other things. Your colored piece should stand out as unique, not a perfect match between your hat, belt and shoes.
A Little Color Goes a Long Way
A Fantastic Find: The Cloche Hat
The cloche hat is a great find because it comes in so many styles and can be worn in so many ways. Regardless of the details of the hat or the outfit, it can add a special something to an outfit.
Cloche hats for women are a structured hat that fits close to the head and generally has a small brim that angles slightly down towards the face. They are called “cloche” because of their bell-shape; “cloche” being the French word for “bell”. They come in a variety of sizes shapes and materials. They may be made from fur, felt, wool or velour. Depending on the material, they can be worn appropriately in any season.
When choosing a cloche hat, try to just focus on what you are attracted to. Unlike shopping for other accessories, you should ignore what might match and outfit. Your hat should match your personality. If you want one that is versatile, look for shades of black or gray. Seek out your favorite accents such as a flower, a big bow or a unique ribbon. You can even change these accents in order to match them with the outfit you are wearing the hat with.
Pair your cloche hat with a great scarf that adds to the look. You can pair a plain colored hat with a patterned or plaid scarf. Be careful not to use contrasting patterns or too match your accessories too closely. For a truly unique look, pair a traditionally dressy hat, one with a large detail, with a casual outfit such as jeans and a sweater. The contrast of styles is unique and intriguing.
The best places to find a unique cloche hat are good consignment shops, antique stores or vintage sites online. You may even find one in your grandmother’s collection. These hats gained popularity in America around the 1920′s and there are still many that survive from that time.
Don’t Spend A Lot to Make a Fashion Statement
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Fashion is one of those things that we worry about everyday. Do I look good? Does she look cuter in those jeans than I look in mine? How will I stand out today? Many of us spend too much time and money on our fashion. If you insist on spending your time worrying about fashion, don’t spend the money. There are endless ways to save money and still look good.
The first thing you need to do is go through your closet and throw out all your old clothes and clothes you don’t wear anymore. Don’t just throw them out, but donate them to Goodwill or give them to a friend. Just because the clothes don’t look good on you doesn’t mean they won’t look good on someone else.
When you take your shopping trip, do not bring a credit card. Using a credit card will just cause you to overspend. Instead, bring cash so you have a set amount of money to spend. Do not bring more cash than you intend to spend, or you will spend it.
Go to stores like Goodwill or Walmart that have inexpensive clothing. Don’t think that just because Goodwill is a thrift store and sells used clothing, you won’t find anything good. Sometimes you can find brand new name brand clothing for a lot less. Even if it is used, no one will notice.
Buy clothes that match and that you can mix up. If you buy a ton of patterned shirts that won’t match anything, what’s the point in that? Try buying clothes that will match so you don’t have to go back and buy something that will match.
Just because you’re shopping cheap doesn’t mean you don’t need accesories. Accesories will just add to your outfit and make it look cuter. You still have to keep in mind to not overspend. You can buy cheep accesories that are still cute. For accesories you can look at Rue 21 or Claire’s.
Become 100% Unique
You want your fashion to stand out but you’re not sure how. Buying name brand clothes and wearing the same thing everyone else does won’t make you stand out. In fact, it will just make you blend in. If you really want to stand out, you have to be brave and stray away from what’s considered normal. Don’t let cliques that are considered not normal fool you though. You want to be 100% unique.
How can you be completely unique? There are so many people that believe their fashion is unique when really it’s just the same as someone else’s, but it’s just not normal. The way that you can make your fashion unique, is to come up with your own ideas.
Designing your own clothes can be interesting and fun. Designing your own clothes does not mean that you have to draw out every outfit and learn to sew. Instead, you can alter clothing you already own by cutting, sewing, painting, etc.
One idea is to design your own socks. This does not mean that you actually have to buy the fabric and sew your own socks. If you buy a pack of white socks you can do anything you want with them. You can dye them however you want, paint them, sew buttons on, glue googly eyes on them, or anything else you can come up with. Your socks will be 100% unique and no one else will own another pair like them.
