How to look expensive when you are on
a budget? Is it actually possible to
look rich without being rich? The answer
is yes!
And I will give you the methods on
how you can transform your style and
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start this video! First way How you
can look expensive on a budget number
one - Let your style be simple
girls! This is something that you
really should think about when it comes
to looking expensive, well that is "Less
is more" and the reason for that is
because simplicity is often more
associated with being expensive.
Look at the fashion houses, you have many
expensive brands that have very simple
styles in clothing, in the way they
create clothes: they let the clothing
speak for itself. Like the material of it and
the construction of it, and the fit of it.
Because all of those elements create the
really expensive look that we want to
achieve. But in order to see these
important details sometimes you
shouldn't put so much clutter on the
facade but not only see in simplicity
associated with expensiveness people
actually pay less attention to
your clothing when they are more simple
if you really don't have much money to
invest in you know very expensive
looking clothes the maybe it's good to
just keep it simple and keep it very
neutral my personal style for instance
is quite mutual and also a bit plain I
love that style for me simplicity is
beauty that is my first tip to you keep
your outfit simple less is more
sometimes that will actually make you
look really expensive as a result number
two where flattering clothes oh my god
do I see so many women forget about this
important part you have to have a good
fit of your clothing they have to look
good on you it has to suit your body
shape it has to be flattering not
everybody has the same type of body
shape so we really need to buy clothes
that are suited for our particular body
shape and the Conniff largest areas in
our bodies that perhaps are less
flattering and when you are wearing
flattering clothes that really helps
elevate your entire way of feeling so
basically it makes you feel comfortable
and it makes you feel confident and we
all know by now that in order to look
expensive you really have to show off
your clothes with confidence with poise
and also in a way make people believe
that it's more expensive than it
actually is if you carry yourself with
that much confidence that make you look
you know expensive and rich even though
all you were is just some simple Zara
clothes the people who believe it
because you have the confidence and you
have the grace and you have the attitude
really that does the entire trick and
this is perfect when you want to fake it
till you make it number three in the
best in your
so jumping a little bit aside from the
fashion part let's talk a little bit
about beauty because honestly your
grooming is actually more important than
your clothes I personally always invest
more time and more effort in the way I
put my makeup in the way I do my nails
my hair and everything that grooming and
being polished is all about beauty also
cost money you know I'm not going to lie
that is the department that does cost us
women a lot of money but it's actually
the most important department investing
especially if you are on a budget
because it's going to elevate your
entire look so I do recommend doing that
but the beauty of beauty is that you can
actually do a lot of things on a
shoestring meaning that there are many
affordable ways how you can kind of
cheat your way in the beauty department
you can do a lot of things at home by
doing a lot of things yourself and
really take time and really learn the
skills you are actually able to create
an affluent look to yourself without
having to invest too much money in it
number four be clever with your budget
shopping okay so one of the things you
have to become an expert in now if you
want to look good on a shoestring and
that is to go out it stores like high
street shops I'm talking about H&M Zara
what else do we have Topshop all these
you know high street brands both to
these shops and start teaching yourself
to become items that are more expensive
looking than they are I'm actually going
to show you an example here I have two
pieces of clothing here one is a good
example which is this one which is more
expensive looking than the other one
and the reason for that is that material
I don't know if you guys can see really
the material because both of them are
polyester this polyester is a bit like
I don't know if you can see him so this
is from Zara and they were super cheap
when I bought it I think I paid like
fifteen pounds for it but every time I
wear it and everybody always asks me is
that dolce gabbana and not only because
of the animal print but actually because
of how this material is and feels and
also it's the type of material that
doesn't become wrinkly which is amazing
you know how many times I washed it
probably hundred times and it hasn't
lost not even one little color or got
damaged so my other example was this
this is also budget but I don't know if
you guys can see because it's black but
this is a very typical polyester the way
