Best Fashion In Thrift Stores

Best Fashion Buys in Thrift Stores

by: becomegorgeous.com

Fashion trends of the past are often reinvented by great designers in order to either pay tribute to style history or to add an upgraded and more polished tint to moth-eaten still must have pieces. The best fashion buys in thrift stores would help you find some of the treasures of the earlier years that can be fabulously embedded in your modern look. Plan your creative outfits beforehand and make sure you have the magic list before heading to the stores. Keep the following tips in mind when doing your stylish tour in the most voguish thrift stores of the city. 

The first step towards turning into a real fashionista is indeed to skim through your cute wardrobe and spot some of the must have items. In case you might not have them in your collection or the ones you do are outdated why not refresh your outfit piece parade with additional details. However often you might not have enough money to raid the stores for brand new and spotless style items. Instead why not shop at a groovy thrift store that would definitely have all what it takes to make you happy at the end of the day. These places offer a huge array of clothing pieces as well as accessories and are also some of the favorite meeting spots of celebrity style icons as Chloe Sevigny, Agyness Deyn or Rachel Bilson. Ready for a tour in the realm of classy and creative fashion must haves? Then look through this short overview of the best fashion buys in thrift stores.

Flannel Shirts

Lumberjack style flannel shirts made their way up to the runway and enjoyed a prominent position in the collections of great designers as Marc Jacobs. You'll more than probably find these evergreen fashion essentials on the shelves of thrift stores as in the past these were embedded in various country style inspired and even Grunge-look style outfits. In order to be able to match these with your favorite shorts or miniskirts as well as skinny make sure you take more of them home in various lengths, sleeve designs as well as colors.

Choose the ones that would suit the color composition of your wardrobe and can be easily pierced into a dapper outfit. Opt for the larger checks if you long for volume especially on your upper body. Others who would like to steal a few inches from the tummy and waist area should instead rely on the effect of smaller prints as these would create a slimming effect. You'll find all these in your favorite thrift store just around the corner

Blazers

There's nothing to add more to the plea held by fashion gurus in order to highlight the importance of this cover-up. Similar must have jacket styles would offer you the chance to master the transitions from various seasons. Moreover boyfriend, double-breasted as well as tuxedo style blazers all would make you feel super-stylish and confident.

These style items suit all body shapes all you have to look out for is the length. Choose the ones that would cover flaws and expose your best assets. Additionally make sure you take a glimpse at the infinite selection of blazers of all tailoring styles as well as colors. Neutral and classy shades as well as printed designs would look just as stunning when embedded in your fashionista wardrobe.

High-waisted Shorts and Skirts

The retro-chic-inspired high-waisted shorts and skirts are some of the signature style pieces of the paste decades. This year you'll find it very inspiring to wobble between the extremes of the super-tight and hot shorts and miniskirts trend, as well as the more breezy and bulky high-waisted pants and silky skirts.

These all would take you to a different fashion era in time, from the suburb Housewives style of the '50s to the more edgy tendencies of the '80s Disco fashion. All these times can be best revived with the help of these wardrobe stapled therefore let your creativity and imagination lead you when looking for the best designs.

Belts

Thrift stores pride themselves with the large selection of accessories they offer from different styles and ages. These are often of leather, plastic, suede or fabrics. All you have to do is make your must have list of belts styles that could add a mod tint to your outfits prepared for the various events. Considering your budget it is good to have at least one from every designs for emergency cases.

Bags

Bags are also just as enchanting when spotting a designer accessory in a cool thrift store that was somehow forgotten in this treasure chest. However you can also find various designs that would complement your looks depending on your clothing style. Hobo bags as well as cute clutches, totes and satchels are also available in a huge variety.

Hats

A real trend-trotter makes sure that she covers the complete field of accessories. You never know when would a hat be the perfect detail you'll need to crown your outfit. Therefore girlie and boyfriend style hats are waiting for you to take them home and wear them with confidence. Play up your unique style sense and pull off some of the most stylish style combos for your next outing.