Projects like this can be done with anything, not just socks. You can cut and paste whatever you want together and you will never fail to be unique. You can paint anything you want on a t-shirt or a pair of pants. You can tie dye clothing, too, and that’s something that no one can recreate to look just like yours. The only way to be 100% unique is to use your own ideas and not someone else’s.
Fashion Statement of 2010
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Lady Gaga is one of the most popular music artists in the United States today. With several number one hits, is it her music we love, or her fashion? Of course we love the beat to “Just Dance” and her music video “Bad Romance” but she is also admired by many for her fashion sense. Along with her number one hits, it is said that Lady Gaga had the number one fashion statement of 2010 with her infamous meat dress.
As disgusting as it sounds, Lady Gaga did actually wear a dress made of meat to the MTV Video Music Awards, but that was after she wore a meat bikini on the cover of Vogue. She even had a matching hat, purse, and shoes to go along with the dress, which were all also made of meat. It is said that the dress was voted as the most iconic outfit of 2010.
She then went on the Ellen DeGeneres show and said that she did not mean to offend anyone, especially vegans or vegetarians. As much controversy that this dress caused, Gaga was simply showing the world that she has to stand up for things, and that we need to fight for our right or we will only be left with as much rights as the meat on our bones have. She then tells the world that she is not a piece of meat.
To some people this fashion statement was offensive. To others, Lady Gaga is a hero. She was simply showing her feelings through a piece of clothing, if that’s what we want to call the dress. Lady Gaga is an expert at not being normal as far as fashion goes. Some people respect her for this while others don’t. This meat dress is just one example of Gaga’s many fashion statements.
Adding Jewelry
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Making a fashion statement with jewelry is probably one of the easiest ways to make a fashion statement. There’s so much variety of jewelry that you can make work with your outfit. Using jewelry to make a fashion statement is a way you can stand out without buying a whole new wardrobe.
With jewelry you can chose from a variety of styles. Whether its simple metal jewelry or bulky plastic jewelry, you can always add jewelry to an outfit.
Wearing rings can add to your outfit in many ways. You can choose a few simple rings, or a variety of large and small rings. You have ten fingers that you can wear a piece of jewelry on.
Necklaces can add a lot to an outfit. Depending on the top you are wearing, you will pick a different necklace for each. Necklaces, like any type of jewelry, can be simple, or over the top. You can always wear multiple necklaces at once, or just a simple necklace to add to your outfit.
Earrings work either formally or casually which is a good thing. You can even use the same pair with a t-shirt or with a dress. With a formal dress you may want to wear earrings that dangle which will look slightly more attractive, but any type of earring can add to any outfit.
Bracelets do a lot to add to an outfit, too. Bracelets are a good way to express yourself. There are so many different types of bracelets you can buy with different sayings on them, plus they’re another piece of jewelry that you can wear with anything.
There are many things you can add to an outfit to make it look better. Adding jewelry to an outfit is probably the easiest way to spice up an outfit, or add that little extra to turn heads. It’s also good because it can be added to any outfit.
Start a Trend
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Many people ask the question “How do I start my own fashion trend?” Obviously someone starts every fashion trend. Usually it’s a celebrity or a group of people, but there are ways that you can start your own trend.
Turn to the blogs. Don’t read magazines for the latest trends. Once the trends are being written about in the magazines, they’re already beginning to die out. If you read blogs you will know what fashion trends are starting right when they start instead of waiting for the magazines to catch on.
Watch T.V. for fashion advice. T.V. shows have an impact on what we wear. If you watch popular shows like Glee and Gossip Girls you can see what the characters are wearing and add your own twist to it.
Make sure the popular people notice your trend and convince them to adopt your trend. If you are popular already, and I don’t just mean in high school, then you won’t have problem getting your trend noticed. Make sure people see that your trend is different and that it’s noticeable. That’s the thing about trends is that you want the trend to be noticed so it actually turns in to a trend.
Do the opposite of what is in style. This is not the same as these other tips. In fact, it’s pretty much the opposite. If you do the opposite of what’s in style, the type of clothes you are wearing will eventually come back in style and you will be known to be ahead of everyone else in the world of fashion.
There are countless ways to begin a trend. The main thing, though, is to get that trend noticed. Make sure that its something people will catch on to. Even if they don’t catch on right away, they probably will eventually. The world goes through trends fast, and they change quickly. Once someone notices the beginning of your trend, others will catch on.
