The dirty secret is that even our most famed, "I'm so effortlessly gorgeous, and low maintenance" celebs have a stylist. The Olson twins, Julianne Moore, Jennifer Connelly, Kate Beckinsale, Blake Lively, Jennifer Garner, Keira Knightley to name a few. Which makes sense finding and creating outfits can take time for some. So why not pay someone with the expertise to find the best fits for your body and styles that will make others covet what you have. And if were we all millionaires throwing down $4-6k a day for that service alone may not be ridiculous!!!!!
Finding the deal on pieces and translating it into an outfit can be fun for some but a huge hassle for others. But its really important to do so otherwise your clothes will sit in the back of your closet till suddenly you can't wear it anymore because it maybe outdated.
So thats a Frugal NYC girl to do??
Fashion Blogs and Clothing Sites
It's like getting a free stylist, many sites now have stepped on the bandwagon of lookbooks and pieced together outfits. In order to be productive in the outfits you produce.. you have to narrow things down.
If you just need help with casual wear, easiest thing to do is find a Celeb with your body type and look at what cuts they wear that are flattering. Odds are they already have a stylist. Then you pull out similar stuff from your closet or shop with those cuts in mind.
Favorite sites for celeb styles:
Coolspotters.com : This site lets you search by brand or celebrity and even tells you what specifically their wearing.
People.com : You can just look at the celeb pics or visit their Style Section. I love their "I really love my.." series.
JustJared.com : This is totally celeb site that constantly updates with pics.. you can even search by celeb
I personally think styling for work is the most difficult. Mostly because I actually have a strict work dress code and in NYC you do a lot of walking in cold weather so you have to be practical as well. (Sorry to break the illusion of Sex in The City Glamour but most regular working girls do not trek around in heels all day with no coats.) Usually your outfit will have to work with flats or sneakers for walking and then heels if you want in the office.
You can look at celebrities for some work clothes inspiration but most outfits are couple inches short on hemlines and have way too low necklines and need high heels.
JCREW: They are the site to go to for ideas on blending some color into your work wear. Their stylists are so great a mixing color and they specifically have a Wear To Work Shop. And their casual looks can be switched up to make work outfits too! Con: Models are too thin so some outfits are tailored more to slim boy body type
Banana Republic: They also have a Outfits We Love Section which includes work attire. I don't really love their stylist but work attire is work attire. And the good thing about this site is not everyone is wearing heals and the models have a lil more meat on them. So their styling is more realistic for an everyday girl.
Net-A-Porter.com: This is the site that carries the most High-end fashion pieces. It used to have amazing creative stylists but that changed as they tweaked the site to match their demographic better (think richer and older). The stylists now play it very safe and because of that their pieced together looks are perfect for work and for more realistic body types.
Shopbop.com: They have amazing creative, stylists for all occasions! You can shop by designers, view lookbooks, shop by style and they have tons of stuff so lots of looks are displayed.
**If you see something you love, save it to your computer because when seasons change you will not be able to find the look again.
Fashion Magazines for INSPIRATION
Sure you can get ideas from fashion magazines, this is wheres some of the major innovators in the industry put their magic into photos.
I stopped doing it because a) they cost money!
b) they take up physical space and its more to sort on Trash day
c) these days 70% of the content is advertisements
But...mostly because in reality copying High Fashion is not going to work for your day to day life and budget. What Giselle and all those other super thin models put on is not necessarily going to work for 90% of the rest of the female population.
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