Five Tips For Stylish Halloween Costumes

Halloween is upon us once more. As a fashionista, this night presents you with a conundrum. How can you wear a really scary costume, without falling foul of the fashion police? Here to lend you a helping hand, LUXE Models reveals five tips for stylish Halloween costumes that you should try this year!

Spread your net wide

The wider you spread your net, the more likely you’ll be to find chic Halloween costumes. With the arrival of the digital age, you’re no longer limited to just high street retailers, as these days you can buy clothes online too. When shopping for Halloween costumes, ensure you look at online fashion retailers like ASOS, Boohoo and Net-A-Porter, to find fabulous, but scary pieces at even better prices!

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How to Wear a Drop Waist Dress

A recent article from the Daily Record reveals that a drop waist dress is one of this summer’s hottest trends. So how can you pull off this bold, daring piece with style over the next few months? LUXE Models explains how to wear a drop waist dress like a boss in summer 2016!

Embrace prints

 Use drop waist dresses to display your flair for fashion by wearing something with a fantastic print. You could go for a classic check print to make it work in the day, before swapping this out for a vibrant floral print to glam up for the evening. If you want to be really exciting, you could also mix patterns with prints, which is really in right now!

Work your accessories

 Accessories are key to getting drop waist dresses right. Find the right accessory to go with your dress and you can ensure it works for all occasions. Let’s say you’re wearing a classic drop waist to go shopping in the day. Team it with a light scarf to create a relaxed vibe. Then you could exchange your scarf for a brilliant statement necklace, so you’re ready for a night on the tiles!

Check out the drop waist dress ideas on the full article with LUXE Models. 

Five Tips for Wearing Pleated Skirts

Business news site Forbes recently revealed that pleats are set to be huge in 2016. The issue with this trend is that it can be hard to pull off pleats without looking a little preppy. Here comes LUXE Models to the rescue; below we’ve listed five tips you can use to rock a pleated skirt this year!

1. Show your waist

Cultivate a slimming look by emphasising the waistband of your pleated skirt. We’d suggest you go a little risqué in 2016 and team your pleated skirt with a modernised version of the 90s crop top – a look that screams cool, rebellious class!

2. Play with tops

Ask this important question before you don a pleated skirt; “what am I going to wear on top?” This style of skirt cuts the body off at the waist, giving you the chance to create an outfit with beautiful contrasts if you pick a good top to pair it with. Go nuts; patterns, prints, block-colours, long-sleeves, short-sleeves – they all go great with a pleated skirt!

3. Focus on footwear

Pleated skirts draw attention to your legs, giving you a fantastic chance to rock some killer footwear. If you want to avoid the preppy look you may want to refrain from wearing flats. Instead, team your pleated skirt with stilettos, edgy booties, feminine sandals, sleek pumps or 70s style heeled boots to create a supremely elegant look!

4. Think about your body

Choose the pleated skirt that’s most likely to flatter your figure. If you have a generous set of curves you might want to opt for a skirt made from light, flowy fabric to refrain from adding bulk to your waist. Meanwhile if you’ve got shorter legs, you may want to go with a pleated skirt that boasts a higher hemline, so you avoid cutting off your calves!

5. Refrain from overloading

Pleats make a bold statement, so you may want to resist overcrowding your outfit. This style of skirt suits just about any type of accessory but the key is to keep it simple. For example if you team your pleated skirt with a thin belt – a great way to show off your waist by the way, you might want to stay clear of statement jewellery.

Be creative with LUXE

Far from preppy, pleated skirts can provide you with the chance to create a cool, sophisticated look. Embrace your inner rock star and get a little creative when you decide to wear one. The right pleated skirt for your body-shape can make you look smoking hot if you team it with some mind-blowing accessories, beautiful footwear and a phenomenal top! 

How to Wear Metallic Colours

According to Elle, one of the biggest fashion magazines in the world, metallic shades were huge in 2015. These exciting tones are bold, bright and beautiful, allowing you to let your inner fashion goddess shine, which is why we think they might be just as popular in 2016!

