how to wear: COLORED PANTS...pink

I have light pink pants I got from F21 (I think) well here's the different tops you can wear with them! (As for shoes, since the pants are solid-color, you have a lot of options.You can go for pink shoes or choose a color or two from the top. You can make the shoes your statement piece or can just have the same pattern as the shirt).
1.) Dress as Shirt
Just tuck the dress in, but not too tightly so it can be flowy, and it can be a lovely top.
This dress is floral print. Since the pants are plain, the "shirt" is the statement piece.
You can wear floral pink shoes or solid pink shoes. Since the dress is colorful, you can wear colorful shoes with one of the colors or complementary colors--the shoes can be your other statement piece.
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excuse my dirty room (I'm lazy) and my skin (I have a skin condition, but it doesn't stop me from showing skin ;) )

See the shoes in the background? you can wear blue sneakers and have blue accessories with this outfit

2.) Patterned Top 

You can wear a statement top. In the pictures below, I have on a dressy polka-dotted shirt. This outfit is similar to the one in my first how-to post. Solid colored pants, pattern neutral colored shirt.

 3.) Regular Tees that have pink
Here is my AE tee that has pink and purple. The tee is mostly a neutral color. All colors present go nicely with pink. You can wear grey, white, pink, and/ or purple shoes with this. Statement shoes with this might be weird unless it is all colors jumbled together like in the pictures below. The extra colors of the shoes give you more options for your accessories.

  

For the below regular tee with pink, the shoes can work with this as well. The bottom picture is mostly a neutral color as well, but because it has many different colors, your shoes and accessories can be colorful as well.

 

3)An old, 

random, 

long, 

shirt that has pink 

This is a very random shirt I found one day that goes to my calves. Just tuck it in (but not too tight--make it flowy) and you have a lovely top for your pants

 Here is how it looks regular:

This is how I would wear pink pants.These tips go for any color pants but I just love pink. :)

how to wear: LEOPARD PRINT...shoes part 1

I have several different leopard print shoes.
I will show how to make an outfit with my Converse ones.


When choosing outfits, I look at COLOR and then PRINT

My shoes are yellow, black, white, and orange.
I will look for similar colors or colors which complement the shoes' colors.

I usually dress shirt down.
So first I choose a shirt.

This shirt has yellow, reddish orange, blue, and white. The reddish orange and blue goes nicely with yellow and orange. However this is another statement piece--it's plaid. I try to keep the patterns to a minimum, so this outfit will only have two patterns--plaid and leopard print.

Next I decide on the pants.
Regular pants would suffice--however I really want to highlight the leopard print. So I choose my leopard print jeans.

The jeans are grey, so the color goes with anything and it also keeps the outfit as a whole more toned down than if I went with colored leopard print jeans.

Next are the accessories, if any since I already have statement pieces.

Beanies are really my thing nowadays--can wear it with a cute thick bang--and the beige color goes with the other colors present in the outfit.

Lastly, I need a shirt underneath the button down since I wear the plaid shirts open like a jacket.
The shirt could be a simple solid color cami or any plain tee. I think a neutral color would be best for this look to tone down the outfit, but wearing one of the colors on the shoes is fine, too--yellow or orange. But then that might be too much yellow or orange, so again the best idea in my opinion is to wear a neutral color, preferably white.

And this is how I would style leopard print.

my take on: how to select an outfit

Want to know how to always be stylish (according to me)?

THE COLOR AND THE INDIVIDUALITY!

Color 

how it complements your skin color/tone, eye color, your make up, the other clothing articles, the season...

Your skin color: Pink and purple complements my skin color, and I've learned this by online articles and what people have told me. You can also Google the colors best suited for your skin color. Here's a useful link:
http://everyguyed.com/fashion-101/how-to-choose-clothing-colors-that-flatter-your-skintone/
It goes over what they call "Warm, Neutral, and Cool Skin Tones".

