Drizzles domain: July 2013

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Be a Jet Setter in Your Maxi Dress

I bought this dress a few years back, from the PQ outlet on Ontdekkers for like R60, which for a maxi dress is a bargain I loved it because the length was perfect, being short I always have to tailor my garments to fit me. At first I really doubted this buy and a good amount of time had passed before I had actually decided to wear it.

The 1^st time I wore it was to spend the afternoon with my cousins and I wore it like a skirt instead of a dress. I instantly fell in love with this dress and the different colours. It took a while to creep into my heart but when it did I instantly knew how to style it.

Long maxi dresses compliments all figures it’s the print that one has to watch. Tiny ladies can go experiment, but watch out for the common mistake most ladies do which is to buy from the kiddies section, instead of looking sexy for the summer you will look like a little girl hanging out with the big girls. Fuller figure ladies should stick to solid colour dresses, as this will make them look slimmer and sexy.

How to look the sexiest in a maxi dress? Well, I have a few hints to help you!

- Get your dress tailored, sweeping the floors is not sexy or stylish

- Most maxi dresses are sheer or close to if you are not a fan of a petticoat wear the correct undergarments.

- Don’t always wear a t-shirt under the maxi dress try a jacket or jersey that’s open in the front

- One of the favourite ways to wear my maxi dress is over my bikini it beats the wrapping of scarf around my waist

- Class up a maxi dress, wear it with heels and stylish accessories

- Another way I like to cover up over my maxi dress is wearing a sheer loose top over

- If you are someone who loves to wear accessories, add a waist belt to the dress to add more of your own personal style to it.

- Also one important factor is to insure your straps of your dress is adjusted to fit you and compliment your bust area as best as possible. There’s nothing worse the someone’s bit popping out because of loose straps

This is my flower power dress that I love so much.

It has this frill detail and buttons for some feminine detail

An adjustable strap so my dress can fit me perfectly

This is how I fold my dress to make it a skirt

This is my vintage glam look

This is my bohemian style

This is my everyday look

This is my student look

This is a close up to show that the top is see-through

And this is my pretty girl look I love this for hot sunny day lunches with friends.

Sprinkle the drizzles let everyone fizzle

Aaqelah Salojee

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Scarf Conning

One of the many things that I love about winter is the luxury woolen scarves women wear around their necks. Wearing a scarf around my neck in the winter is one of the must do’s for winter in my opinion.

I love to have a variety in the way I wear anything and wearing a neck scarf in the same style can become monotonous and easily leave you feeling choked instead of fashion forward and stylish.

I buy my scarves mostly from Ahlan WA Sahlan in Azaadville they have a variety of options when it comes to texture, colour, print, and fabrics and its always at a reasonable price. Also Woolworths and Edgars stock a variety to satisfy anyone’s taste. I prefer a long rectangular scarf that’s also wide in width that can double up as a head scarf.

If I had to go on holiday and I was only able to take 3 scarves with; 1 would be a solid colour, 1 would be printed and the 3^rd one would be a bright colour combo.

My do’s & don’t when it comes to wearing scarves around the neck area;

- Wear earrings complement the scarf

- Try to wear your hair up or tie it up, I always end up with static hair or my hair being all mixed up in the scarf (please note: this is for people with long hair)

- Wear a scarf that brings out your eye colour this is something I always do and my eyes instantly sparkle

- Don’t wear a scarf if the fabric makes you itch you will be very uncomfortable

- Don’t wear a busy neck detail top with a scarf you will very busy and also untidy

- Try finding a signature style draping that you can master

- Don’t tie it too tight, loose in this case is better

- A crease scarf looks untidy depending on your look, take the time to press it out

- I personally avoid embellishments on my scarves because it can cause an irritation.

If you are not someone to wear scarves around your neck other places to show off a beautiful scarf are:

· Tie it around your handbag strap

· Tie it around your jeans instead of a belt

· Around your waist as a belt

· Around your hand like a bracelet

- Or wrap it around you like a shawl

- Wear it as a headband (I love this style in the summer time)

- Also tying your scarf in a gypsy style is something I love to do in the summer

This scarf style is called the: The Tinkle

Style 2: The Wishful

Style 3: The Skilful

Style 4: The Giggle

Style 5: The Superficial

Style 6: The Fizzle

Style 7: The whistle

Style 8: The Crystal

PS if you would like a step by step picture for any style just leave a comment below

Add a wiggle to your drizzle

Aaqelah Salojee

Monday, July 22, 2013

Leggings Vs Jeans

One of my must have for any trip is a pair of black leggings.

I love my leggings, they are from Woolworths and retail for R99.95 and Woolworths stock’s it all year round. I wear mine almost every day and with almost everything. Whether you are having a skinny or fat day leggings will make you feel better.

