Fall Trends Now: Wide Leg Pants
Lauren Hutton, Jackie Kennedy and Katharine Hepburn. These ladies are hall-of-fame style icons, and they’re also women known to have stepped out wearing wide-leg trousers. Perhaps that’s how this silhouette became a staple of...
10+ Easy Summer Beauty & Style Tips for Moms
As a mom, it’s easy to neglect what you wear. Your priority is the family, after all. Mornings are a rush of getting the kids ready, and evenings, you’re focused on winding them down...
How to Wear a Jumpsuit After 40
I’m not gonna lie — jumpsuits are hard to wear. They involve the same challenges you have finding a one-piece bathing suit that fits. The torso is too long or too short. The waist...
The Off the Shoulder Top — Picks You’ll Love for Under $25
Summer’s must-have piece? The flirty, flouncy off the shoulder top, of course. And this trend isn’t just for the younger ladies. Most off shoulder tops are pretty adjustable through the shoulder and neckline, so you...
The Elastic Waistband Reinvented — & How to Wear It
The phrase ‘elastic waistband’ always makes me think of shapeless, soft denim pants you might see your crazy aunt wearing. There’s nothing wrong with those baggy, pull-up trousers, but they are definitely designed for...
Culottes & Gauchos Are Back! Here’s How to Wear Them
Scoot your skinny jeans to the back of the closet, wide legs are making their way back to the forefront. And not just any wide silhouette, the cropped kind, to be exact. Grandma’s culottes...
How to Wear Marcel Ostertag Inspired Fashion (For Under $50)
Marcel Ostertag lit up the runway with his fall 2017/winter 2018 collection at New York fashion week. His style this season was an eclectic mix of vintage patterns, garments with bright clothes, and long-fitting...
Sustainable Fashion — How to Love Your Planet this Valentine’s Day
The holiday of love is almost here. And that means you’re likely consumed with either (1) finding the perfect gift for that special someone, or (2) determining how you’ll avoid the candy hearts and...
Forget Cliche Gym Resolutions: Resolve to Find Clothes that Flatter
The world has long been obsessed with numbers. Weight, sizes, age. Over the last couple of years, the script has been flipped. Recently, looking your best has centered less on specific digits, and more...
When Duty Calls: Solid Ideas For What To Wear To Jury Duty
So you’ve been summoned to jury duty. The usual reaction to that news is less than positive, but set aside those feelings for a moment. Because in that jury duty summons lies a challenge — to...
How to Wear Boyfriend Jeans (4 Dos and 3 Don’ts)
Boyfriend jeans are a favorite pick for off-duty models and celebrities. Get the look right and you have an ensemble that’s carefree, casual and chic all rolled into one. Get it wrong and —...
How to Wear Joggers Like a Fashionista (The Golden Rules)
The athleisure (and now athluxury) craze has ushered a new world of decision-making for fashionistas. As if we didn’t have enough to think about, with choosing the right cut of jeans to wear with...
Choker Trend Update — How to Wear A Choker This Winter
Every few years there’s a new statement accessory making the rounds. For the past 11 months (and more), it’s been all about the ’90s choker trend revival. Skinny or wide, satin or velvet, it makes no difference —...
Dressing for your Body Type — Top 3 Tips
Trends come and go, but your body shape is always going to stay the same. True, you may gain or lose weight, but in general your proportions aren’t going to change much. That doesn’t have...
Fall’s It-Jacket: Three (Affordable) Ways
It is by no means cold yet, but even California girls like Kendall and Gigi have begun working outerwear into their routines. And what’s the one trend that seems to be on every leading-lady’s back? Beautiful...
Jeremy Scott SS17 Inspired: Bright Color Picks on a Budget
The Jeremy Scott SS17 collection at New York Fashion Week brought vibrant hues, big hair, and fearless prints to the runway this fall. If you love to rock a splash of color in the hotter months,...
Women Over 40: Best Places to Shop for Clothes
There’s a story behind this post. It was originally written back in 2015 by a (younger) Budget Fashionista staffer. I gave her the topic — the best stores for women over 40 — and...
What to Wear to a Spring Wedding
If there’s any season that’s most notorious for being dubbed wedding season, it’s spring. Check out our tips for what to wear to a spring weeding. Since weddings should be all fun and no...
Does Bluefly Sell Fakes? The Fake Debate
(Editor’s note: This post about Bluefly fakes was updated 08/17 to include more sources and Bluefly’s statement on authenticity.) The fake debate continues and apparently our friends over at the internet’s number one designer...
How to Unshrink a Wool Sweater
Accidentally shrink your favorite wool sweater? Well, this tip gives you instructions on how to unshrink that sweater in using your own kitchen sink Unshrink a Wool Sweater in 6 Steps You can stretch...
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Thanks for stopping by! I'm Catherine, your Budget Fashionista style editor. I'm a bargain shopper at heart, as I love nice things but hate paying for them! I'm also a personal finance writer who's been featured on USA Today and MSN Money.