Your eye color: If you have blue eyes, sure blue would bring out your eye color. But what makes the difference for a very stylish outfit is thinking outside of the box...
Think: COMPLEMENTARY colors. Yes, I'm bringing back high school art class. I learned this first semester freshman year. You should use it when deciding what to wear.
If you forget, or never attended, an introductory art class, here's a quick lesson on this site:
http://www.malanenewman.com/color_theory_color_wheel.html
Utilizing the color wheel is imperative when deciding on an outfit...but this is my opinion.

In the above picture, I wear green, light blue, red, dark blue, and pink together.  Red and green are complementary...and even though they're cliche thanks to Christmas, they're still nice together--but it depends on how you use it. Instead of just wearing a red jacket and a green shirt, for instance, if you wear red in a patterned clothing article, it works. And it looks much better. I'm also wearing 2 statement pieces but more on that later. I like the pink in the picture because pink complements my skin tone.
When thinking how color works together, check out the link because it also talks about split complementary colors. Blue-green, red, and yellow-green are split complementary colors. Therefore the different shades of blue, green, and pink in the outfit is pleasing to the eye...it all works together. If I had added a yellow-green necklace instead of that light blue-green, it'd still work, although the outfit's overall feel would be changed.
The different color schemes are monochromatic, complementary, split-complementary, triadic, and tetratradic. Experimenting with the different color combinations will give you a lot of beautiful outfits.
Split complementary:

 

This is why a purple top and orange skinnies, for instance, looks pleasing instead of weird together.

In this picture, Camilla Belle is going straight for the Triadic color scheme with her Orange/Purple/Green get up. There are no prints, so the eye goes straight for the different colors...and it is pleasing to look at.
More examples of Purple/Orange combo with Kim Kardashian and Jessica Alba:

As for Black, White, and Grey
I prefer to wear and buy these colors (although black and white aren't considered colors, but I'll just call them colors). They go for everything and can be used to accent other colors. I love neutral colors, and by default I guess, neutral jewelry--I'd wear silver over gold any day.
Here are some ideas I found on Google Images:

 

In my opinion, in each picture the grey made the other color stand out. Grey is nice to be used in conjunction with only one other main color to really go for a particular look. In the first pic, the main color was blue and in the others the main color was pink...the grey really highlighted the other colors.  

A neutral color can also be used to empathize, in conjunction or not with another color, a pattern. 

  

There are two main figures in this picture...the pink and the leopard print. The black and the white are used as a sort of background for the main stars. The fact that both of the main stars are on top of each other and the neutral colors are underneath (the pants, the black part of the purse) really emphasizes the actors and make them stand up. The necklace, although is not a neutral color (gold and blue) are secondary to the pink and leopard print and seem to just be used for an added color, a nice touch. The outfit is colorful but thanks to the neutral colors, it is not too much or over the top.  

Neutral colors are really useful to make an outfit not over the top--even when there is more than one statement pieces being used. There are other ways to tone down an outfit that could be over the top that does not involve using neutral colors. As long as you keep everything else simple, the outfit should be fine. In my outfit with the necklace and the floral, I had a simple top and no make up. Also, I had on plain shorts although that was not pictured.  

Sometimes the neutral colors can also be a statement piece, as in the picture below. 

I really love this outfit. It is casual and dressy at the same time. Not just the individual pieces either (skinnies and sandals--casual; blouse--dressy) but the colors as well. The bright pink stands out more than the black and white shirt, but the polka dotted clothing article grabs attention in its own right. However since they are the only things she's wearing (as in, no jewelry and very plain sandals), it works. The neutral colors are in a pattern, but the pattern is the only thing going on in the shirt. The pink is the only thing going on in the skinnies. And because the top has only neutral colors, the top and bottom fit together seamlessly. Effortless style.   

