Clothing:
1. Satin bottoms. Especially cropped cigarette pants and below-the-knee pencil skirts. The main colours are red, orange (anything warm and bright) and black and white of course.
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| Pink Tartan- red satin cigarette pants torontolife.com |
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| zara cigarette trousers in red zara.com |
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| David Dixon- white satin pencil skirt photo by me |
2. Leather. Neon leather cropped trousers are amazing. If you can find them BUY THEM! Leather pencil skirts or mini skirts are also super important
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| The Row- Black leather pants net-a-porter.com |
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| Joe Fresh - neon green leather pants torontolife.com |
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| Chloe leather pencil skirt net-a-porter.com |
3. Mesh/ chiffon blouse. Whether its button-up, long-sleeved, sleeveless, or military-inspired, mesh or chiffon tops are still going strong. It's a good idea to have one in black (it goes with everything), but white, tan, and red are also pretty great.
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| Elizabeth and James - chiffon blouse in taupe net-a-porter.com |
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| Pink Tartan- red mesh button-up blouse torontosun.com |
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| Maje- silk and chiffon blouse in white net-a-porter.com |
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| Alexander Wang- black mesh blouse, super sheer vogue.com |
4. Mod dress. If you don't know what a mod dress is... go look it up because if that's the case, I've lost all faith in humanity. (urghh... a shift dress that ends above the knee. sleeveless, three quarter, or long sleeves)
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| Sandro- white shift dress net-a-porter.com |
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| Zara - yellow mod dress zara.com |
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| DKNY- red sleeveless shift dress net-a-porter.com |
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| H&M- black sequin shift hm.com |
Hair:
1. Long hair, natural-coloured. The middle part is still going strong
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| Pink Tartan torontolife.com |
2. Messy low pony tail
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| photo: poshbeauty.com |
Makeup:
1. Clean face - (obviously...) I mean match your skin tone and keep it clean looking. Example: if your white, keep it white. Don't go crazy with bronzer. Cake-faces are not fun.
2. Red lips
3. Black eyeliner - minimal super 40's style eye make-up. Black eyeliner on top lid, none on bottom and black mascara.
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| natural face, 40s eyes, red lips ellecanada.com |
Shoes:
1. Black wedges. Super important. If you don't have a pair GO SHOPPING NOW! Wedges with ankle straps are great but so are wedged booties. I suggest getting one of each (oh baby!)
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| Steve Madden- black wedge bootie stevemadden.com |
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| Theyskens' Theory- Black leather wedges with white panel and ankle strap net-a-porter.com |
