New Style for Men: Scarfs

As I've been walking around Paris, I've seen guys of all ages wearing scarfs. They aren't gay, it's just in style over here. I think it's cool. My dad got a scarf and he posed for the camera. It's brown and white but the scarfs have been all different colors.

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Bonjour from Paris!

Hey everyone! I'm in Paris at this moment. I've seen so many fashions that I love and have inspired me. The first one is shorts with leggings/tights. Yesterday, walking down Champs Elysees (my computer doesn't do accent marks so bear with me) I saw about 5 people wearing this style.

Today I wore my favorite "highwaisted" shorts (from the Gap), grey leggings (from JohnnieBoden), button down light blue shirt tucked into my shorts (from the Gap) and black boots (curteousy of my mother). Maybe you saw me wearing my leather jacket (bottom picture, jacket from JohnnieBoden)

                        Note: My IPod camera quality is bad.

Hair Coloring with Crayola Markers

Excuse my face.... yeah so first video. I do this to my hair a lot. It works the best on blonde hair. Pastels (as in pastel crayons) work with darker hair.

-ParisBelle

Hey everyone! Happy Halloween! For Halloween, email me pictures of your costume at stylefilechicago@hotmail.com Crysanne and I would love to see your costumes! If you have instagram tag me in a photo with @_luckyyy_ feel free to follow me too. Crysanne doesn't have an instagram anymore. I'll post a picture of what I am wearing for Halloween for my kitty cat outfit.

Love you all!
- ParisBelle

Fun things: Fashion shoots

Boredom is hard to beat when you have a friend over and you can't think of anything to do. I've had that problem. My friend, Olivia, and I beat that by doing a photo shoot. We used locations we could walk to, such as my kitchen, the outside of my house and a forest near my house. Think of places you could use around your house or places in walking distance. This is a chance to be a model and designer! Have fun! These are some of the pictures Olivia and I took:

Headbands

I found that this style of headbands (full circle ones) are fun to wear like I am in the picture. They are in style right now and look great with all types of hair. They don't go with all types of outfits so experiment to see what looks right.

-PB

Easy Way to Curl

This is an easy way to curl your hair with a straightener!

Steps:

1: Take the piece of hair and clamp the straightener

2: take the hair and twist it once around the straightener

3: slowly slide the straightener down and you're set!

Double Twist

This is just like the easy twist and braid except without the braid and two twists.
Steps:
1. Twist some hair back and clip it into place
2. Twist a second set of hairs back that are beneath the first and clip into place

Fashion trend: Winter

I stopped into Joe's (a favorite store of mine) and tried on pairs of colored skinny jeans. Then I looked in magazines and found that not only are they comfortable and fun but they're in style for winter, too! You can wear them with a plain white tee shirt or with a blazer. I bought a pair of bright purple jeans and will wear them with the Preppy look so I can wear it at school.

File #6: Summer Fresh

Consists of: a flowy, colored, collared tank top (Nordstrom), white shorts (Nordstrom)

Makeup/jewelry/hair: fresh, like nude colors (browns, light pink), very little makeup or none at all; a silver necklace and earrings (a vintage style); down with curls, wavy, down with a headband or a braid.

Wear it to a: beach party, any party, school, the movies, out for dinner, shopping

Dress it up: wear a pearl necklace

File #5: Preppy

Consists of: blue blazer (mine's from Nordstrom), a clean, v-neck, short sleeve t-shirt (from Banana Republic but you can get these shirts anywhere) and skinny Jeans (Abercrombie).

Makeup/Jewelry/Hair: Natural with browns and nude lips; a silver necklace and earrings; a sleek ponytail, a braid or super straight.

Wear it to: a party, out for dinner, the movies,

Dress it up: wear pearls or add a little more makeup

Dare Week: The last day

Here's the last 3 dares for the first dare week. Crysanne and I would appreciate any feedback you have.

1. Make a dessert that you've never tried to make before (or make your own recipe)
2. Rearrange your room to resemble something in a magazine
3. Buy a pack of sparklers and dance around with them

Have fun!!!

Dare Week: Day six

Here are your dares for today:

1. Send a letter to your favorite movie/TV star
2. Look at your old picture albums and use your clothes to recreate one of the outfits
3. Have a paint war in your backyard (use squirt guns to spray each other with paint)

Have fun!!!