Scarves

These romantic accessories are also uber-versatile therefore these can be matched with various summer breezy, autumn Boho chic and other types of outfits. Use them creatively and decorate your bags with them, you can also sport them as headbands and even on your wrist. Find chic methods to have them in your signature looks.Choose from the endless prints and designs for a fashionable makeover.

2013 FASHION FORECAST

SPRING-SUMMER 2013

The look of the garment for the season spring/summer 2013 must be very fashionable excellence, wild nature and ferocious elegant, luxuriant, hot and sticky, humid style, natural concept fill the atmosphere, challenge to dream in the backdrop of delicate fantasy, plentiful and continuous possibilities.

And the main valuable attraction – colors expected are: the primary element of colors and relaxing in the region of brightness. The primary colors are red, Yellow and Blue, bright tones from these colors will be used for spring / summer 2013 season. (http://style2designer.com)

So this year will be filled with vibrant colors and cool and refreshing look from our fashionista's. But be careful with vibrant colors because it is sometimes distracting to the eyes. Wear it in accordance to what event not just by the purpose of wearing it for fashion.

This is only a forecast you could still wear those dress that you like. It is how you bring yourself and the dress. Be always confident baby!

HAPPY NEW YEAR OBRANISTA's

Be YOU. Make it your OBRA,

ACCESSORIZE YOURSELF

 

Fashion Accessories 

Everybody wants to look good, feel good and fashionable. Fashion Accessories are one of the most important thing you should have so that you would look either glamorous or sophisticated.

In choosing your accessories, always match them with your dress or clothes because it may destroy your look if you don't do such, always choose what accessories really fits you and you're comfortable with and always choose accessories that is in for your budget.

Fashion Accessories are made to make you look good and feel even better but you should wear them fashionably and with poise. Remember only wear things that you're comfortable with.

Be YOU. Make it your OBRA.

WHEN SHOPPING OUT FOR A TEE

OH TEE! When out shopping for a t-shirt or top, we first look after colors and styles we like. However, sometimes we forget about other details like the neckline that should flatter our face shape and also our body type.  Different necklines suit and flatter different face and body shapes.  Here are 4 common neckline types - find out what suits you best.

The crewneck is a high and rounded neckline, best for women with a long neck and oval or inverted triangle face shapes. Ladies with a double-chin should avoid these as these can only accentuate and draw attention to the problem area.  The V-neck is one of the most popular type of neckline. A deep V-neck lengthens the neck. Suit women with round or square face shapes. People with wide shoulders should opt for a deeper V-neck while those with narrow ones a higher neckline

Turtleneck has a lengthened collar that's perfect for women with a short torso as it lengthens. Concerning the face it is best for people with long necks and oblong faces. Boatneck (or Bateau neckline), a horizontal line that goes from shoulder to shoulder, a real advantage to women with a small bust, narrow shoulders as the boatneck has a widening effect.  People with thin and long necks can also benefit of this neckline.

What SHOES is for you?

WHAT SHOES IS FOR YOU?

If you have just been fitted with orthotics or have been having some pain or discomfort in your your feet or legs you should keep the following in mind when shopping for new shoes. Take your orthotics with you when you go shopping.

Dress/everyday shoes

It is essential to have a stable shoe as the foundation for your feet.  The more stable the shoe the better the orthotics will work as it has a solid base to reinforce it. Look for one one that holds onto your foot properly, has a lace up or strap across and is torsionally stiff. The heel should be as wide as your own and preferably it should have has a removable innersole so your orthotics will fit without altering the fit and comfort of the shoe.

Check out these great examples by Zierra and Merrell.

Check out Formthotics orthotics for your dress shoes.

