depending on how you style it i mean
there's multiple ways you can style
jeans and a tee but just adding a belt
can just make such a difference it
breaks up your bottom and your top it
adds an accessory it adds some hardware
i even have some oversized like sweater
dresses that i purposely buy oversized
just knowing that i'm gonna belt them so
sweaters white button downs just felt it
all you know and i love buying oversized
things but sometimes i don't always like
wearing oversized things i just like the
option to so if i can ever add a belt if
i need more of a polished look and
something that's not so
messy and disheveled as i like to look a
lot of the times but in a good way
i'll just add about rule number two is
extremely obvious and it's gonna be on
any
how to always look stylish list you
could ever come up with but it is to add
an accessory that's why i said rule
number one bleeds into two because the
belt is an accessory add an accessory
even just jeans and a t-shirt add a hat
it completely trims transforms your
entire outfit you could add i have like
signature necklaces that i always wear
some like vintage lockets so just
creating your own like signature jewelry
look with necklaces bracelets so just
doing little things like that can really
make you look more fashion forward and
i'm just a little bit more accessorized
instead of doing a regular purse i
always like to play with my bag so i'll
do a fanny pack i'll do like a
crossbody like a belt bag but wear a
crossbody so it's kind of sitting up
high or even a pouch i've been seeing a
lot of pouches lately this one it
obviously doesn't have to be a designer
any type of like
unique shaped bag i think is such a cool
element to add to an outfit number three
is staying up to date on smaller trends
so i personally when it comes to my
wardrobe i like to keep things minimal i
don't buy too many trendy clothing items
but you can always keep up with trends
in other ways and this could just mean
something so small is adding a couple of
bobby pins you know like you've been
staying everywhere some other things i
have are hair bows if i'm just wearing a
super basic outfit but i just feel like
something's missing i'll just throw my
hair up in a ponytail like a low
ponytail and add a bow you could do a
headband
any type of headband works or you could
even do a fun pair of socks these are
tricky these are not easy to style like
you have to be wearing the right thing
or else you'll look like you're seven
and going to church on easter sunday
my next tip i think number four or five
is making sure your proportions are
correct so what i mean by that and again
this is where i hate telling people like
how much skin to show or not because
honestly you show however much skin you
want like it makes me no different but
when i am showing skin if i'm doing like
a crop top i will make sure that i'm
doing like a high waist kind of baggier
jeans so i would never do like a low
rise skinny with like a tiny crop top
that's just not my style again if that's
your style you go for it that's all you
or if i'm doing like a shorter skirt
i'll do like an over-the-knee boot or a
blazer to kind of cover up my top make
sure i'm not showing cleavage so i
kind of like to balance out those
proportions and what i also mean by that
is just making sure your items are
fitting well so there are such things
such things as like oversized items and
you know buying a jacket and an extra
large because you want to wear it that
way when i think of something like this
i think of like a pair of pants that you
need to get taken in the waist because
they're a little saggy in the waist and
they're supposed to fit a little tighter
so you just want to make sure that
things like that you have tailored to
fit your body unless you're just wanting
them oversized to style it a certain way
my next tip is don't be afraid to
combine your colors
and you know i am such like an all black
person that's my favorite way to wear
clothes it's just black all the time but
it's crazy how good your outfit can look
when you are wearing like a monochrome
look and this doesn't have to mean
exactly a color like to me
this is considered a color this is
oyster
let's call it that this
just is such a great color combination
with like dark brown or even black
they're just two super basic items that
you can pretty much wear with anything
so just and then if you're wanting to go
all out and do a color i love something
like this especially for spring so you
know like a wide leg really rich salmon
pant with a super almost like beige
colored uh blazer
so i think you guys get the idea
of mixing colors i even think like
your grays can work as well so just
depending on like the colors that you
have in your closet already i'm sure you
can find something um before going out and shopping and like trying to like
make all these monochrome looks like in
your closet i'm sure you have something
next tip is to wear vintage i can always
tell when i'm
seeing vintage on somebody and i just
think mixing vintage and new is just
such a great way to style an outfit so i
grabbed this vintage chanel bag that i
pretty much wear with everything it's
one of my favorites i just grab it all
the time buying vintage doesn't always
necessarily mean spending thousands of
dollars um i got this vintage gucci bag
for
80.
