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...
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...
The Simple Way to Tie a Headscarf
Bella Breakdown Tying a scarf around your head is not a trend, we repeat, this is not a trend. Its nothing new, glamorous gals have been doing this for decades, but recently this look has become a lot more complicated. People add bobby pins or they iron it before they put it on. It does not have to be this hard, we promise. This is the easy effortless way to achieve that style-amping, bad-hair-day-fixing, head-scarf-style you’re craving. Just grab a big square kerchief, ours was silk but you can use whatever you have. Start by laying it out on...
You Need To Tie Your Shoes Like This
Bella Breakdown You probably haven’t thought about how to tie your shoes since Mr. Rabbit’s bunny ears taught you how in elementary school. But now, as with everything these days, there’s a better – and more stylish – way to tie those cool new sneakers you just bought. Start by lacing up your shoes the normal way, we’re not taking it all the way back to skate kids in middle school, this is sneakerhead chic after all. Next take the laces in both hands and hold onto the laces with your third, fourth, and fifth fingers. Leave your pointer...
