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Archive for the ‘What To Wear’ Category
Thursday, March 18th, 2010
It’s the third and final installment of our nautical-themed Style Challenge, so don’t forget to vote for your favourite outfit in the poll you’ll find at the end of this post! Look out for our grand final tomorrow, in which you can help choose the overall winner!
1. Fréderique’s outfit
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Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
Last week we challenged you to create a nautical style outfit using one of the many, many striped dresses/tops that can be found in the shops at around this time every year. Now it’s time to take a look at the results, so sit back, relax and enjoy Part 1 of our nautical-themed Style Challenge. Remember, you’ll find a poll at the end of the post, to allow you to vote for your favorite outfit!
1. Lauren’s Outfit:
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Our last Style Challenge was our toughest yet, so this time around we thought we’d go easy on you and just have some FUN. Nautical-style stripes tend to come around every Spring/Summer, so we’d hesitate to call them a “trend”, but there are a lot more of them in stores this year than usual, so this should hopefully be a really easy one: the challenge, however, will be in trying to come up with something different from everyone else!
The item we’ve chosen for this challenge is technically a dress, but we reckon it could easily pass as a top, too, so it should give you a bit of extra versatility. (You can buy it here.)
You’ll find the rules of the game under the jump: have fun!
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Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
Sara Bimmel writes…
We’re on the cusp of spring (FINALLY!), and that means leggings and tights will soon start to crop up everywhere. I know they’re fair-weather winter wear, too, but spring is the season when they’ll actually feel comfortable and won’t result in goosebumps all over your legs.
I often have trouble figuring out what to pair with leggings that will look classy instead of ’80s, so I put together this set to show my thoughts. You can see that there are a few common themes:
1) Prints with solids. Generally speaking, if your leggings have a lot going on, don’t pair them with a Hawaiian shirt, and vice versa. You can see that both the shoes and the leggings in outfit #3 are patterned, but they seem to go together naturally rather than clash.
2) Any shoes can work. By that, I mean it’s fine to pair flats, heels, or boots (see outfit #2) with leggings. If your shoes are flashy, see Theme 1 and keep the outfit simple.
3) Accessories should match the spirit of your outfit. What do I mean by that? Well, the black rose in outfit #3 is a little bit grunge, just like the rest of the outfit, and the layered gold necklace in outfit #4 reflects the layers of peacock feathers in the tights. The yellow balls in the necklace of outfit #1 add a pop of color and also mirror the rounded flowers in the dress.
4) Don’t limit yourself to dresses. I paired the leggings with dresses here because I think that can be a tricky combination, but they’d go just as well with skirts or long tunic tops.
This post was contributed by Sara Bimmel, who writes about Halloween costumes over at www.StarCostumes.com.
Friday, February 19th, 2010
We’ve finally reached the end of our latest Style Challenge, in which we asked you what you’d wear with a pair of Vivienne Westwood’s Rocking Horse shoes.
This was probably our toughest challenge yet, so first of all, our thanks to everyone who took part, and put together an outfit to wear with these! You’ll find the top three outfits, as voted by you, under the jump: do they inspire you to actually wear the shoes, though?
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Thursday, February 18th, 2010
It’s the third and final part of our Vivienne Westwood Style Challenge, which means that the outfit with the most votes from today’s batch will be the final one to go through to the grand final tomorrow. Take a look under the jump to see the rest of the outfits, and don’t forget to place your vote in the poll you’ll find at the end!
1. Bella_Scarlett’s outfit
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Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
It’s time for Part 2 of our Rocking Horse Shoes challenge, so without further ado, let’s take a look at the next batch of entries! Remember, there’s a poll at the bottom of the post, to allow you to vote for your favourite!
1. Lauren M’s outfit
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Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
Well, judging by the comments on our latest Style Challenge, Vivienne Westwood’s Rocking Horse shoes are definitely one of the tricker items we’ve given you to style! We were pleased to see so many of you accepting the challenge, though, and we think you did pretty well!
Read on to see the first selection of entries, and remember to vote for you favourite in the poll you’ll find at the bottom of the post!
1. Julia’s Outfit
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Friday, February 12th, 2010
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s one of Vivienne Westwood’s Rocking Horse shoes, and it’s the subject of our latest Style Challenge, in which we want you to use Polyvore to build an outfit around these shoes. Sounds simple enough, no? Oh. No, you’re right, it doesn’t sound simple, but of course, that’s the whole point!
This Style Challenge was the suggestion of Rock Hyrax and, like her, we’re really curious to see what you’ll make of these shoes (which, by the way, you can buy at My-Wardrobe, if you so desire).
You’ll find the rules under the jump: please take a moment to have a quick look over them before creating your outfit!
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Friday, February 5th, 2010
Thanks to everyone who took part in our last Style Challenge, in which we asked what you’d wear for a Valentine’s Day date. There were some amazing entries this week, and we’ve thouroughly enjoyed looking at them all (and wishing we owned most of them!).
You’ll find the three outfits which polled the largest percentage of the vote under the jump. Well done to the three winners, and don’t forget to vote for your overall favourite!
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