I love jeans I love bootleg, skinny fit, stone wash, ripped effect, faded, bleached; I would live in jeans I found the best that fit me and compliments me are skinny jeans. The brand I favour most for jeans is free2bu available at Edgar’s they usually retail for R299.95 but often I get mine on sale. I don’t always buy designer jeans because there are great stores like legit and Mr Price that sell the latest styles at a good price, but when I do buy designer, I apply my “can I ware this jeans 5 different ways?” rule and like duh jeans are like a second skin to some people.

Wearing leggings most of the time means it in the wash a lot and it’s not even a year since I got my current leggings and it’s ripping on the inner thigh area but being a designer I stitched it closed. But what can I expect it is a light weight fabric. One common mistake made by ladies is expecting a leggings to replace a pants in the sense they wear short tops and expose their bottom and it makes them look cheap because the leggings are stretching around your bottom the fabric is very thin and one can almost see her underwear. Ladies often we put on an outfit having an image in our head and we put it on and we don’t look how we expected, yet we still keep it on and we can feel it looks bad and people can feel our emotions and pick up that you feel uncomfortable.

One problem I often pick on women wearing jeans are that they don’t wear belts and the jeans start to sag and it looks unattractive at the ladies bottom area and also the muffin top it creates, ladies, ladies muffin tops are not sexy and it can be avoided if you buy your correct size but that is a topic all on its own.

Tips on when to wear a leggings and when to wear a jeans:

-If you are wearing a dress, wear a legging’s to give yourself a smooth finish at the tummy area.

- If the top is above your bottom wear a jeans

- Don’t buy straight cut leggings get the skinny fit, its leggings, it’s meant to sit fitted

-Keep away from straight cut jeans it is not flattering to any figure

- If you are wearing a low cut jeans, make sure your wearing the right undergarments to protect yourself from looking like a plumber when bending over or sitting.

-If you can’t move in the jeans, the jeans are not meant for you

-When trying on leggings and you can see your skin peeking through, you need to go a size up

-Boot leg jeans need to be hemmed according to the shoe you want to wear it with because having bootleg jeans hemmed for a flat shoe and wearing a heel with it will make you look like you have outgrown your jeans.

- Try and stay away from denim that is loose, denim is meant to be a stiff fabric and with today’s technology they have put a stretch into it.

Don’t be the only one not dancing in a drizzle storm

Aaqelah Salojee

Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Shoe Frenzy

I Refuse To Put Down Those Shoes

Hi, my name is Aaqelah, and I wear a size 3 shoe. I always get so excited when I buy a pair of shoes.

People often ask me; “is it difficult finding your size shoe?” and most of the time I reply no. I know it sounds like I am being cheeky but it's very rare for me these days to not get my size.

As a young girl only wanting to wear heels and relying on my parents for taking me shopping I grew up shopping in Lenasia or the oriental plaza and I loved it, it was shoe heaven and the prices were always decent, and the stores always stocked my size. I am always yelled at about how many pairs of shoes I have but I have been a size 3 since I was in Primary School and I love to look after my possessions so therefor I have built up a number of shoes. (Keeping the actual number a secret so my parents won’t faint)

Getting my licence and going shopping on my own opened my eyes to a whole new world of shoes, staring at window displays at the store’s like Aldo, Socrati, Europa art, ect. The choices are amazing. Not just has heels improved so have pumps, loafers, takkies (my word for sneakers) the chances are in today’s time, even a guy is a shoe addict with all the different options out there I often tell myself quality is better than quantity because having a badly made shoe can really ruin a good outfit and believe people do notice your shoes.

As a teenager all I wanted was to wear heels, now as a 20 something year old person starting my career, I find myself grabbing flats and dreading heels, I love them, but I want to be fast, I want to be active, fun, casual as well as save my feet from the pain, but however it’s very easy to look short, fat and untidy with flats and that is why a good heel can really make a normal boring outfit look sexy and well put together.

I do love pencil heels, I don't think there's anything sexier, but wedges are wonderful as well, I find a shoe with a thick heel unattractive and I find baby heels a waste of time but most of all I hate a wobbly heel.

I made some meme makers regarding shoe related issues I hope you guys find it funny.

Drizzles are the crystals we just miss to capture
Aaqelah Salojee

Monday, July 15, 2013

Reach for those peach jeans

As a stylist many of my clients face the dilemma on whether to purchase a colour skinny or not, and my reaction is why not and that is my main reason why I am doing this post to show 15 different ways of wearing a peach skinny.

This jean is from Edgars and I purchased it last year in the spring and it was R299.95 and its free2bu. I love free2bu products because it’s always on trend and also the price always falls just in my budget.

I was a bit afraid to take the leap into coloured skinny’s but my rule is, "if I can think of more than 5 different ways to wear it I’ll buy it!" I hadn’t even left the changing room and my mind was made up that I will be taking these peach jeans home with me!