*This is Safiya's new intro song*
Hello
Friends and welcome to another video. Today I'm gonna be buying a week's worth of clothing from Fashion Nova
Now Fashion Nova is a trendy online clothing retailer that I see freaking
everywhere and I guess that makes sense because they really go ham with the marketing.
You may recognize their name from the hashtag #Novababes,
Which surprised me by not being a hashtag about ladies who attend Villanova
University. Unlike other online retailers like wish and romwe, Fashion Nova's prices are not
Suspiciously low but, like those other online retailers, a lot of the mystique around fashion Nova
exists because it's not clear if the clothes are as good in real life as they are in the photos. And a lot of the
Posts about fashion Nova seem to be sponsored or partnered content. So it's hard to find an unbiased review.
So today I'm gonna be diving headfirst into the fashion Nova
cove, cave, grotto? And buying a week's worth of outfits in my quest to become a Villanova babe.
All right. Let's start shopping
Okay, so I'm gonna open up Fashionnova.com and I'm also gonna open up a fashion Nova's Instagram.
What fashion Nova does on their Instagram is that they have like their own posts that are like their sort of online catalogue models
But they will also repost their Nova babes wearing their Fashion Nova clothing.
So I basically wanno go through and like find Nova-babe
Posts and then try and recreate their outfits and see how they look on me, a not Nova- babe.
All right, yes. Here are some dresses, some body suits. Oh, look! There's a Nova babe with her Nova-Bae. Oh, you know what?
I said Nova-Bae as a joke, but actually that is a hashtag in this caption. Oh wow!
This looks like a very distressed pair of jeans that is specifically distressed on the butt cheek.
I've actually never seen that before but you know, I've worn my fair share of strange denim,
So I feel like you know, maybe we could go for this. I could wear some boy shorts.
Maybe borrow some briefs from Tyler and we could sort of do like a peekaboo situation.
So I'm gonna go to the fashion Nova site and then search this term 'the truth about it denim Bermudas'
All right. So, let's see what size I could be in these. Based on this size chart
I'm gonna guess I'm a size 9
All right. So let me add these to the cart and then let me see what she's wearing on her top again
uh
It's called the 'meshing u cami' like she's 'mishing' you but she's meshing you. It looks like a pretty
Standard gold tank top. So why don't we just get a medium on top and that will conclude this outfit. Oh look at this
It's a Nova babe with her Nova babies. Oh is this--
Adrienne Bailon of the Cheetah Girls? Why it is! And she is wearing the trench me up
Jacket as a dress. Well, I'm surprised that Adrienne's cheating on the Cheetah Girls with the Nova babes
Obviously Adrienne has done many things since being on the Cheetah Girls
including date Rob Kardashian, but to me
She will always be a cheetah sister. Adrien like has styled this with nothing underneath but on the website
They've styled it with a skirt underneath so we'll see when it gets here if we need to put something under this
alright
So I don't think I can find the exact over-the-knee boots that she has on in the photo on fashionnova.com,
But, I did find a couple of pairs that kind of have like some texture to them. That could be a good dupe
So I'm gonna go with these
Francine's satin over the knee boots and that is outfit number two. All right. So, let's see what's up next.
Oh, I like this. This is like a black jumpsuit with slits up the legs and like red and white piping
It looks like she's at a mall, too. And I love malls
I'm a big fan of like maxi dresses and jumpsuits and I like that this one it has kind of like baggy legs
So it's not like super clinging to the thighs
All right
So I'm gonna add this
Rooftop bar jumpsuit in medium to the bag and that is pretty much all we need for our third outfit
Let's see what we should get next
Ooh, this looks interesting. This to me is like definitely like a modern-day Bratz outfit
I think that the beret on top really seals its fate there. Alright, so here's the top on the website
It looks quite short. It seems to hit sort of like directly under the boob
So I guess you guys are all going to get view of my Taylor Swift midriff
And then uh, what were the pants called? the Carly Bella striped pants.
Well, at least these pants look like they're quite high-rise
I'm gonna get these in a size large and then add that to the bag. All right
So the last part of this outfit was the beret. Oh, well, I just searched for beret, and I got a butt lifter so
Tyler in the background: "Yeah, ya did."
I might have to get a beret somewhere else. All right, so with those added to the cart that is outfit number four
All right
So what's next?
You know what? This dress is really popular on their Instagram
Like I've seen a few different posts that feature this Mura mesh dress
So I feel like if they're continually marketing and showing people in this dress, we should try it out
This dress is definitely sort of that tight around the curves
Club dress that I think is like a signature of fashion Nova
It seems to be a ruched look so you can kind of like cup and skim. I'm doing this. I don't know what this is
I think we should get this in a medium. All right, so that is outfit number 5. 2 left!
Oh my word. What is that?
