How to Fix an Unflattering Dress
Bella Breakdown When the summer sun is washing us with it’s rays, we reach for our vintage summer sun dress and group message everyone as fast as we can. It’s sundress season! But sometimes those flowing florals look a little different on us than they do on those catwalk models. Here’s an easy way to add a stylish touch to any dress and flatter your form. To raise that hem from an awkward length to a stylish a-symmetric silhouette all you need to do is tie a knot. Start by deciding if you want it in the front or...
DIY Stop Distressed Jeans from Ripping Even More
Bella Breakdown So we love the distressed jean look, the only downside is that once they start ripping, they rip even more, until eventually the whole pant is a hole. While we love showing a bit of leg, sometimes we want our cute perfectly-distressed-at-the-knee pair of jeans to stay that way. All you need to keep that denim in check is: Iron-on Patches Straightening Iron Scissors Since jeans rip from side to side, you only need to focus on reinforcing the left and right sides of the hole. Start by turning your jeans inside out and warming up one...
How to Turn Your Button-Up Into a Crop Top
Bella Breakdown Finally! Today we’re sharing the RIGHT way to knot a crop top. With summer weather raising hem lines, and the crop top trend on fire it’s time to learn how to turn your cute floral button-up into a stylish, waist-defining crop top without the ugly front tail situation that sometimes appear. The Right Way to Knot a Crop Top: Start by un-buttoning your top from the button to the length you want it, next take both side and tie them, making sure that the side without buttons is on top, usually with women’s blouses that’s your right....
The New Way to Tie a Neck Scarf
Bella Breakdown As we’re sure you fashion forward Bellas have already noticed neck scarves are a HUGE trend on the runway right now. But before you go knotting that cute square of floral print around your neck, make sure you’re doing it the right way. There’s a new way to tie your neck scarf, and we love it. The new way looks more like a turtleneck and less like that 1950’s air stewardess way of the past. Here’s how to keep it modern, start with a bandana, vintage scarf, new scarf, whatever you’ve got as long as it’s at...
How to Give Your Plain Oxford Shirt a Twist
Bella Breakdown There’s nothing we love more than learning new styling tricks to wear existing pieces in our wardrobe in fresh ways. This easy trick is the best, all you need is an oversized oxford shirt or button-up that’s at least one foot longer than your natural waist and a very high-waisted pair of pants that go above your belly button. Start with your oxford shirt and unbutton everything but the button at the sternum. Take the button-side, wrap it to the other hip and tuck into the waistline of your pants, then take the other side and bring...
