Christina DeFilippo: Chic Ways to Wear Neutrals – Glam Radar

Though neutrals and monochromatic looks may seem dull or boring, they can make your style classic and sophisticated through great styling. Neutrals are significant since they are trend-proof, versatile, style savers, and outfit multipliers. Think of elegant and polished styles where you can wear neutral colors such as white, black, gray, khaki, brown and such. Let’s have a style inspiration on how to wear neutrals in a sophisticated and chic way.

Living in Connecticut, Christina DeFilippo is a style blogger known for her classic and polished looks featuring neutrals like white, black, khaki, gray or tan as well as neutral prints in her style. She really loves how polished pairing neutrals together and how inspiring changing seasons for her style throughout the year. According to Christina, she’s always been a girl with “champagne taste on a beer budget” as she believes that you don’t need to be decked out in designer stuffs to feel chic. Oh So Glam is a personal style blog that serves as her creative outlet for sharing the things she loves the most such as her personal style, photography, fashion thoughts, and writing.

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When wearing accessories in neutral shades, opt for unconventional designs, unique pattern, and interesting style to make them stand out even they’re muted and plain. For instance, Christina opted for black gladiator sandals and a fedora hat as statement pieces with her casual and neutral outfit. A fur scarf is a great addition for creating some texture and dimension to a candid look. Chic sunglasses, elegant jewelry, structured bags, and even belts are versatile options to revamp your plain outfit.

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Black and white are timeless shades that give classic, elegant, and sophisticated vibe. But to avoid making them monotonous and boring, keep the silhouettes of various textures such as leather, cotton, denim, cashmere, suede, wool, silk and such. If you’re sporting an all-white ensemble, you may want to wear some gold accents in your jewelry to give some ethereal feel.

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Rather than making your ensembles plain and basic, let them be on the spotlight by incorporating neutral prints with them. Classic prints in neutral shades such as stripes, checks, polka dots, plaids, and animal prints like leopard, snake, and zebra are great for adding designs while keeping the neutral theme. Remember that animal prints are treated as neutral too as they are versatile to be easily dressed up or down. So, if you’re feeling adventurous, go for a leopard print coat but keep the rest of your outfit neutral like Christina did. Though animal prints are neutral, it may still pop your outfit if you’re wearing all black as black serves as a good backdrop of your print.

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You may also incorporate a pop of bright colors like yellow, red, green, or orange with your accessories. Christina creatively wore a yellow belt on her all black outfit and a red hat and scarf with her neutral outfit. Though selected in small doses, the vivid colors worked.

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You may level up your style by teaming two neutral tones together in an outfit for a sleek and elegant look. Pick within the colors of black, white, gray, khaki, brown, beige, nude and such in a two-color combination. If you’ve mastered the basic rules, then you may mix and match multiple neutral shades. For instance, you may wear a white chiffon blouse and khaki pants with a black clutch and nude heels like Christina did.

When embracing the neutral fashion style, balance the neutral colors, play with proportions, and feel confident about it. After all, a neutral fashion style is all about the classic, timeless, and elegant style for a woman like you.

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