Check out the September issue of Orange Coast Magazine to see the 8 page fall fashion spread and cover that I styled, featuring OC up and comers Ashley Benson, from Eastwick, Kayla Ewell from Vampire Diaries, and Justin Chon from Twilight.
Q: Style Solution reader, Jen, asks “How do I wear scarves? There seem to be cute ways to accessorize them beyond just throwing one around my neck.”
A: Yes! Nothing adds a touch of trend and ties your look together as quickly and easily as a gauzy summer scarf. The perfect piece to throw on with your basic tank and jeans during the day, it can also effortlessly transition to an evening wrap for those breezier summer nights. Look for cheerful patterns and prints to wear with solid outfits, or colorful solid scarves to add to patterned outfits. Either way, you’ll look more coordinated and stylish with the addition of a little neck wear.
There are countless ways to tie your scarf. Try the simple once around, as demonstrated by Kirsten, Giselle, and Jessica above. This brings the attention up to your face without adding too much bulk around your neck. The long, lose ends also help create a strong vertical line in your outfit.
You can also try wrapping your scarf around your neck once or twice and knotting it in the front like Lindsay and Jennifer do so well.
When the nights are color and you can feel fall around the corner, try wrapping your scarf around your neck completely and tucking the lose ends inside for a faux turtleneck look. Or, folding your ethnic square scarf into a triangle and wearing it wrapped around your neck with the pointed end draped over your chest for added warmth and international style. The thing to remember is that when you have a long, summery scarf, they look best when they are a little messy. Don’t paralyze yourself with perfection. Just pull them out of your closet and start expirimenting.
In case you haven’t noticed, thigh high and over the knee boots are everywhere this fall. I don’t know about you, but as soon as I hear “thigh high boots,” I think stripper, hooker, and all together trashy leg wear. However, this fall, thigh high boots take on a new, almost sophisticated look and feel.
From skin tight thigh highs by Gucci and Rodarte (above) that act like leggings when paired with a mini dress…
…to the monochromatic over the knee boots from Gucci and Chloe (above) paired with the same colored opaque tights or pants to create a long, lean, line…
…to simple black over the knee boots worn with bare legs and soft, lose, girly dresses to avoid looking too sexy like these by Verrier and Isabel Marant. Over the knee and thigh high boots can actually be cute, fashionable, and alluring without being too blatantly sexy this fall. The key is to know whether you have great legs or not. Such attention grabbing leg wear are not for the calf and thigh challenged. If you carry your weight in your legs, take a pass on this trend. However, if you’ve got great gams, embrace the boot and show off those legs of yours.
Inspired by Shopbop.com stylists Bobbie Broske and Morgan Wendleborn’s own denim creations, Shopbop.com decided to have the duo create a custom denim line for the site. The 12 piece collection features light and dark wash jeans, ripped, studded, bleached, and thoroughly distressed denim with unique designs and embellishments like lace. The collection takes distressed denim to a new level and inspires shopbop.com users to get out their scissors and start experimenting with their own boring jeans. I don’t often suggest doing things yourself, but distressing your old denim is certainly something you can attempt on your own. It’s pretty hard to screw up when the idea is to purposely make them look used and abused.