Dare Week: Day Five

These are your dares for today:

1. Try a new hairstyle (without cutting your hair)
2. Paint your nails a bright, completely weird color
3. Try a new talent (juggling???)

Have fun!

Dare Week: day four

Happy 4th of July!!!!! Here are your dares for today:

1. Go all out red, white and blue
2. Have a waterballoon fight with friends/family/neighbors
3. Make a crazy soda pop concoction out of different flavors of soda

Have fun and stay cool!

Dare Week: Day three

Here are the dares for day 3:

1. Do something you're afraid to do
2. Buy something at the Dollar Store and find a funny use for it
3. Have a water gun war

Have fun!!!

Dare Week: Day 2

Here are your dares for day 2.

1. Load a squirt gun with paint and try to paint a picture with it
2. Have a bonfire
3. Wear something your favorite book character would wear (I would wear a Gryffindor tie)

Have fun!!!

Dare Week: Day One

Okay, here are your dares for the rest of July 1st.

1. Wear something you normally wouldn't wear
2. Dance in the sprinkler with your friends
3. Listen to a song that you absolutely hate or have never heard before

Comment below if you did any of these (in the comments) in the remaining daylight you have available.

Go check out this article

http://online.wsj.com

It's an article about always dressing your best, no matter what the situation is. It's called Always Dress to Impress in the Fashion Section in the Wallstreet Journal online.

*Sorry you can't click on the link, I don't know why it does that.

Dare Week: Coming Soon!

So Crysanne and I were thinking of fun things to do on StyleFile and came up with Dare Week.  How Dare Week works: Crysanne and I will think up fun or crazy dares and post them on here. Check back here daily for new dares. During or after you do them, post a comment on here telling us how it went. You can post a comment for an idea for a new dare for other Dare Weeks. The maximum dares per day are 3, so you can choose your dare out of the 3 or you can do all 3 dares.

First Dare Week: July 1-7, 2012.

Second Dare Week: September 9-15, 2012.

Third Dare Week: December 2-8, 2012

Fourth Dare Week: May 5-11, 2013.

File #4: Polka-Dot Flower Nails

What You Need: light pink, dark pink and blue nail polish, bobby pin and a sheet of paper

What to do: paint 1 layer of light pink nail polish and let dry. Drop a couple of drops of dark pink nail polish onto the sheet of paper. Dip the bobby pin into the polish and dot lowest part of your nails like in the picture, leaving the thumb for last. On the thumb, dot a blue flower then dot pink leading up to the flower like a stem.

-PB

File #3: Button down shirt with belt

Consists of: button down collared shirt (the one I'm wearing is from Gap), brown belt (the one I'm wearing is from Gap), shorts (or a skirt or jeans), shoes (the ones I'm wearing were the ones I was wearing for shopping and walking around, so I couldn't change them)

Makeup/jewelry/hair: little to no makeup; vintage jewelry; rugged hair, a high ponytail, braids or your favorite way to wear your hair

Wear it to: a party, school, everyday,

Dress it up: the way you do your hair or what kind of jewelry you wear can make the slightest difference in the outfit, or whether or not you tuck the shirt in

File #2: easy twist and braid

What you need: bobby pins or clips (I use goody),
What you do: take the front chunk of hair and twist it towards the back of your head. Pin it into place (I put the bobby pins one up one down). Braid your hair into a side braid. The finished product should look something like the picture.
Way to dress it up: add some blingy bobby pins (Goody had some good ones)
-PB (I got a co-owner, my bff Crysanne!)

File #1: Shirt tucked in with belt

Consists of: a white flowy shirt, shortshorts, a brown belt and brown leather sandals (Normally a white shirt works best)
Makeup/jewelry/hair: natural or no makeup; vintage earrings or necklace; rugged hair or a side braid
Best for: parties, beach or school
Dress it up: add something like a bow or flower to your hair, add some bling

Welcome!!!!

Hey! Welcome to Style File! It's the beginning of summer so I'll be posting more summerier photos with tips. I get most of my pictures off of Instagram or Tumblr. I'm not allowed to give out my IG name. I redo my nails every weekend so after I'll post a picture of them and how to do the nails. Enjoy your summer! Most of the pics are of me (the ones standing on the toilet are because the only full length mirror is in my parents room).

-ParisBelle