But they can be a bit ‘out there;’ metallics are kind of hard to pull off, so many women choose to refrain from wearing them. If you want to embrace the metallic trend, check out these five tips from the Luxe Models team to find out how to rock these shiny tones.

Keep it simple

As a rule of thumb, we’d suggest you stick to wearing one metallic piece of clothing per outfit. If you opt for two or more, you could end up resembling a character from a sci-fi movie. Keep it simple and pair metallics with more subtle pieces to nail this daring trend.

Consider colour

Metallics can be kind of tricky – they don’t go with every colour, so we’d suggest you pair them with clothes in neutral tones to play it safe. Silver metallics work fabulously with whites, greys and blacks, while gold and copper metallics go better with pinks, creams and greys.

Opt for the right fit

Metallic pieces show off everything. Therefore if you choose to wear metallic clothing that’s too short or too tight, these pieces could provide your body with a distinctly unflattering silhouette. Make sure you know your body’s measurements and opt for metallic pieces that fit you like a glove.

Hair and makeup

When it comes to metallics subtlety is key, so you might want to keep your hair and makeup simple when you don these brilliant pieces. As far as hair goes, you may want to either let it fly free or keep it loosely curled. Meanwhile, opt for makeup in neutral tones such as white, grey and black to emphasise, without overcrowding, this dazzling look.

Be fearless

Here we turn to one of the most basic rules of fashion – confidence is everything. Work metallics fearlessly and without hesitation. If you wear these statement items with trepidation you’ll look uncomfortable, and you can’t pull them off without a good dash of confidence!

Rock metallic clothing!

We can understand why many women hesitate to wear metallic clothing, but you really don’t need to. If you follow these tips presented by the Luxe Models team, you’ll have everything you need to rock metallic items in 2016! 

Luxe Models: The Key to Combining

With the new season coming up, you might be thinking about trying a new style. But before you rush out to the shops to completely update your wardrobe, why not consider combining some of the pieces you already own to create something completely new? Luxe Models have come up with a brief guide to combining your clothes to create something fabulous.

Firstly, and possibly the most simple area of combining when it comes to fashion is colour combining. Adding a splash of colour to what might seem like a drab winter wardrobe can give it an incredible lift. Sometimes it can go right, but sometimes it can go really wrong and leave you looking like a patchy mess. You should get acquainted with the colour wheel and then try dressing in complimentary colours to begin with. These are the colours that lie directly across from one another on the wheel. Because of their high contrast, they work really well together. Alternatively, you could try an analogous mix. This would be a combination of any three colours that sit directly next to one another on the wheel. These mixes work in harmony, though you should choose one dominant colour with the other two acting as supports. You may also like to try pairing neutral bases with a splash of colour, perhaps a snappy scarf or a bright bag and shoes.

In terms of your overall look, you might like to try combining two different styles, because as everyone knows, there’s no fun to be had in compartmentalising!

Aim to acquire many different pieces from a number of different styles. Some ideas include punk/grunge; leather (see here for more detail on this!); animal prints; military; preppy; girly and rock.

To get a good-girl-gone-bad look, try pairing a girly dress with some rock-chic accessories. A soft pink prom dress will look great with studded wrist cuffs and tough-girl stilettos will give your look a killer edge. Or twin a poloshirt with some loose-fit boyfriend jeans and a pair of rope flip-flops to give you a cool preppy-bohemian look. There are however some things that should never be seen together. For example, do use animal print and camo in the same outfit, unless you want a fashion disaster. If you want to pair the military look with something different, try punk or denim, or simply add a bright red leather bag as an eye-catching accessory.

You might like to try mixing price ranges too. An expensive watch or bag can really make an outfit that was otherwise that bit cheaper. Similarly, a mix of fancy and casual can make for a great look - try pairing stilettos with jeans and a loose t-shirt, or wearing less dressy shoes with a fancy frock.

Be unexpected and choose styles that aren’t typically associated. You need to get out of your comfort-zone and be a bit daring. Pick one style as the main base, then just add touches of another style in the form of accessories.