on poshmark and it is really well loved
like the inside is completely messed up
but i loved it so i grabbed it and i
actually negotiated down that she wanted
120 for it but
i got it down also i grabbed these
vintage ralph lauren boots from poshmark
i want to say these were like
20 20 or 30. but i wear them all the
time and get so many compliments on them
and i think they just compliment any
outfit that i'm wearing especially
something
like this when you're just needing like
a pop of brown my favorite is vintage
jewelry um i love vintage jewelry big
rings also jackets i think 🤔 you can
find some really great jackets on etsy
or even your local vintage stores so my
next tip is always to wear one unique
piece and i know this is impossible for
every single outfit every day but i try
to do this at least like four
three to four times a week because
don't have that many unique pieces
only have so many clothes um but i'll
show you an example so for example
instead of wearing just a basic tank top
i have this shoulder pad tank top from
the frankie shop that i wear
in place of that and it really just adds
kind of an extra element of style to my
outfit or instead of a basic white
button down i have this oversized like
puffy sleeve button down that serves the
same purpose but it just has like a
unique feature to it i've got something
like this like this vest was 12
and i can just put it over pretty much
anything any white button down any
t-shirt any sweater and it just adds
like a little layer i mean it weighs
pretty much next to nothing but it's
crazy what something like this can add
to your outfit and even outerwear so you
know even though this isn't a super
unique piece it's like an oversized vest
see like my sleeve sticking out
obviously sometimes you need like a big
coat and there's nothing you can do
about it but when i can i can grab
something like this so my next tip is
wearing something printed and this could
be mixing prints or just wearing one
item that's printed and basic jeans
but when i'm mixing prints i always like
to mix
kind of
prints that
i wouldn't necessarily think go together
so for example i've got this outfit it
is a like dark plaid skirt and this just
white striped uh button down which like
here it doesn't really do anything for
you but once you add a big belt you add
boots and you like do the whole thing it
completely makes it
like wearable and i love it although
some of you might be like ashley
still doesn't work when i'm looking at
it on
i like it i think it goes really
nicely together the thing about mixing
prints is not everybody's going to agree
and that's just kind of the rule of
style in general like
sometimes people just might not agree
with what you're wearing but as long as
you are comfortable and you're happy
with it and you're expressing yourself
that's honestly all that matters but
this is the type of print i like mixing
this is also another print uh that i
love as well just like a blue stripe
because the stripes are so small so if
you have any bigger printed items you
could um pair like a smaller stripe top
with it
i'm just seeing like this uh probs rob's
not next tip i have is very obvious and
i feel like stupid for even telling you
guys but self-care i think is a huge
huge
part of looking stylish and elevated and
fashion forward for example my nails
right now need to paint them even though
it's not that bad
to me it's driving me crazy even small
things like your makeup so i always you
know try to wear my daytime makeup
during the day nighttime makeup during
the night for me i wouldn't feel
comfortable wearing like giant false
lashes overdone makeup during the day
it's just not my style again if this is
if this is what you like you know i know
somebody told me one day that i had too
much makeup on and i almost blew my top
i was like who are you
to tell me but i think you guys know
what i mean i'm talking about like
smokey eye big lashes uh like bright
lipstick i just feel like are meant for
the weekend and like at night and not so
much for like work i mean that's
that's obvious right i don't know maybe
i'm overstepping i'm so sorry if i am
and then i think there are things like
knowing how to style your hair with what
so if i have you know like a giant
ruffled sleeve top on try not to let my
like mop hair over it because then it
just kind of looks like a lot is going
on so when i'm wearing or if i'm trying
to look sophisticated and i'm trying to
look like sleek and you know i'm going
to like a meeting i'll always like pull
my hair back i think pulling your hair
back you know maybe even like putting a
few pieces down really like shows off
the piece of clothing you're wearing
it gets like the hair out of your face
because no one wants to be like in a
meeting with
mop in their face i always find myself
when i'm in a meeting um and i have my
hair down i always find myself playing
with my hair pushing it out of my face
and i think it's distracting and a bit
unprofessional so i always try to be
aware of
