TeenSceneMarch
16, 2001
Runway madness
-First look at teen
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-Teen fashion rocks to
'80s vibe (Spring '01)
-60 Great Dresses
Photo, left from Guest List Wear, Fall '01
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Casey's Corner
Do you always feel like you never have anything hot to wear? Do you have
tons of trouble finding your hippist shoes under all of your clothes piles? Now is the
time to end the closet clutter and get ready for spring! Start with these simple steps to
pure wardrobe bliss!
1. Start by taking everything out of your closet (but leave the clothing on hangers). Go through it all and set anything aside that you don't like.
2. Then try everything else on. You never know if you're favorite tee from last year makes you look like a walking fashion no-no now! But remember, you might want to keep around a couple of vintage pieces, 'cause you never know when they'll suddenly be hot!
3. It's time to make room and get rid of everything you decided was no longer "you". Take everything in good-condition to a thrift shop if you want to make a little bling, bling, and trash the other stuff, or if you're in a giving mood, take it all to a homeless shelter.
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4. Now focus in on the stuff you do love! Think about why you love that baby-blue Gap cardigan sweater or hip, hot pink bo-ho skirt. Is it the shade? Fit? Designer? Write it all down in a "fashion" notebook. Next time you go on a major shop-till-you-drop spree, bring it along to help you find what you really like.
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5. Back to your closet, divide your clothes into skirts, jeans, pants, tanks, tees, etc., then hang 'em up by the colors of the rainbow, from light to dark. For the stuff you fold, don't pile it too high, and arrange the clothes in a rainbow as well.
6. Move on to accessories. It would be smart to install a shoe holder, either on the wall or on your door (that way they're up and out of the way). Categorize them by sandals, sneaks, slides, dressy, etc. Also, install four or five hooks to hold belts, ribbons, and necklaces.
7. Try to keep stuff that doesn't have anything to do with your wardrobe out of your closet. It just takes up space you could use. One thing I make an exception for? My beloved Instyle, Harpers Bazaar', and Seventeen magazines which take up the whole top shelf! I resort to them daily, so I just couldn't give them up!
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8. Also, to keep your closet clutter to a minimum, store all off your out-of-season clothes and accessories out of the way. Keep sweaters folded neatly in a cedar closet or chest, to keep the moths away. Tees, sweatshirts, pants, and shorts can simply be folded and put in a chest, closet, or the top shelf. Make sure you wash everything before storing it! For your winter coats, take them to the cleaners, then leave the plastic wrapping on them to keep 'em protected.
Once you get everything organized getting dressed in
the morning will be a breeze!
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Casey's Fashion Fix: "Oh, Break A Leg (literally)!"
Breaking a bone definitely puts a crimp on your style, as well as everything else! And I, of all people, would know, because two weeks before Christmas, I broke two bones in my leg, leaving me on crutches for THREE MONTHS! I had a cast up to my hip, and none of my pants fit! My mom went out and bought pair after pair of pajama pants, though they all looked terrible... and did she really expect me to wear those to school?!
And that's where it all began! I found how stylish I could be with this cast. Sure they only come in five (blinding) colors, but I definitely made it work.
You can do the same with a broken arm, ankle, hand, whatever!
- If you want a hip look, get a black cast, then find
some leopard print ribbons, and make bows, make it striped, polka-dotted (using glue),
whatever you want!
- If you want a fun look, have the doc stripe your cast lime and hot pink, blue and
orange, red and violet - the possibilities are endless.
- If you can't find pants to fit over your cast, find some inexpensive, semi-loose jeans
that you can wear until you're healed. If you want to be hip, wear those capris from the
summer, but on the leg that's not broken, find some cool hose in funky prints to keep your
leg warm!
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You can also decorate you crutches (as long as they're yours to keep). Find some cool paint and go crazy! Make them YOURS! Use some ribbon to tie bows around them, get rhinestones and glue them on, or, if you have artistic ability (which I don't), take a little paintbrush and make cool designs! Just let your creativeness shine, because this might be (and hopefully is) your only break!
Casey is a real, fashion-forward teenage girl who loves clothes (and describes her own look as "trendy prep") If you want to ask her a question, post it to the Fashion Forum under "Teen" and put "Ask Casey" in the Subject line.
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