3 Simple Tricks to Dress Modern Vintage Chic
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Modern vintage is a fashion style that allows you to blend vintage wardrobe pieces with contemporary clothing items. You can mix and match bold prints, collared shirts, and high waist skirts and bottoms, and use lace and ruffles textures to achieve a super feminine and chic modern vintage look.
If you are just starting out and you don’t really know where to begin, then the best place to look in your own closet to assess what you already own. The trick is to look for high waist jeans, plain pencil skirts, cardigans, shawls, scarfs with polka dot and leopard patterns, button-ups blouses, and spaghetti strapped tops that have a contemporary feel to them, and mix with other items that have a vintage appeal.
Still not sure how to pull off this style?
Fear not, fashion gal! Let us show you how to let your fabulous self shine with our modern vintage chic styling guide!
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FASHION TRICK NUMBER 1
If you want to compose a more professional office look, take a plain pencil skirt a pair plain top, and a polka dot or a leopard print scarf to create a statement office look. You can add some accessories like oversized sunglasses and a small clutch to the look.
The key to this look is to find accessories that complement each other. Depending on the colors and the way you style your items, the red skirt will definitely be the more prevalent piece in your look. Feel free to play with other colors and develop the rest of the look around our gorgeous and elegant high waist skirt!
FASHION TRICK NUMBER 2
One thing is important when creating a modern vintage chic look is to never, ever mix patterns. For example, if you choose a leopard print scarf, you might want to accessorize it with solid color shoes and a solid color wallet or pick one item that has the same pattern of the leopard print scarf.
FASHION TRICK NUMBER 3
If you look in the mirror and both items in your look are fighting for attention, pick the one you like the best, and go with a solid color for the other. If you are not sure, you can never go wrong when you choose black as a solid color for your accessories.
Just remember: Do what makes you feel good about yourself, what makes you happy, and feel even more fabulous!