Best shoes for walking

You can use a running shoe for walking but not vice versa, so if you are just walking buy a specific walking shoe, if you plan to progress to running think about purchasing a running shoe.  A walking shoe should be torsionally stiff as well as stiff right through the shank (the shank runs between the heel and the outsole, and sits under the arch of the foot). It should be hard to bend the front of the shoe up – this provides support and good propulsion for walking. The shoe should hold onto your foot well and be the correct size for you.

This is a good example Asics Gel Arata.

Check out Formthotics orthotics for walking shoes.

Best trail running shoes / trail walking shoes

It is important to have a trail specific shoe for this kind of running. These have more grip on the bottom for better traction and generally are made of more durable fabrics. Often trail shoes are higher around the ankle, this minimises the risk of rolling your ankle due to uneven surfaces.

A good example of this is the Asics Trabucoor the Merrell Chameleon Arc 2.

Check out Formthotics orthotics for running or walking.

Best shoes for a bit of everything 

(i.e. gym, running and walking)

If you are doing a bit of everything it is best to go for a cross trainer. Generally good cross trainers will do everything to 80%. If your exercise is more outdoor or court based you can also get running or court cross trainers. Cross trainers are usually reinforced around the side of the foot to support  twisting and turning movements, like in court sports or in a the gym class. This also increases the longevity of the shoe. A great example of a good cross trainer are theAsics Gel 710 series.

When it comes to sports shoes, being fitted by a professional is the key to establishing the right fit and control for you. In New Zealand store’s such as the The Front Runner, Shoe Clinic and Smiths Sport Shoes provide this service. In Australia tryThe Athletes Foot.

SMIZER and TOOCHER

SMIZE and TOOCH

Capture there, Capture here and Capture Everywhere.

All of us teens are fun of getting pictures of ourselves and post it on our facebook as most of us did.

You should know where to angle your body and your face so that you could produce a good photo and be hailed as the "BEST PHOTO OF THE DAY".

You should know how to SMIZE (smile with your eyes), to emphasize your face and your emotion. 

And you should know how to TOOCH (raise your booties), to emphasize your body structure and your legs.

This acts will give you extra "AHH!!"

Smizing and Tooching are fierciest acts in posing in front of the camera and let your viewers drop their jaws because of your fierceness.

Remember beautiful faces it's not a requirement to release some good photos but it is how you SMIZE and TOOCH.

Be FIERCE BABY!

HIGH FASHION AT IT'S BEST

                                             

HIGH FASHION

The term "high fashion" is typically used as a way of describing fashions that are trend-setting, unique, and exclusive. While mass market clothing is, er, mass-produced and easily accessed (and typically made with cheaper materials), high fashion products are defined in part by their quality materials and high cost. So in other words, when you see five people at the mall wearing the same taupe pea coat as you (isn’t that the worst?), it was probably made very quickly in a factory, and thus, doesn’t fall under the high fashion umbrella. On the other hand, if you get a custom wedding dress made by Vera Wang, or fill your closet with vintage finds, or spend (too much) money at small, one-of-a-kind boutiques, those things would generally be considered high fashion.

There is an increased interest, however, in blurring these lines. Every day it seems another well-known designer is getting a line at Target, and each is selling the same idea: This pink feathered skirt is exclusive to you, even though there are fifteen more on the rack.

Here’s where the plot thickens! On ANTM Tyra Banks says “high fashion” doesn’t have to refer what the model is wearing. While your instinct might be to smile and stand up straight for a photo, Tyra’s mission is to show these models that kicking one leg in the air while looking forlorn can be far more eye-catching (well, duh) and editorial. In the same way, if she uses the word “commercial” dismissively, she’s calling out something that’s safe or familiar. Sometimes in this big ol’ fashion world, low and high are just synonyms for easy and difficult.

