There’s no mistaking the fact that winter is definitely on
its way. In just a matter of weeks, you’ll all be bundled up in big winter
coats and trudging through freezing weather to get to your lectures. A lot of people
associate winter with dreary weather and dark colours, and although I can’t
help you to escape that icy wind, I can offer some advice on how to spice up
your winter wardrobe so that getting dressed in the morning isn’t such a dull
affair.
1) Accessorise with a scarf – It sounds so simple,
and it is! A scarf can brighten up any outfit if the right one is chosen, and
it’s practical too. I would recommend being a little more daring when you select
your winter scarf. Rather than choosing a plain woollen one, go for a bold
colour or a patterned one. If the rest of your outfit is lacking in colour,
then that bright fabric draped around your neck will certainly put some pop
into your ensemble. Not to mention that winter brights are very in this season,
so you have no excuse not to try it!
2) A brightly coloured coat – Once again, I’m
harping on about bright colours, but this is for the slightly more adventurous
readers. A bright scarf takes a little courage, but it takes even more bravery
to put aside your standard winter blacks, greys and browns to opt for a
fabulous red or green coat (if you have both of those colours in the same coat,
then kudos to you because you’re being daring as well as getting yourself in
the festive spirit. Christmas is just around the corner!) It can be hard to
know what to pair these bright coats with, but I would recommend a standard
monochrome palate. If you’re going to go bold with a coat, then keep the rest
of the colours on your outfit fairly muted, because you don’t want to show off too
much at once.
3) A box bag – I have a very unhealthy relationship
with bags. Hand, across-body, backpack, shoulder…I just want them all! But the
one I’m going to focus on for this is the box bag. The smaller they are, the
more delightfully adorable they look. As an added bonus, they look a little
like mini-suitcases, so you can imagine that you’re jetting off to somewhere
fabulously sunny as you tote one of these around (and now I’m thinking of tote
bags...oops). For added flair, buy one with chains on it. Chains are becoming
a big trend this winter, which leads me onto the next item….
4) Pretty necklaces – Who doesn’t love
accessorising with a necklace? If I’m in a rush getting ready in the morning, I
always make time to grab a necklace on my way out of the door, fastening it as
I power walk to my lecture. A simple gold chain always makes a bold statement
and is on-point for the winter trends, but I have recently been loving layering
necklaces. I have a vast collection of simple slim chains with a single charm
hanging on them. They work beautifully on their own, but layering three or four
together gives any ensemble a little extra oomph.
5) Hairography – Much like choreography, but with
hair. All of us have had to deal with the annoyance of walking in a brisk wind,
and your time that morning spent carefully styling your hair goes straight out
of the window. One way of avoiding this is to always walk with the wind against
you so that your hair doesn’t fly in your face. If done correctly, this can
make you look very much like a Hollywood film star, with hair flowing perfectly
behind you. But then you have the issue of your hair turning into a ball of
fluff as soon as you’re out of the wind. So, unless you want to travel with a
fan to permanently keep your hair flying, you can don a hat (which I will get
onto in part 2), or you can reduce how messy your hair will be by trying a
trendy new winter hairstyle. Here are six hairstyles straight from the A/W 2014
catwalks that are easy for you to copy.
Part 1/2
UoN Fashion Love,
Ellen Clitherow - Society member
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