  Of course, it's fine if  neutral colors are the only color. In white, black, cream and grey, One Direction looks classic cool. Even if you aren't a 1D fan, and I'm not, you can not deny that: 

The different shades and position of the grey helps them compliment each other perfectly.

Individuality 

Of course, make the outfit yours. Here is some ways--I mostly talk about clothing articles and patterns. 

Yoga Pants 

I'm not a particular fan--I don't wear sweats or yoga pants or anything like this--I only wear dresses, skirts, and skinny jeans. However many girls do so here's some tips of how I think one can make yoga pants more stylish. My male friend calls yoga and sweat pants "I don't care about life" pants. I know people who think of them as pajamas, something one should not wear outside. And I know those who wear them for comfort. Some wear them because guys like them. But here's what I think you can add to your clothing arsenal. 

• Colorful yoga pants  
  

While these may be skin tight, I like how the two girls used solid colors (except for the shoes--not my particular taste with the clothes) to really make the pants and shirts pop. The purple jewelry was a nice touch--the purple worked well with the blue and pink. Wearing solid colors with the yoga pants look pleasing--think purple tee with orange yoga pants (if you're following the triadic scheme) with a long green necklace or green sneakers. You still are comfortable, but you're also stylish.

There's a lot of different colors one can get for yoga pants...and if you add a colorful waistband, the color combinations are endless--and you can even utilize the neutral color information I gave you earlier! You can emphasize a particular color. For example, you can wear #06 from the picture with a sheer black top and an orange necklace and sneakers. The orange, although minimal, are emphasized by the black. I have a thing against wearing the same color on top of each other, but you can even wear an orange top if you want to color-block. Orange Top/Black Yoga Pants with Orange Waistband/Orange Shoes. Orange--Black--Orange. You won't even look like Halloween if you pull it off correctly. You shouldn't just wear yoga pants for your butt--you can put effort into the outfit.  Although most guys really do like the view....

• Plaid  

Some people love plaid, some don't. I love plaid--maybe from those years of wearing plaid skirts in my school uniforms. I think wearing plaid can work, as long as it is minimal and it's the main statement piece. However I think one can mix patterns sometimes. 

He's wearing plaid and strips, but the fact that he's utilizing neutral colors to highlight the other colors (the white highlights the red, the grey jacket highlights the red and the plaid, and the blue jeans and brown are  background colors in this picture, although the brown gives it a more interesting than black or grey would of been for the shoes and belt). Also, since the stripe and plaid are the only main statements the outfit is not over the top.   

In my opinion, I think when you're using plaid if you only use that for the pattern it should work. You should also keep in mind if the colors work well together. If I'm wearing an orange top I'd wear a mostly blue plaid button down shirt over it. The colors in the plaid should complement the main color--so in this example, orange shirt with a plaid shirt that has: blue, white, grey, and black OR purple, green, black, OR etc. The colors should work well with each other. 

• Other

I have other ideas in regards to wearing polka dots and leopard print, but I'll talk about that in a later post. Other things to consider when looking at individuality is whether the outfit is you.  

I'm very lazy and casual, and don't like to take too long picking out clothes--so I go for the same colors. I mostly wear tees and jeans with complementary colors and solid-color shoes. If the shoes have a pattern, then my clothes are plain and vice-versa. I keep jewelry to a minimal and usually wear none. Most of the time, since I don't waste time buying jewelry  when I do they're unique. Therefore they're statement pieces. So I'd wear them with a plain outfit or wear them with one statement clothing piece. But the jewelry's color must be complementary, or better yet silver.  

When picking an outfit, here's what I go for:  

Complementary colors --> Same colors aren't on top of each other --> Up to two statement pieces (these can be shoes, jewelry, or clothing article)  

I go for comfort, so I don't wear heels just sneakers.  

When picking an outfit, you should think of what you care about most for the outfit. For me, I care about comfort, colors, and looking casual--which is why I only allow 1-2 statement pieces.  

Here's my take on: how to select an outfit. 

See you next time!

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