We’d also argue that high fashion often has much more to do with environment than expense or quality. We once saw a 60-something woman in the street sporting pink hair, an exposed turquoise bra, black combat boots, and a full wedding dress.  While a captivating sight in front of the Duane Reade, most passersby looked at her outfit like it was less a conscious choice and more the result of missing meds. But given the right setting — a  couture bridal magazine, an art gallery cocktail party, a Bryant Park tent in the fall — this  woman would be considered a renegade, pushing fashion in the only direction it goes — forward — and winning admiring stares as she posed for photos with her retired astronaut husband-to-be (dressed in a full astronaut suit, natch).

HIGH FASHION vs. STREET FASHION

One of the main trends that we have been witnessing in recent years is the steady move of high fashion brands into the streetwear market. Entire brand relaunches have been based on it, with Givenchy maybe being the most prominent one. When talking about streetwear, we do not mean denim or leather jackets, we mean bold graphic t-shirts and attention seeking sneakers. When a few years ago high fashion was exclusively known for premium materials and proper cuts, today things look a little different. Their graphics have become very interesting and their expertise in fabrics and special treatments is obviously also adding to the appeal  of their products. Givenchy, Christopher Kane, Paul Smith, Marc Jacobs producing all over print tees is nothing new anymore. Margiela and Louboutin making solid sneakers that might actually get more eye balls than the latest Nike Dunk is also routine at this point. Has the consumer changed, has streetwear not been able to defend its own territory or what else could have caused this change?

One thing is for sure, after we have seen extremely bold moves in streetwear from brands like The Hundreds, 10.Deep, A Bathing Ape and others in the 2005-2007 period, with the crash of the global economy, everybody focussed again on more timeless and quality garments. Maybe this recent trend is the follow-up to the extreme simplicity that we have witnessed in recent years.

Here below we have worked on 10 reasons that we believe make High Fashion beat streetwear at its own game at the moment.

1. Credibility – Because of their expertise and history in the high fashion industry anything that the High Fashion labels create can only be the best.
2. Quality – The High Fashion brands have a greater range of possibilities to work with the highest quality fabrics and the best manufacturing facilities.
3. Designers – Pulling great designers from everywhere with promising career possibilities for most reasonable payment the High Fashion brands have the best sources of fresh, skilled, best educated designers.
4. Innovations – Working with newest developements also in the scientific area High Fashion brands can afford to research and use new inventions to optimize fabrics and give their collection items new aspects.
5. Collaborations – Because everybody wants to work with the top designers, there are never ending options of collaborations with brands, labels and artists always creating new special editions.
6. Independence – Not having to rely on retailers because the High Fashion brands mostly have their own stores to sell the products they are independent to take their freedoms.
7. Difference – Sneakers have become so common and widely accepted in society that they are worn by the masses. Unique in this environment is who differentiates himself by wearing a sneaker that is not mass produced.
8. Communication – Having the resources to commission huge campaigns to advertise with testimonials that draw highest attention and have real credibility.
9. Exclusivity through availability – The demand for High Fashion is higher than the availability. Often the brands release less quantity that is exclusively to purchase in their own flagship stores.
10. Exclusivity through pricing – The high prices for those High Fashion brands are often higher than the usual customer can and regularly afford which creates an even higher desire for those items.

LIVING CREATIONS

LIVING CREATIONS

This creations represents the creative and colorful life I have. I made this creations to express who I am and what I can do. Making this creations acquire you to have a wide patience, vast creativeness and unique concept that would come up into a nice product. Though making this was a tiring one but along the way you wouldn't mind how tire you are because you'll be enjoying what you're doing.

Fashion doesn't mean you should wear those expensive jeans and dresses but it is how you bring your self and wearing it with much poise. Remember you should know what you are wearing because you may look FAB or FLAP.

Each of us was given a talent but it is how we improve it and make it a part of your life that would distinguish your uniqueness.

be YOU. make it your OBRA.

