How to follow latest fashion without spending a lot

delphie rex

Anybody got any tips on looking/dressing fashionable for special occasions without spending a lot of money?

Living on a very tight budget, say $100.

Piste

One Word: Pennys

iguana

ebay

idontknowmyname

yeah Penneys are great. Also keep an eye out in the likes of A-Wear and Oasis for the end of sale items that are reduced to a fiver. I've gotten some great stuff in there. Got a really nice top for 1 euro in A-Wear the other week.

meanpeoplesuck

Not to take over the thread, but how do you guys know whats in fashion without spending loads on magazine subscriptions? Do you just watch what everyone else is wearing or what?

Zillah

meanpeoplesuck wrote:

Not to take over the thread, but how do you guys know whats in fashion without spending loads on magazine subscriptions? Do you just watch what everyone else is wearing or what?

Hehehe...

Wez

meanpeoplesuck wrote:

Not to take over the thread, but how do you guys know whats in fashion without spending loads on magazine subscriptions? Do you just watch what everyone else is wearing or what?

That's pretty much exactly what I do.. I just see what I like and pretty much try copy it. I think accessories are the key, they can make big difference to an outfit.

AnonoBoy

I set fashions.

The skinny jeans look - AnonoBoy started that and has moved past.

If you want to know what's going to be fashionable in 6 months time then just watch me strutting down The Strip on a weekend evening.

[edit] But seriously - wear what you like and what *you* think makes you look good. Following fashion blindly is why so many girls and guys walk around looking like eejits. They're wearing things because they're fashionable not because they suit them.

delphie rex

iguana wrote:

ebay

yes ebay is good. I have got a few branded clothes and accessories for bargain prices from ebay but you have to settle for second-hand or third hand goods though.

Another big problem is that it can get pretty stressful when the goods delivered aren't what you have expected.

delphie rex

idontknowmyname wrote:

yeah Penneys are great. Also keep an eye out in the likes of A-Wear and Oasis for the end of sale items that are reduced to a fiver. I've gotten some great stuff in there. Got a really nice top for 1 euro in A-Wear the other week.

sounds great. may just check out some of their stuff soon.

delphie rex

Wez wrote:

That's pretty much exactly what I do.. I just see what I like and pretty much try copy it. I think accessories are the key, they can make big difference to an outfit.

Copying wholesale from fashion mags can get so very expensive at times. Any recommedations of cheap accessories to go with an evening dress?

Wez

delphie rex wrote:

Copying wholesale from fashion mags can get so very expensive at times. Any recommedations of cheap accessories to go with an evening dress?

Well, I'm a guy, so I'm not exactly sure of what advice to give for a girl..

I normally pick the accessories depending on the colour and then depending on the colour combinations (contrasting/harmonic) decide what they'd go as (formal/casual)

To figure out what colours go with which, I use the colour wheel (I've left a good, basic example at the bottom of this post). I tend to just use a primary colour with a secondary, they're always pleasing on the eye. The way it works is to choose colours opposite each other e.g. red + green

The key is to use 2, maximum 3 colours in an outfit. Any more can look ununified and strange. The third colour tend to be white or black, depending on the theme.

Bateman

Wez wrote:

Well, I'm a guy, so I'm not exactly sure of what advice to give for a girl..

I normally pick the accessories depending on the colour and then depending on the colour combinations (contrasting/harmonic) decide what they'd go as (formal/casual)

To figure out what colours go with which, I use the colour wheel (I've left a good, basic example at the bottom of this post). I tend to just use a primary colour with a secondary, they're always pleasing on the eye.

The key is to use 2, maximum 3 colours in an outfit. Any more can look ununified and strange. The third colour tend to be white or black, depending on the theme.

Holy shít, if I wore any two of those colours I'd look like something off Sesame Street! Am I the only one that likes black, grey, navy, beige, brown, and maybe the odd bit of red or blue? I think I can safely say I have no yellow or purple clothes anyway?

Wez

Haha, well that's kinda a small section of use of colours.. Tones and saturations are another category, black + grey/navy + baby blue etc.

Bateman

Wez wrote:

black + grey/navy + baby blue etc.

Now you're talking.