On the streets is the ultimate place to display your style
and personality, but unfortunately street fashion happens to be the most
difficult thing to get right. Think
about it. You know what office attire is. You basically know what to wear to a special
event such as a wedding, your parents’ 40th wedding anniversary
party or prom. You definitely know what to
wear to go to the gym, the beach or to go skiing. In each of these situations, there are
clothing guidelines and parameters. For example, you would not wear your
workout clothes to a wedding or your swimsuit to the prom right? If so, high school dances have changed a lot
since I went to school. If you go out
with your friends for drinks tonight at the new martini bar, you know you need
to wear something maybe a little tight, a little revealing, maybe it’s your
go-to little black dress or maybe it’s in a more eye-popping color, and very
high heels. But what do you wear when
you’re just out and about the town? The
parameters are definitely less constricting and the possible outfit choices are
endless, which is why street style intrigues me so. But make no mistake- there are limits,
nonetheless. Let’s take a stroll
together and check out the fashion fabs and faux pas of the past month.
Fashion Faux Pas
I don’t even know your name, call me psychic, but something
tells me you’re a Simpsons fan. The
outfit would have been passable if there was only one headshot of Bart, but all
over the skirt and top is just plain ridiculous. Better yet, let’s leave the cartoon
characters for your PJ’s, preferably if you live alone. And if you are bringing someone over, hide
your sleepwear along with your other Simpson’s paraphernalia because you will
just freak him out. Last piece of
advice: Do not mix yellow pieces with
red unless your name is Ronald McDonald.
Fashion
Fab
I
love the mix of casual and elegance in this ensemble. You have a casual shirt with a classy,
intricately patterned skirt, sweet-looking pumps and purse with a delicate
chain that hangs off the shoulder.
Adding to the cute casual vibe, you have a black kitty phone case. The disheveled hair and oversized sunglasses
show people that you just threw this outfit together at the last minute, but
your well manicured red nails say, I am very polished! Bravo.
Felony Faux Pas
Where do I begin? It
looks like you, sir, want to get noticed.
I’m thinking that it is a really cold day, but that is no excuse for
offensive fashion. Seriously, if the
fashion police got a hold of you, you would definitely get twenty-five to
life. Stick with a palette of two to
three colors with only one eye-popping color and lose the fez. The only thing I’m okay with is your shoes,
and even those don’t exactly thrill me.
Fashion Fab
This man is definitely in the fashion forefront of street
style with an outfit that screams bad boy from top to bottom. It is refreshing to see that a man does not
need to wear a suit and tie to have style.
The power in this outfit lies in the harshness of his multitude of accessories,
which include several chains around his neck and one dangling from his waist, a
scorpion belt, silver spiked bracers and pitch black, edgy goggles that amps
the mystery of this modern urban warrior.
All these accessories adorn an all black outfit and sturdy combat
boots. His sleeveless black hoody with
the silver zipper pulls the ensemble together nicely. When asked, he identified himself as Stryker
from the music group Millennium. Figures.
Faux Pas
I admire your um, creativity. Speaking honestly, your outfit is a cross
between Japanese sixth grader and Beetlejuice.
Please stop flashing the peace sign at me because your get-up just
screams crazy and the peace sign is only helping that image. You can pick one item from your outfit, but
only one, such as your skirt, top or coat.
Then go home and rebuild your outfit from that, using complimentary
color tones. Now run along before anyone
else sees you.
Fashion
Fab
This
is an example of how you can still have style even on a chilly day. The dark chocolate leather jacket and dark,
not-too-skinny jeans display functionality in keeping one’s self warm. But to keep this from looking like a 1980’s
Jordache ad is the fact that his rolled up jeans peek just above his slightly
worn-looking brown leather shoes and his matching leather belt is casually
untucked at the end. Strangely, the full
red scarf that he has perfectly tied around his neck and tucked into his jacket
is not de-masculating in any way. It is
actually a refreshing break from his attire, which is entirely made of leather
and jeans. And the final piece is a tan
colored leather pack that states that he does not care to be too matchy-matchy
with his ensemble.
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