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Arshia Lakhani, October 20 2020

Guide To Styling Your Basic Clothes

Your Basic Style Bucket List  

In the past 8 months, most of us have probably traded jeans for sweats, and fancy blouses for basic t-shirts or sweatshirts. Basic style is timeless and the most comfortable, who knows how long Covid-19 will last, but with a basic closet, work from home or classes from home is easy. This concept of basic style is easy to execute, it’s all about dressing up these basic styles to elevate your whole look. A closet with these 10 pieces will make your wardrobe staple shine, in addition to making your day to day dressing up easier.

There are always some days, where you don't feel like dressing up, however you can always accessorize to make your look effortless. The essentials of your closets can be mix and matched in multiple ways, for example, a plain white t-shirt paired with classic denims can be worn in so many different styles, and every time it will look trendy. 

Dime Tips

1. Try cleaning your wardrobe or organizing it, and you will for sure find so many of these wardrobe staples. 

2.   Mix and match items and style them

3.  Try using 1 item in 5 different ways and experiment using this online styling tool: shoplook, through this site you can fill an empty template and try styling different outfits. Scroll down to see how I have used it, in the styling looks section!

You can create so many outfits using  just these items, after all its all about your personal style. 

Every girl should own these 10 wardrobe essentials! If you need help in styling these, we got you covered, scroll down to see how to use 10 items in 4 different looks. 

Brand to buy basics from: 

H&M has a basic section in their website and store! Super affordable and stylish too! It is personally my favourite site to style basic clothes. 


 4 Stylish Looks Using Only 10 Basic Items 


Look 1: Comfy&Cozy Day out

Sweats + Sweatshirt is a classic basic look that can be combined with a layered necklace, any shoulder bag, and white shoes! Layer it with a coat for some extra coziness. You can also use the classic jeans for the same type of look!



Look 2: Casual Friday Work Fit

The White shirt goes so well with gold jewelry along with the class blue straight cut jeans that were used in look 1. 

A white shirt can be worn in so many different ways!! 

1. Tuck the shirt inside jeans or wear an oversized shirt and add a belt

2. Add gold jewellery to make it fancy

3. Wear black boots to complete it and don't forget your mask at work! 


Look 3: Zoom University 

#StayAtHome

Sweats, Sweats and more Sweats!

A lot of these basic pieces can be found at affordable prices on Wordans!

With online school and staying at home, why not dress up for yourself? Stay comfy and style using basic items! 



Look 4: Study Break 

Time for some Instagram pics!

We all end up going to the mall as a break and take mirror selfies, so why not dress up basic and still look as trendy as ever. 

Zip up hoodies are a must in your closet, layer it up with with tank tops and blue classic denims and you are set! 


Having a closet capsule is so important, your closet should have your favourite basic items that bring you happiness! This way, when you wake up and decide what to wear, your closet will not be a source of stress for you anymore. Having these 10 pieces will help you to keep clothes that you can always repeat with multiple sets of combinations. Its all about classic, simple and basic pieces in 2020!

It’s time for you to recreate one of these looks or make a totally new one using these 10  items, and make sure to send me your stylish looks to be featured on our blog! Also feel free to ask me any style advice through the contact page.



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Arshia Lakhani

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