Follow Fashion Trends
Sometimes it’s difficult to actually catch on to a trend. It can be a while before you realize that a certain trend is actually a trend. There are many ways that you can catch on to a trend before other people do. Particularly study season trends because they are easy to get a heads up on.
Read magazines and web sites. Fashion magazines always have articles about the upcoming season’s new looks and trends. Web sites will usually list the new trends before the magazines do, so it’s a good idea to keep an eye on the Internet. Researching fashion is a good way to know what trends are coming up in the new season.
Be aware of certain colors. When it comes to fashion, colors are very important depending on the season. Vibrant, bright colors are usually for the warmer months, while darker browns and reds are for the cooler months. Every year has a different idea of what colors are in style, though, so don’t assume that dark blue will be in style every winter.
Add seasonal touches. There are certain things that never go out of style like scarves, sunglasses, tights, and handbags. Add these things to your wardrobe so you can wear them in any season.
Accessories such as jewelry can be worn for any season. Not only are accessories good for any season, but they add to your wardrobe and make it look just a little bit nicer. You can buy certain accessories that can go with any outfit during any season so you don’t just need a heads up on the season trends, but can wear those accessories any time.
It can be difficult to spot fashion trends right away. Follow advice given in magazines and online to make the best decisions about your fashion. The best thing to do is to know what will be the trends for the upcoming season so you can get a heads up before everyone else.
Following College Trends
It can be difficult to follow fashion trends. It is especially difficult when you get into college, because every trend is different at every college. You can still get a good idea of trends by following a few simple steps.
Be observant. You have to notice what is fashionable at your school if you want to be known as fashionable also. Every school is different, so you have to know what people at your school are wearing in order to be fashionable among them. Don’t pay attention to what is fashionable at another school, because that does not necessarily mean it is fashionable at the school you are attending.
Ignore anything you don’t like. Being fashionable isn’t all about following trends. You need a little bit of yourself reflected in what you wear. You don’t have to follow every single trend to be fashionable. If you really don’t like something then don’t waste the money on it. Only wear what you like and what you are comfortable in.
Notice the trend when the trend begins. If you are one of the first people to wear something when that trend begins, then you will be known as one of the fashionable students. Wear it before it becomes super popular so that you’re not beginning to wear it right before it stops being popular.
Invest in a basic wardrobe. We all know that college students don’t have money. If you have basic colors, when a certain pattern comes into style, instead of buying multiple shirts to satisfy that style, you can buy a cheap scarf. You can then mix up the scarf with many outfits and still be in style.
Because every trend is different at every college, it can be difficult to catch on to certain trends. The key is to pay attention to the trends at your own school. That way, people will notice you as one of the fashionable people.
What You Like About Trends
It’s not easy to follow fashion trends. With so many trends that switch so quickly, it’s hard to keep up. Being fashionable isn’t all about following trends. Yes, trends are part of it, but you have to decide your own fashion for yourself.
Just because something is in style doesn’t mean that you have to wear it. A lot of things that are in style are really cute and we do want to spend the money to buy them. Then there are things that aren’t necessarily terrible, but they just aren’t us. Why would we spend money on something we don’t like? Do we go with style or what we’re comfortable in?
Fashion is about expressing ourselves. We don’t have to be 100% unique in our style, but we should be comfortable in what we wear. If you don’t like it, don’t buy it.
Find clothes that fit your body type. Just because skinny jeans are in style doesn’t mean they will look good on us. Even if we aren’t a model, we can make ourselves look like one if we choose the right clothes. Buy clothes that look good on you. You don’t have to follow every trend, but there’s sure to be one trend that you look good in.
Certain trends shouldn’t be followed depending on where you live. If you live in a place that’s hot all year round you probably don’t want to be wearing warm fuzzy boots, even though the magazines say they’re in style. This also applies to the activities you do in your every day life. If you walk to work you probably don’t want to be wearing high heals all day.
There are always many trends going on at one time. We don’t all have to follow every trend. Pick and choose which trends you will follow. Remember that fashion isn’t all about what’s in style but we have to be comfortable in what we wear.