where i'm going what i'm wearing what
does my hair look like right now and try
to like
rotate it around there and when in doubt
go back to the bobby pins
if you need to bobby pin some back
that always helps too my next tip is to
really stay on top of your shoe game and
i realize you know not everyone
including myself can just go out and buy
tons of new shoes all the time every
season
so
it's like hard you know i like don't
want to tell you guys like go out and
buy more shoes but when i'm gonna update
something in my wardrobe i start with
shoes because that can really make such
a difference for example lately instead
of putting on my black like chunky boots
that i always do i've been putting on
this white boot and it makes me love my
outfit even more um i just feel like i
have a unique piece on
i
don't even know where i was shoes so
instead of doing like a flat or
uh like even a sneaker i think something
like this
is very i've had i mean i've had these
for
probably six years so you know it
doesn't have to be something trendy it
can be something that you re-wear every
season just kind of putting in place of
basic flats or just basic sneakers and
next instead of doing you know a basic
over-the-knee boot or like riding boot
or something update it to something with
laces so maybe something laced in the
front like this to make it a little bit
more interesting again you can still
wear these with
jeans dresses skirts anything so it's
really just kind of taking the place if
you want to get super crazy you could
get a red boot a yellow boot some sort
of color maybe just try to swap that
and see how you like it but i know like
mango has some really cute yellow boots
right now that i have my eye on i think
they're perfect for spring and really
add like something huge to your outfit
like a yellow boot just completely makes
the whole thing so
yeah my last rule that i added last
minute which i believe is number 11 is
add texture so i always i love faux
leather um so these are two of my
favorite pieces this is just a
basic pencil skirt but i think the color
it looks a little camely it's actually
more of like a rich brown color faux
leather can really make such a huge
difference when it comes to your outfit
and then these are one of my favorite
pairs of trousers right now and they're
this really pretty like
beige colored i'm just throwing these on
instead of a pair of jeans when i used
to work in fashion people would always
ask how do i wear like cool like leather
pants and um like cool joggers and
trousers and i always tell them it's so
simple just swap like instead of putting
on your jeans
just put on the trousers like just act
like you're wearing jeans and who was i
talking to i was talking to
someone who was a stylist not that long
ago and she said the same thing like
just act like it's jeans so
normally with this top i would wear
jeans with it it's just a you know cute
like button down but instead i threw
these on with it and it completely made
my outfit like different and it made me
feel good and i loved the outfit and i
felt cool wearing it because i'm wearing
you know like not jeans and a cool pair
of pants and i'm rocking it and some of
you might say i'm not but i believe i am
all right those are my tips i hope i
remembered everything i made this super
long google doc try to remember
everything so i can really get my
points across and again like please do
not think i'm telling you guys
that you're doing something wrong that
your way of styling your outfits is
wrong because i
like even if i don't love somebody's
outfit i can so appreciate that it is
their personal style and their way of
like feeling good and expressing their
creativity so these are just things that
i came up with for myself that i always
try to follow um so hopefully it gives
you guys some inspiration as well also
like please don't feel like you need to
go out and buy like an oversized blazer
a hair bow a big belt new shoes look in
your closet first shop on poshmark shop
second hand like you know my biggest fear
is that people watch these videos and
get so much inspiration and think like i
need to go buy everything because
i've totally been there you know when
I was like
working
fashion it was like it was so hard when
new collections would come in and i
would see
um people wearing it and how it was
styled and i just wanted to buy
everything and you can't put yourself in
debt over you know someone's youtube
blog or
you know if you if you have a wish list
and it's something a goal that you want
to work towards to buy a few new things
here and there and that's totally fine
but please don't like on my account try
to go buy a bunch of things
shop in your closet you would be so
surprised at what you can find
all right with that being said i'm this
is i'm rambling now i'm gonna go so
but i hope you enjoyed it and I
hope you enjoyed my tips and i hope you
learned something and got some inspo and
i will see you in my next blog bye
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