Fashion Trend: Boho Chic
Romantic, Comfy Clothes: How to Wear Bohemian Chic & Hippie Styles
Sep 25, 2009
The stereotypical bohemian style might bring to mind bellbottoms, tie-dye, and patchwork, but there’s much more to this fashion trend than that. Bohemian style seamlessly blends the inspiration of the 1960s-flower-child with modern-day influences – brands like Anthropologie, Free People, and Urban Outfitters do it best. Celebs like Vanessa Hudgens, Sienna Miller, and the Olsen twins wear it right. Nicole Richie even makes hippie chic work with maternity wear.
Going for a hippie look is all about being a little undone but still pulled together. You have permission to be a little bit baggy but not sloppy. Here are three easy ways to add boho chic to your personal, everyday style without feeling like you’ve gone overboard or have become a fashion don’t.
Three Easy Ways to Dress Bohemian
- Flowy tops – You may feel like the last place you need to add material to your body is around your midsection with a ballooning top, but flowy shirts are available in a multitude of styles. From scoop necks to v-necks, long-sleeved to sleeveless, you can always find a tunic that’s flattering to your shape. To find your most flattering look, try on your flowy shirt with various combinations of skinny jeans, long necklaces, a boyfriend jacket, or even belt the top for a modern-day accessory trend. You can even opt for flowy, skin-skimming tops in luxurious fabrics like silk or satin.
- Embrace color – You don’t have to dress in Technicolor or wear flowers in your hair to be boho chic, though a splash of color added to your wardrobe with any article of clothing or accessory is a fine style choice that’ll have you feeling cheery all day long. The pastel palette is very hot in fall 2009 fashion and you can achieve a hippie style on both the warm and cool color spectrums. Shades of beiges, taupes, and browns from head-to-toe are super-sweet while light purples, grays, whites, and blues show just how cool, calm, and collected you really are.
- Boho Boots – Contrary to popular belief, Uggs are not the only bohemian footwear available. Short boots with long dresses, over-the-knee boots with mini-skirts, booties with boyfriend jeans, flat motorcycle boots with a skirt and tights – it’s all acceptable and easily do-able hippie style. Boots are an investment, so before you splurge on the whimsical cherry red ones or the fur-tipped peep-toe numbers, inventory your closet and determine which shoe style will be most complementary to the clothes you already own (and which will last for the long haul).
Sure Signs of Boho Chic
- Delicate and detailed embroidery.
- Luxe leather from faux-fur vests to wrapped wrist cuffs.
- Delicate gold hoops and bangle bracelets.
- Distressed denim, particular boyfriend jeans and skinny jeans.
- Chunky knits.
- Cropped military jackets, slightly distressed.
- Slouchy hobo bags.
- Fringe (if you dare!) on jackets and purses in particular.
- Scarves, scarves, scarves (but not too many at once!).
Unexpected combinations of patterns, textures, and seasonal styles always work for the bohemian look. Just be careful not to try and blend together too many boho elements all at once or you really will look like you dropped out of a documentary from 1969. Keep that feminine, modern, free-spirited feel close to the surface with unexpected ruffles, floral embellishments, and the uber-attractive element of fashion confidence.
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