How To Use Jewellery and Other Accessories To Brighten Up Your Outfits
In these serious times of the global credit crunch and the giant carbon footprint it's a great idea to recycle some of our older outfits and revamp them with some new accessories to bring them straight up to date without breaking the bank or creating a whole heap of waste. Here are some tips on how this can easily be done.
Layering
- One plain cotton top on it's own can look pretty boring, but wearing a white top underneath a black or red top, which accentuates the white at the neck and cuffs can look really cute. Choose your own colour combinations to suit you.
- Wearing a lacy vest top under a partially undone blouse looks a little cheeky and very pretty.
- Dress like you're in the USA, with a white or plain long-sleeved t-shirt underneath a short sleeved coloured one.
Designer ... Or Handmade By You
- If you've got any jeans which have no designer brand - make them into your own designer jeans, by adding a motif to the back pocket, sewing sequins along the tops of the pockets or distress them by cutting appropriate holes and rubbing them with a pumice stone or sandpaper. Pop them in the washing machine after and this will help to fray your handiwork even more.
- If you really want to save some money and get your own style - try knitting yourself a funky woolly hat and scarf - there are free patterns all over the internet - try www.knitty.com for some cool ideas.
Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend
- Yup, diamonds really are, but they also cost heaps of money and only jewellers can tell the difference between a cubic zirconia and a genuine diamond, and to accessorise an outfit there are so many colourful alternatives.
- A chunky, colourful pendant or necklace can instantly add style to a plain outfit and for a great casual look they can be hung on coloured, silk cords which look up-to-the-minute and totally stylish.
Do you have some money saving tips you've tried lately to fashion-up your wardrobe?