this polyester feels is a little bit
rough and you can see like it's
polyester you know what I mean when I
wear this top I actually feel a little
bit cheap and I can feel like how people
can even notice that it's a bit cheap I
do like the design of this talk it's a
bit unusual but I must say the top
itself if you see it in real life you
would really understand the polyester is
really what kills it so this is the type
of example that I wanted to share with
you you really have to start thinking
about things like material you need to
touch every clothing how it feels you
also need to see the wrinkle easy it's
difficult to maintain
also things like stitching like for
instance do the stitches show very
clearly because that always gives away
if something is cheap or not and other
ways how you can kind of pimp up your
budget clothing is by looking at the fit
most of the times the things will just
be averaged but the secret trick take
you cheap Zara shirt for instance and
take it to a tailor that is not
expensive tell the tailor to make the
shirt tailor made according to your body
shape and you will be surprised how much
more expensive it will look all of a
sudden and people won't necessarily
think that that cheap shirt is from Zara
number 5
expensive-looking colors there are
colors that look more expensive than
others and the ones that don't look very
expensive I think some of you can
already figure them out everything that
is very artificial looking like neon
colors like very bright colors of
magenta some colors look just very
artificial very low budget and very
cheap you should really try and spend
money on clothing that have more
expensive looking colors colors are
neutral colors call it a natural looking
colors and what are the natural looking
colors those are brown beige khaki
off-white grey military green etc colors
that really come from nature secondly
you should also invest in wearing
outfits and monochrome colored meaning
you wear an outfit in one entire color
let it be all white outfit or all black
outfit or even maybe all red outfits red
is actually a very elegant-looking color
it's a shame very few people actually
wear it and don't forget the spells
pastels are very traditional and very
common with old money aristocrats you
can always wear pastels just make sure
that it doesn't become too girly girly
because that usually takes away that
expensive looking mess in an outfit a
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description box number six add statement
pieces so okay we all know statement
pieces are not going to come cheap I
mean I know in the beginning can be a
bit challenging and especially if you
really are on a very tight budget and
just starting out but there are ways to
go around it you can buy pre-owned and
you can borrow from a friend or you can
just tell your boyfriend to give to you
so what are the statement pieces that
I'm talking about of course we have the
handbag that is the number one statement
piece for all women high quality handbag
if you don't afford designer handbag and
make sure you buy a high-quality leather
handbag that doesn't really have a
designer brand there are actually
shopped like this when I want to is
today so loads of shops with bags made
in Italy without a label that only costs
maybe 200 euros but they really look
like they cost a thousand or two
thousand euros on a statement pieces
like sunglasses jewelry bracelets pearls
diamonds if you have feels quality shoes
a hat half is actually a really good
trick to look really expensive without
having to spend so much it just elevates
the whole look regardless if u s--
wintertime or summertime a hat always
makes a woman look more glamorous and
really same goes for sunglasses a number
seven shop pre-owned when I first
started my luxury lifestyle journey I
was actually shopping a lot of things
pre-owned because I couldn't afford any
nice things back then and I did want to
invest in high quality possible-- in
designer items so I did go to ebay I
went to second-hand shops
charity shops etc and just really try
them grab my little bargains and that
really helped me to kind of create my
first wardrobe with some nice designer
expensive looking
so I do recommend doing that there are
plenty of websites today where they sell
pre-owned things and if you go to
charter shops in wealthy areas in your
city you will be able to really grab
some really good bargains just make sure
that the things that you buy are not
updated looking there are things that
actually look expensive they are not too
worn down and they still look like they
have high quality number 8 find the
right combination
so guys combination is key when you're
putting together your style and you
don't actually need to spend a lot of
money on your outfit if you really know
how to combine your outfits to
perfection that means color combination
that means how you combine the actual
items together now I know that not
everybody is gifted with a sense style
or sense in fashion but this is when you
have internet on your footsteps so hard
to get it right when you have no idea
how to style it yourself just look at
other people who do it right honestly
today on on the internet we have so much
