InstagramYou guys, fashion is hard. Or, wait, is it fashun? Fashyan? Help!
Luckily, New York Fashion Week is just wrapping up, and the most stylish people in the world have come out of hiding (juice bars) to teach us all a lesson in dressing. Everyone from magazine editors to runway models to fashun (we'll get it figured out sooner or later) bloggers have been hitting the streets of NYC and showing off their most fabulous wares.
It takes a lot to be a street style star. You have to be creative, risk-taking, unnaturally skinny blessed with a good metabolism, and willing to look embarrassment right in the eye and laugh. Oh, and money. You need lots of that.
But, you also don't need to be any of those things! This is a democratic society, and there's always a way for the common folk (that's us!) to get ahead. With just a few nips and tucks to your current wardrobe, you too can be just like a street style star. And, who better to teach you than the queens of the blog lens themselves?
Below are eight tips that will have you dressing like a Fashion Week attendee in no time. Be prepared to get fabulous.
1. Always dress inappropriately for the weather. Blizzard conditions? Bare legs and open-toed shoes it is!
2. Repurpose household items as clothing. Lampshades or throw blankets will always do the trick.
3. Skinny jeans are so out. But, no need to go shopping—simply dig out a (very) old pair. The more ill-fitting the better.
4. Fur. Preferably skinned straight from the largest mythical creature you can find.
5. Your outfits should have a theme, like Snuffleupagus Goes to the Wild West.
6. Build your outfit around a statement piece. Preferably a statement piece that you will literally never, ever wear again.
7. The word "clashing" should not be in your vocabulary.
8. A lady never leaves the house without a purse, but in this case the purse should be so small as to not actually fit any belongings.