They say this is the Shaina houndstooth velvet lounge set and it seems to be sort of like
Halfway in between like a houndstooth suit and like a Juicy Couture sweat suit
So, I think we should do it. Online the sweat suit seems like much looser, but we'll see how it actually fits in person
I did also find a pair of sunglasses that look like the one she's wearing
So let's get those too. So that is outfit number 6. All right, so let's look for our last fashion Nova outfit
Oh, this is cute. This looks like it's like a mustard crop top that says 90s baby across the boobs
And you know what? I'm a 90s baby. So why not advertise that above my chesticles? All right
I feel like as always we should go for a medium with this and I'm gonna add that to the bag
So the next part of this outfit is the pencil skirt. So, let's see if they have a plaid pencil skirt
All right
So I feel like the closest dupe I could find on the site is this 'Couldn't be bothered' skirt
And it looks to be about the right length, but it's just plain black instead of having that like dark grey plaid pattern
She's also wearing these like silver these which, I believe are also fashion Nova
And they do have a size 10 available and I think that will complete our outfit number seven
All right, so that is a week's worth of outfits, hopefully
So I'm going to choose one business day shipping which has a pretty hefty price tag
But if it actually gets here in one day, I think it's worth it. Okay, so my order is confirmed
So hopefully they'll get here pretty soon
And once it does we'll start wearing it and see if I can ever truly become a Nova babe
Okay, so it's a few days later. And I think we have almost everything that we order from fashion Nova
Even though we paid for like overnight shipping, it came in like five days. In fact,
Fashion Nova sent me an email like when it should have been here being like Congrats we're still working on it
So as I said, we have almost everything.The sunglasses,
Unfortunately, never arrived. They were on like the packing list of the items
That should be here when we originally got the package, but they were nowhere to be found
But sunglasses aside, I have all of my things here and we'll start wearing them
Now!
So for my first outfit I went for Adrienne by Lon's trench me up jacket and B Francine
Satin over the knee boots the cheetah sisters
We stand together
To finish off the styling of this outfit
I put my hair up in a topknot and then I also added a little booty short
I think Adrienne might be a bit shorter than I am. So this fit her more like a dress and for me
Well, I guess it's still a dress but it's a dress that shows my underwear
So Adrienne instagrammed this outfit at some type of park in front of a fountain
So we went to a park and found a fountain
I wonder how Adrienne got on in her stiletto boots because mine are sinking into the ground
I'm just like
You know, sort of aerating the grass. The jacket does look reasonably like the photo but it is much less
Flattering on me than it is on Adrienne. It is a little smaller than I expected
I think I could have done with a large at least on bottom. But then who knows what would have happened up top?
And the shoes even though they were the right size
Quickly became pretty painful. I ended up having to walk in sort of like small waddling steps.
Tyler: Why is the resemblance uncanny?
I think my gaiter resembles his so closely. He thinks I'm just a giant goose
Tyler: Yeah, he's like you're a little awkward, but-- Safiya: I don't think I would wear this outfit again
Maybe I would try to wear this jacket over something but altogether this outfit made for a very precarious day
Tyler: It's surprisingly long. I think was the goose chase that really got you over the edge. Safiya: It was truly a wild goose chase
So for my second outfit I went for my early favorite from when we were shopping
Which was the rooftop bar jumpsuit. Sky's out thighs out, that's what I always say. In the instagram
This Nova babe is basically just posing at a mall
So we went to the mall and posed. It's kind of like as if each of my individual legs are superheroes
With capes!
to which I say: No capes!
I do think that this jumpsuit does look a lot like the photos online at least while you're stationary
But once you start walking you're confronted with the reality of the slits. The thing is I'm okay with my thighs being out
It's really just like right here
That kind of makes me nervous. 'Cause I just feel like it could just flap inwards and then you'd really just see my pubes
I do actually like the look of this jumpsuit when you're standing still but in motion things move around
Things ride up and it just feels kind of risky. It's basically a fancy loincloth.
Tyler: Yeah!
I would wear this again, but maybe like on vacation or to like a pool party?
I don't think I would wear it out in public again, just because of the pube anxiety. Tyler: It's not sky's out thighs out
Tyler: It's uh loins out groins out
Tyler: Is that-- That's the same thing
So one day three I went for the 'truth about it' denim Bermudez and the meshing you' Cami
Tyler: Whoever made these jeans are like "I want the whole ass out" Safiya: Each buttock must be exposed to its maximum capacity
I had already planned on wearing like little booty shorts underneath these jeans
But I wasn't expecting how see-through the top would be
So I also put on a little camisole underneath just to keep myself monetized
I've done enough under layers that I'm not nervous about being exposed personally
But like the amount of rips and dips is interesting. Tyler: It looks like a bear tried to grab your butt
Yeah, I got groped by Wolverine. Dammit, Hugh!
I think I've
experienced my fair share of strange denim at this point and this definitely
Isn't the weirdest pair of jeans I've ever worn but the behind is really confounding
Ohoh!
