| Creating outfits consisting of cheap trendy clothes | | | | found most people get cheap trendy clothes is |
| is difficult to do while avoiding selling your soul. | | | | just picking the right retailers. There are a few, |
| Prior to traveling to the major fashion cities such | | | | select stores that pay very close attention to |
| as NYC, London, Paris, and Milan, I was pretty | | | | high fashion trends in designing their lines. You'll be |
| clueless. After living abroad for a while, I got an | | | | able to get nearly the exact same style high |
| idea of how the locals could afford to dress so | | | | fashion brands offer at literally a tenth of the |
| well. Here are some of the basic tips: | | | | price. These shops are Zara, H&M, as well as |
| It's necessary to know at least the guidelines of | | | | Uniqlo, and occasionally Urban Outfitters. You |
| the timeless, big city styles you find in the major | | | | should also look to American Apparel to offer the |
| fashion cities. You want to avoid looking as if you | | | | same styles - American Apparel offers a ton of |
| just strolled out of a Midwestern High School. | | | | plain, well fitting clothes for relatively cheap. |
| Most of the clothing you find aren't coated in | | | | Things to avoid: |
| huge, gaudy labels as can be seen on tasteless | | | | Stay Away from the mall! Virtually any clothing |
| mall clothing and fake designer gear. If you go for | | | | find within mall department stores is cut to fit |
| even, solid patterns and colors and pay attention | | | | awfully baggy, and unflattering. Most Americans |
| to the silhouette (doesn't need to be slim, but | | | | are way overweight, and even these clothes are |
| rather well-fitting), you're already way ahead. | | | | too big and awkward looking on most people. |
| Where can you find this stuff without spending a | | | | Also, stay away from designer clothes on auction |
| fortune? | | | | sites like Ebay! Even though some items may |
| One way to get high fashion, designer-brand | | | | appear to be legit (coming with hologram tags and |
| clothing at a fraction of the full (and unaffordable) | | | | whatnot), they're going to be fake and extremely |
| retail price is via sample sales. Even when living in | | | | low quality. If a manufacturer can make the |
| a city where these sample sales are abundant, it | | | | clothes, surely they can make authentic looking |
| can still be tough getting ahold of them. | | | | tags, right? |
| Fortunately, you can do it all online! Within recent | | | | Don't forget about thrift stores. If you have an |
| years (and months) exclusive sample sales are | | | | eye for style or check up on what's going on in |
| starting to pop up on the internet. If you're | | | | the fashion world, you can easily put together old |
| interested in this, just google "internet sample | | | | or random clothes into stylish looks. I've seen a |
| sales" or similar keywords. | | | | lot of people in NYC and abroad try this and it can |
| Even though this special type of sale offers great | | | | work if you know what you're doing. |
| discounts, it can still be too costly. The way I've | | | | |