access to so many images so just copy
away be a little copycat and get
inspiration other people like this you
will be able to create your own
combinations and really learn from the
pros number 9 no words to spend so we
might already have touched a little bit
upon this but I really do want to
emphasize how important it is to
actually invest money in the right items
summon your girls they rather go and
spend like I don't know loads of money
on the dress they can literally only
wear it once or maybe even twice because
that dress they worried wants some party
and it was such bright color that
everybody paid attention to it they took
pictures on it they put it on Instagram
and oops what happens now
well they can't really wear it again
because it's so much in your face and so
much to be seen and
to really be documented okay so they
wasted like five hundred dollars on this
dress that they're not going to use
again so this is a stupid way of
investing your money you should invest
your money in things that are like I
said earlier neutral simple and plain
because like that you will be able to
reuse them a lot and I'm saying a lot
because people are now going to pay so
much attention to these items that
you're wearing but the beauty in it is
that you will have invested money in the
meaning they are expensive or maybe
there are designers so meaning they are
more expensive looking so it's a bit of
a win-win situation for you all your
first designer or expensive looking item
should always be a neutral that is the
first strategy ever all the fancy bling
bling crazy or whatever colorful things
keep it for later keep it for when you
really have money or you have super rich
boyfriend that's going to like shower
you and gifts every day until then be
strategic so where else should you spend
like I said the handbag you should have
a handbag you must have a handbag it's
like one of the first most important
things a luxurious women have to spend
on second about boots work people say
doesn't matter that people don't pay
attention to shoes
I don't agree it can place a lot of role
I always expect everyone's shoes and you
can really see cheap shoes and expensive
shoes expensive looking shoes are just
better made and please if you wear a
shoe motto like let's say a Louboutin
I'm gonna leblanc or jimmy shoe there's
kind of recognized that gives you that
credibility like oh she's wearing those
Manolo Blahniks oh I know them okay so
she she looks expensive you know that
type of thing
taking about jewelry diamonds pearls
yeah you need to invest in jewelry a
watch you need to have a watch as a
woman as well
if
want to come across as expensive-looking
I know it's a little bit like nobody
should be thinking this way but this is
actually how people resonate you know
there's all money they tend not to vote
for these type of things but then you
money do and trust me the new money are
the ones who are going to be judging you
so so do invest in those pieces
lastly coats jackets Blazers anything
that takes up a lot of space on your
body is worth investing in but I would
say more when it comes to outerwear
because these things you can also really
see what costs money and what doesn't
because really it really boils down to
how it's made and you can always see it
in outerwear so do invest money there
but then you know when you have things
like trousers you know t-shirts tops
dresses honestly those things you can
really do in a budget I would say spend
money on those lastly unless you want to
buy a particular item because of a
particular reason or because it has a
particular fashion style that you know
will just elevate your look and is gonna
be worth spending the money okay we have
now reached the last one number ten now
girls homework for you become expert
when it comes to studying people who
have done it right so I have a website
jessa be calm and this is a blog that
caters for women who enjoy the finer
things in life I blog about luxury
lifestyle and of course what fashion
inspiration it's all about how to dress
classy and how to look expensive and on
my blog I repost a lot of beautiful
women from Instagram women really have
nailed their outfits to look on point
and super expensive and classy and I
want you to visit my website
and really have a look around and see
which pictures do you like if you want
to use other sources transporation use
all movie stars use Pinterest use blogs
use Instagram whatever any form of
imagery of women who look chic look
expensive sophisticated elegant affluent
rich expensive copy them if not copy
them get inspired by them really
everybody today is a copycat so don't
feel like oh I have to create my own
unique style there is my own unique
style anymore everybody's just getting
inspiration left and right from each
other so you're not doing anything wrong
here you know it's normal that we get
inspired from each other so do that and
trust me you will find great methods how
you can expensive on the budget by
copying women who have done it right
I've done it translated into a
budget-friendly version that suits your
wallet so that was it for me guys and I
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