Fab Girl Style

I am in stage crew for my school musical, and we have to wear black. All black. I was soooooo disappointed when I heard that because I thought that it meant I couldn’t have any personal style. But then I looked in my jewelry box and closet and realized I had tons to wear! Wear a tank with sequins over a cardi with  a belt and black leggings, skinny jeans, or a short to knee-length skirt. Finish with a statement necklace like my beaded coil necklace from Claire’s.

In 4 days the Season 10 finale premiers! This season has been a roller coaster of  drama, (Hello, Elena and Dmitry!) emotions, and fabulous fashion. Here’s what I think of each designer and their strengths and weaknesses, plus my views on some of the crazier challenges and eliminations.

• Melissa will have a really hard time in the finale making a collection. Even though she has shown more range in the last couple challenges, I still don’t think she feels totally comfortable doing color. But if she can use colors and prints and still work with her aesthetic, then she might be able to make it happen.
• I think the final two will be Christopher and Dmitry. The idea behind Christopher’s dress in the Rockettes challenge was genius, but the skirt had no movement and the fabric behind the skyline should have been navy blue or black. There’s no way you could have known that was the NYC skyline from afar! But the judges loved it, and it won. I really loved his outfit for the baby challenge, though, and the judges agreed.
• I love Dmitry! Now that he’s stopped making those dresses, I think he’ll be the winner. Dmitry’s Rockettes dress was amazing and completely original. I still think it should have won. I originally thought it would come down to him and Ven, but Ven got eliminated right before Fashion Week.
• My favorite challenge was the the L’Oreal Paris makeup challenge.  I loved seeing  the different designers work in their own design philosophies with the muses they were given.
• I really think it’s ironic that during the avant-garde challenge, they make these ready-to-wear dresses, and when they are doing an actual  challenge they make looks nobody would ever wear.
• Ven has been (and to be honest still is), my favorite designer of the season but I totally lost every ounce of respect I had for him as a person in the make-over-my-friend challenge. He said his client had “no shape” and totally trashed her. And the worst part is, when the friend stood up for the poor girl, Ven justified every word of it! That might have been elaborated a little by the Project Runway producers, but still!
• I can’t believe Andrea and Kooan  just walked away from this amazing  opportunity that they had! They could have had their big break on this show, and now they’re infamous for leaving something a million designers would have killed for.
• Oh. My Gosh. Elena had such a stereotypical fashion personality! It’s like she hated everything. And she always had the worst things to say. If you don’t like something, the polite thing to say is, “I’m not crazy about it” or”I don’t love it”. Not the trash that she always said!  But then her mom came on to see her, and it was like a light switch. She wasn’t mean to anyone throughout the whole show. Maybe she was just homesick or stressed. I can’t blame her!

Needless to say, Project Runway Season 10 was one of the craziest yet! 

You know those super clearance treasure trove racks at Kohl’s?  Well, my latest find is some $7.20 dark wash flare jeans. They make your legs look miles long and make your booty look amazing. Snap them up while they last. They have limited sizes and lengths. Tip: They run small. Buy one size larger than you usually do for the most flattering look. Also, with flats, a 5’5 figure can pull off a petite style.

1. A dated neutral plaid dress with cap sleeves that you bought when you were younger: As long as it is fitted and knee-length, pair it with a studded bracelet and combat boots for a funky look.
2. A Bordeaux lip gloss in the summer or spring: Put a pastel pink lip gloss under it for a beautiful rose color that looks great year round.
3. A blush that you either broke or is too bright for your skin tone: Mix it with Vaseline to make a sheer lip gloss.
4. A matte lip stain that you don’t use anymore because it dries out your lips: Add a tinted lip balm to moisten your lips and create a custom shade.

Rihanna’s dress for her interview with Oprah was so refreshing! It looks EXACTLY  like a can of Arizona tea.Really funny.

I wonder if that was intentional!

Sometimes skinny jeans look impossible to wear if you’re not a supermodel. But they look good on more shapes than you would think.They highlight the length of tall girls legs and lengthen petite girls legs. They accentuate and also create curves. The only shape I would not recommend the curve hugging jeans to are girls with bigger thighs, because they cling to the legs so tightly. 

Fairies, ponies, and rainbows, were what you wore on sweatshirts when you were little. But, you can modernize it by pairing a little girls tee with My Little Pony, rainbows, or anything else little kiddie with combat boots and adding a studded belt. Mess up your hair with some gel and a flat iron. Put on a dark vampy lip stain and wear a destroyed denim skirt, micro miniskirt (with tights) or distressed skinny jeans. If the neck is too high for you, hold your top where you want the neckline to be, and put a pin or brooch to make the top less frumpy. FYI, if nothing from the girls section fits you, go to Walmart and grab and adult pajama tee.

Mixing prints doesn’t need to be left to celebrities. You can mix two, and only two patterns at once. any more and you’ll look like Anna Sui picked the craziest pieces in her collection and put them on you.  Try to choose prints with some of the same colors in them, and if you’re petite make sure the pieces are fitted. Wear anything big and loose and your shape will be swallowed up by all the craziness.

A locker should do more than hold your books and coat. It should be stylish and ORGANIZED!!! Get a locker shelf to hold your books and a little basket to put a hairbrush, lip gloss, pencils, pens and anything else you might need. You can even buy LockerLookz wallpaper to make it super chic. You can get cute little magnets, air fresheners, and even chandeliers to totally trick out your locker.