Tyler: What? Safiya: I can feel the hot chair through my path
There's something about these that are so absurd that I almost want to wear them again
But I don't know how or why. Besides of course the like extreme distressing on the buttock
They're also like a Capri or Bermuda short length, which is a length of pant that I have not worn since about
2006 or 7. and to be honest Bermuda shorts are pretty much the last item of clothing I would expect to be sexy-fied
But maybe I just don't have that Nova babe vision. So for our fourth outfit, I went for the 'Maura mesh' dress
I just think this dress is kind of sexy
I do feel kind of like the inside of a nice casket. In this Instagram
This Nova babe is posing inside while holding a bouquet of roses
And I'm just going to pose in front of the thermostat
I'd say this dress does look like it did in the photos
But it fits much stranger than I thought it would. In particular
It was weirdly tight around the upper arms everything else about the dress has some give but right here
It's hurting already as a result. I had extremely limited range of motion
I do kind of feel like I could Hulk out of this dress
*Groaning Hulk-like noises*
I kind of heard little rip! And while we were eating dinner
I had to
Sneakily take my arms out of the sleeves in order to be able to like move my arms around the table
I wish I could say I liked this dress
I think that if you weren't planning on wearing it for a very long amount of time, you could definitely get away with it
But in terms of like an actual dress to wear, I don't like it.
So for my fifth outfit I went for the 'CarliBela' striped pants and the 'mixed business' tank top
Tyler: You look so much like a Bratz doll. It's crazy. Safiya: I am Sophie, the French exchange student.
The inspo-Nova babe was wearing like an acid-washed denim jacket, a beret and very pointy nude heels
Which we did add to the outfit but none of which are from Fashion Nova
My feet were just not made for heels in any way shape or form and I think that is gonna be one of my
Bigger barriers in my quest to become a Villanova babe. I liked the top
I thought it was totally fine. The pants however, are much more
Chiffony than I expected and they also have a weird pair of shorts inside of them. That makes them pretty uncomfortable
Besides that, I think that the styling of this outfit was fun
But it was sort of cumbersome. Tyler: you look at you're balancing a plate on your head. Safiya: How do I beret?
How does one beret? I like the idea of this outfit
But I think that I would have to find a different pair of
Burgundy colored pants because the current ones have just rode all the way up. Tyler: No Taylor Swift midriff to be found
Tyler: Where are you navel?
Safiya *singing*: Where are you now that I navel?
*Safyia making music noises*
That's Justin Bieber
So for my sixth outfit
I went for this 90s baby crop top, this couldn't be bothered skirt and these Olympic booties.
'92 is the best!
In general, I think that all of these items ended up looking like how I thought they would, so I'm impressed by the
internet too IRL translation, and I'm also impressed by like how
Comfortable I am. I do have like full range of motion of my arms. Tyler: Yeah! Safiya: And like a decent range of motion down here
And, surprisingly of all,
The fashion Nova shoes are actually pretty comfortable
The only thing I didn't like about the shoes is that it looks like after one wear, I have like a crease in the toe
But they're comfortable. It's just a shame that they look like this now. I would wear this outfit again
Maybe not all together, but I liked the skirt,
I liked the shoes and I liked the shirt. Something about this skirt reminds me of like Joan from Mad Men who is
arguably like a
1965 Nova babe. Amongst all of my internet hauls. This is the rare outfit. That's three for three
You know, I'm saying to the world what my parents had sex 25 years ago
well more like
26 and a half years. 26...
So for my last outfit I went for this Sheyna houndstooth velvet lounge set
I kind of feel like a villain from like American hustle or something. Tyler: Or like The Hangover. Safiya: I think in
Person the jumpsuit ended up fitting more like it did on the model on the website than it did on the Nova babe on
Instagram I will say that the jumpsuit is quite comfortable and the medium seems to be fitting me pretty well
But to wear it like the Instagram model
I really have to like open it up pretty far and like really make it kind of uncomfortable. In this Instagram
The Nova babe is posing on an ottoman and taking a photo of herself in the mirror
We don't have any mirrors like that in our house. So we went to Ikea. Can we get some meatballs? Tyler: Yes! Safiya: I'm down
I had a good time walking around IKEA and lounging in the pretend bedrooms
Tyler: You look like you could be sitting right next like DJ Khalid. Safiya: Another one, another one, another one. What else does he say?
And thankfully they did have a mirror we could use.
It was honestly sort of hard to replicate her pose. She kind of juts out her butt. In the immortal words of Tyra Banks
This jumpsuit is really far away from my own personal style
But I did kind of like it, honestly. If there were a particular occasion
or costume party of some kind that I could wear this to
I definitely would.
I can eat as much lingonberry as I want *Fake laughter*
All right, so that was my week wearing Fashion Nova outfits
I think that comfort wise my favorite outfit was the '90s baby' outfit
But aesthetically I also really liked the black jumpsuit that showed off my full thigh
Overall my biggest takeaway about fashion Nova in general is that most of the outfits do photograph well
But a lot of them run into problems when you start walking. whether they flap open or have strange linings on the inside or just
Restrict your arms within 30 degrees of motion for some reason
So although I do appreciate that the clothes look pretty similar to how they're pictured online. A lot of them don't feel so good
I guess that leaves us with one final question: Am I a Nova babe?
And I think the answer is that I'm lacking some posing skills and tolerance for foot pain
But if I could be carried to a location
Instagram and then carried out of that location
Maybe I could be. Thank you guys so much for watching
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