Principles of Design

The Principles are concepts used to organize or arrange the structural elements of design. Again, the way in which these principles are applied affects the expressive content, or the message of the work.The principles are:

Balance 

Proportion 

Rhythm 

Emphasis 

Unity 

Balance

Balance is the concept of visual equilibrium, and relates to our physical sense of balance. It is a reconciliation of opposing forces in a composition that results in visual stability. Most successful compositions achieve balance in one of two ways: symmetrically or asymmetrically. Balance in a three dimensional object is easy to understand; if balance isn't achieved, the object tips over. To understand balance in a two dimensional composition, we must use our imaginations to carry this three dimensional analogy forward to the flat surface.


Symmetrical balance can be described as having equal "weight" on equal sides of a centrally placed fulcrum. It may also be referred to as formal balance. When the elements are arranged equally on either side of a central axis, the result is Bilateral symmetry. This axis may be horizontal or vertical. It is also possible to build formal balance by arranging elements equally around a central point , resulting in radial symmetry.



There is a variant of symmetrical balance called approximate symmetry in which equivalent but not identical forms are arranged around the fulcrum line.



Asymmetrical balance, also called informal balance, is more complex and difficult to envisage. It involves placement of objects in a way that will allow objects of varying visual weight to balance one another around a fulcrum point. This can be best imagined by envisioning a literal balance scale that can represent the visual "weights" that can be imagined in a two dimensional composition. For example, it is possible to balance a heavy weight with a cluster of lighter weights on equal sides of a fulcrum; in a picture, this might be a cluster of small objects balanced by a large object. It is also possible to imagine objects of equal weight but different mass (such as a large mass of feathers versus a small mass of stones) on equal sides of a fulcrum. Unequal weights can even be balanced by shifting the fulcrum point on our imaginary scale.
Whether the solution is simple or complex, some form of balance can be identified in most successful compositions. For a further discussion of balance in design see these sites:
Symmetrical balance 
Asymmetrical balance

Proportion

Proportion refers to the relative size and scale of the various elements in a design. The issue is the relationship between objects, or parts, of a whole. This means that it is necessary to discuss proportion in terms of the context or standard used to determine proportions.


Our most universal standard of measurement is the human body; that is, our experience of living in our own bodies. We judge the appropriateness of size of objects by that measure. For example, a sofa in the form of a hand is startling because of the distortion of expected proportion, and becomes the center of attention in the room. Architectural spaces intended to impress are usually scaled to a size that dwarfs the human viewer. This is a device often used in public spaces, such as churches or centers of government. The same principle is often applied to corporate spaces through which the enterprise wishes to impress customers with its power and invincibility.

In contrast, the proportions of a private home are usually more in scale with human measure, and as a result it appears more friendly, comfortable, less intimidating.



Use of appropriate scale in surface design is also important. For example, an overly large textile design can overwhelm the form of a garment or a piece of furniture.









A surprising aspect of proportion is the way ideal proportions can vary for the human body itself. Styles change in bodies as they do in clothing. Prior to the 16th century, for example, the female body ideally had large hips and belly. Only later was a small waistline stressed.







In the 17th century and many other periods, the ideal body was much heavier than we would accept today.





Of course, in the last 35 years the ideal personified by the fashion model has fostered a standard which idealizes exceptionally slender body proportions for women. In this century, sports have provided models for ideal male body proportions. Beginning with the rise of televised football in the 1960's, and the subsequent fitness boom, an increasingly exaggerated muscular silhouette, corresponding to that of the uniformed and padded football player, was presented as the ultimate male form. Only in this period could Arnold Schwartzenegger have represented the heroic ideal body image. This trend reached its most extreme form in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Since that time the emergence of basketball as the predominant American sport has led to a more naturally proportioned fit body ideal for men.


In addition, artists frequently take liberties with the natural proportions of the human body to achieve their expressive goals. A well known classic example is Michaelangelo's David, in which distortions of proportion are used by the artist to depict both the youthfulness of the boy David, together with the power of the hero about to conquer the giant Goliath. The surrealist painter Magritte often used distortions of proportions to create striking effects.