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The New Basics: Style Staples That Look Fresh Now

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Mar 22, 20191 Comment


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Every few years it’s good to reassess the necessities of your wardrobe, and I think fashion has reached that point where it’s important to think about what looks relevant and is easy to wear right now. I’ve been looking at my own wardrobe as well as some fashion inspiration from the runways and I have come to some conclusions about what the new fashion basics are.

1. Beige Blazer

Oatmeal, flax, beige, sand, whatever you want to call it…this soft shade feels more fresh than your regular browns and greys right now.

2. Ribbed tank top

I’ve noticed that the classic ribbed tank top has become the go-to of many style bloggers lately. And all you have to do to get the look is buy a pack of Hanes mens tank tops. You can hack them off with scissors if you like to show a little stomach. I’m all for a cheap and easy style staple.

3. Chocolate brown accessories:

Chocolate brown is color that is trending hard at the moment and one of the easiest, most classic ways to incorporate it into your wardrobe is with polished accessories. Think mock croc shoulder bags and classic patent brown mules.

4. Straight leg jeans

It’s been all about high waisted straight leg 90s denim for the last few seasons, but I have noticed a shift away from cropped jeans and towards extra long jeans that slouch a bit at the bottom. Think Kendall Jenner here. Find a pair of extra long jeans like these and everything else you wear with them will look instantly more fresh.

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I've been watching a lot of old films lately and I am fascinated by the bambi-eyed makeup so many of the stars wore. They painted on inky socket lines to give their eyes depth and left the rest of the eye light to make it really rounded like a babydoll's. I like Edie Sedgwick's heavy-handed approach.

Beautiful Sharon Tate's eyemake up was always exquisite. What a knockout.

Can't leave Twiggy out of this.

The above picture really shows what a throwback this kind of eye makeup was to that of 30's film stars like Greta Garbo. 

Greta's deep, expressive eyes were enhanced with this same kind of makeup–you can even see it in illustrations of her.

A semi-Harlequin 60's Dior beauty ad scanned by Beauty Is A Warm Gun.

I like the way Anna Karina surrounds the whole lid with black.

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