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Hello you amazing people! Welcome back to my channel and welcome to another style guide series
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and in this video as you already know by the title of this video I will be talking about
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bills and actually how to wear them and style them in your everyday outfit no matter what you're
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wearing. If you also want to maximize your closet using these accessories then please click that
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like button to let me know. If you're wearing a dress like this which is more flowy and kind of
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falls like that, it is a great way to kind of hide your tummy but at the same time it makes you look
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a little bulkier. Adding a thicker belt like this one will actually accentuate your waist as well as
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make this outfit look way more feminine. Again, a belt doesn't have to be designer. This is just a
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normal thicker belt with double-sided buckle. So it gives more of a bohemian vibe. But this thicker
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belt is actually accentuating my waist as well as I can loosen it or tighten it depending if I am
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going to be eating a little bit more. So there's quite a bit of room and adding a thicker belt in
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general kind of creates like a waistline especially if you're wearing a flowy dress
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now this is my go-to way of wearing any kind of flowy dresses
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this dress actually looks perfectly fine except it's actually not falling on the right place on
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the waist of mine they're on the seam here and i would like to lift it up a little bit and
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so that it looks nicer and it actually elongates my bottom part making me look taller. So I will be
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again using a thicker belt to do that depending on how thick like the middle part or the middle
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seam of a dress is for you. You can go for a little bit thinner belt as well or extremely thick belt
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either case in this kind of flowy dress outfit it looks really chic. Because this belt is of
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contrasting color it actually looks more flattering and creates like a waist definition here making my
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waist look even slimmer than it is plus because i now i actually lifted the belt because i want my
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belt to stay right here which is where it looks most flattering on me so depending on whether you
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have a longer torso or a shorter torso you can kind of place your belt that way so you can hide
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that seam that is going on and still create that waistline with a dress like this
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Now if you're wearing a sweater dress like this especially if you have a straight figure like mine
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You tend to look completely straight So what I usually like to do in that case is to add a thinner belt around the waist now i like this belt especially because it is longer sometimes thinner belts which just buckle
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up and are shorter tend to look more formal this one kind of creates more of a custom style
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i'll show you how i wear it typically this is kind of longer and wherever my waist i want to
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show it. I just add that. I keep the belts loose because I want to wear it. I sit and I don't want
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to cinch this too much. Then it looks a little funky so I keep it a little loose and I leave it
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like that to kind of create a western style. Plus it adds a little bit of waistline to my outfit
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You can do the same if you wear sweater cardigan dresses. That was kind of trending a few years
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ago a lot this is my go-to way of adding that waist definition to a straight sweater dress
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in this fall and winter i got obsessed with cardigans just because a lot of us are working
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from home and this is really a comfy and cozy way of layering when you're at home and this
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This also makes it easier for us to take it off if we get a little warmer
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I especially really loved cropped cardigans. I've also shared this outfit in my fall lookbook
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But just like this, a cropped cardigan kind of looks a little bland
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Again, it is not really working for my body. It is making me look bulkier because it is more of an oversized cardigan
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It makes me look a little bit bulky. So I'm actually going to be pairing it with a skinny belt
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again the same belt which is kind of longer you can also pair a normal formal style skinny belt
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that also work fine with any kind of cropped cardigan but I would recommend that you stay
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away from thicker belt just because the cardigan is anyways breaking your entire like silhouette
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right here adding another thicker breaking point here only going to make you look a little shorter
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Now this skinny belt is giving me a little bit of an edgier look in this outfit but I can also wear this while working from home and still look a little chic. Plus because I again tighten it a little loose and it has kind of a western style vibe it's giving me that effortless look and it's not making me look really short which if you wear a thicker belt will do
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a lot of us have these kind of like non button or open cardigans which are longer there's no way to
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actually cinch it or do anything in this case a belt comes really handy here's a belt hack for
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you if you have a buckle that is attached to the belt buckle itself and you don have a second set a buckle then use a matching rubber band tie it to the side and use it as a buckle for your belt trust me you can always match the color of the elastic band with
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the belt's material itself or if you want to have some fun you can go for some sparkly or glittery
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or even different patterned elastic bands and use it as a buckle adding a belt which
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mostly is a darker tone and it's thicker adds kind of a baseline and gives you more of a structured
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look especially in a kind of a very flowy um cardigan that you're wearing
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you can literally do the same thing when you're wearing jeans but what i usually do especially
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if I'm wearing multiple colors I tend to close my cardigan together so that the end or the waist
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part of my jeans is not visible which kind of creates two different divisions or sections for
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your waist not looking that pretty so I close my cardigan completely which kind of creates more of
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a coat style this is a cardigan that I'm wearing but I just wanted to show you guys some color
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options as well that you can also mix colors wearing a basic belt with your jeans outfit
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I also wanted to cover some jeans and sweater options. I have a whole video about how you can
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style it for fall and winter and look really chic. So I'm not going to talk a lot of like
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belting style. My only rule that I follow because I have a shorter torso I tend to avoid thicker
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belts because they actually break my waist a lot. Also because I have a straight figure it looks
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really wonky. If you are petite or you have a shorter torso like mine go for skinnier belts
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that will accentuate your waist and will not break your waist or make it look even shorter
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when you're wearing your jeans. Now if you are taller or if you have a longer torso by all means
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do that because that will actually work for you. Another thing that I like to do when I'm wearing
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colors with my jeans is that I tend to go for more of neutral belts compared to more colorful
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or pattern belts because I really want to accentuate the color itself and if you add
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pattern to the color. It makes your whole outfit look a little busy
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For the longest, I would wear an oversized sweater with skinny jeans or any kind of
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leggings just like this. But this year, I have really experimented a little bit more with this
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outfit and I added a thicker belt. This sweater is kind of bulky and loose fitted. Adding a
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thinner belt will completely hide the belt or it will be lost in all of that chunkiness of the sweater So adding a thicker belt gives your outfit more definition now you still have the loose fit of the sweater and still feels cozy and but with the belts detail it accentuates your waist and it also
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elevates this offer it doesn't just look like you know just a sweater and jeans
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it looks more put together more she this is probably my favorite way of wearing
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an oversized sweater and this outfit is so easy to put together you don't really need to do a lot
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just add a thicker belt and you're done this is my revelation of 2020 this is the trick that i found with the belt to elevate my coat
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outfits i tend to wear a lot of woven coats during a winter time because i find that they're
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extremely cozy and and i tend to go for more oversized and more flowy coats because you can
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create casual as well as formal outfits with them i'm sure if you live in california you would have
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one of these styles of coats but i realized that you can elevate this outfit with a belt so i found
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that now this is completely universalizing even if you are petite or you have a longer torso or
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shorter torso in a long coat like this or even longer coat you can absolutely get away with
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wearing a thicker belt and make that outfit look really chic and you can you would also accentuate
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your waist which tends to kind of hide away from when you are wearing a coat this rule will also
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go for puffer coats because we all know that puffer coats tend to be really bulky but most of
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the puffer coats these days come with like a nylon style stretchy belt. They don't. You can also
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always go for a nylon belt with your puffer coat. I don't have one but I will share a picture for
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your inspiration. Now this outfit doesn't have to again stick to just a jeans. You can do the same
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thing if you're wearing skirts or if you're wearing like mini skirts, bias skirts, even dresses
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you can apply the same rule and make your coat outfit look really chic
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Now, I hope this video was helpful in styling your belts and looking at your belts in general
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in a different way and to really maximize the wear out of them no matter what style of belt
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your own all of these tips and tricks work with all of them if you enjoyed this video please hit
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