Available in dozens of colors, bead styles, and sizes, beaded fringe helps you create instant fashion accessories with very little effort. Sew or glue the strip of beads onto an accessory in need of a little pizazz. The results are instant and spectacular.
Purses and Bags: Fasten a strip of beaded fringe to the bottom of any narrow bag with a handle, and you have an instant 1920s flapper bag. Or a 1960s hippie bag. Cover a small cloth bag with stripe after stripe of beaded fringe for an extra festive look.
Hats: Used with a little restraint, beaded fringe can also embellish hats. Try covering a knit stocking hat with closely spaced rows of beaded fringe for an allover look. Fasten it in place of a traditional ribbon hatband, using a fringe about the same width as the hatband would be.
Belts: A strand of beaded fringe could be worn as a belt, if it were strung securely enough with heavy duty nylon thread. Otherwise, attach one strip, or several, depending on its width, to a belt. Outline a large, openwork metal belt buckle with fringe that has a drop of only two or three beads. Replace belt buckles with a double row of fringe, sewn head to head.
Gloves: Although beaded designs, especially floral and geometric, are popular on both winter and evening gloves, beaded fringe should probably be reserved for use around the edge of the cuff. Formal, elbow-length evening gloves could be embellished with a line of beaded fringe from the tip of the pinky finger to the hem, along the outside of the arm. More substantial, winter leather or knit gloves can be individualized by sewing short strips of fringe across the top of them.
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Spice up your high-school life with these style tips about fashion accessories for teens! Use these fashion-fundas and make everybody sit up and take notice of you!
The teenage period is a very important phase in everybody’s life! This is time when any teen is most conscious about his/her looks and often worries about blending with various groups of people. High school is the time when one is anxious about not only looking good but creating the right impression to be accepted by various groups of teens. Fashion conscious teenagers do their level best to be in touch with the latest trends particularly because young teens have a plethora of options these days. Teen fashion is also about following celebrities and many young teens try various ways to look like their idols. Hip-hop, Emo fashion, Prep styles or even the rather eye catching Goth styles have made a mark on teen fashion. Fashion accessories are one of the most important features of teen fashion. Fashion accessories for teens are extremely important to complete the look. These accessories can help to jazz up any simple outfit and make you stand out from the crowd! Here are some ways you can use to accessorize your outfit!
Fashion Accessories for Teens:
Good Old Bracelets:
No one can ignore the charms of cute bracelets that can go with any outfit! Fashion accessories for teens are incomplete without the mention of bracelets! Bracelets look great with blue denims and you can get a range from the delicate to the chunky kinds! If it’s a bohemian look you wish to create, go in for the chunky and colorful bracelets where as a simple delicate one would look good for a party. Some native jewelry made of shells or coco beads can also gel well with any outfit.
Cool Shades:
Sunglasses can never go out of fashion and besides they do the prime function of protecting your eyes from the glare outside! Go in for those huge styles sported by JLO! These are totally cool and a very haute item! Look for some unusual tints and shades like a hint of pink or glares in cool blue! A style tip – white frames are very much in vogue!
Fashionable necklaces:
A simple white top can be enhanced with a chunky necklace! Well, that’s the beauty of accessories. Chokers look great for V-necked tops or off-shoulder tops where as long chains go best with plain attire. These long necklaces look fabulous when teamed with long skirts. One can never have enough of necklaces so the moment you spot a good design; make sure you grab the same!
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Have you ever had one of those days when you looked in the mirror and hated the outfit you were wearing and you didn’t know why? It was according to latest fashion trends and still something was missing. You changed several times, hated every outfit and ended up wearing the first one. Not one of your best days. But have you thought about including some fashion accessories to your outfit? Even some small piece of accessory can make a huge difference – it can turn your outfit into a personal statement that expresses who you are at that moment.
So what kinds of fashion accessories are ‘in’ these days? Definitely bold, oversized necklaces. You can choose from simple metal necklaces of different colours and shapes, to large beaded necklaces to embellished ones. But you’re outfit should be simple for necklaces to stand out, as only simple clothes let the necklaces do the talking.
Even men like necklaces as accessory. But I hope that that generation of boys and men who like to wear huge gold or silver necklaces and tracksuit will one day realize how ridiculous they look. What kind of statement is that? - ‘ I spend all my money on that ‘blink’ on my neck and now I can’t afford proper clothes?’
Other fashion accessories are earrings. In the past they used to be worn strictly by women, but these days they are worn by both sexes. You can get earrings of different sizes, from circular or semi – circular hoops, to studs to extra long earrings.
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