Does the new year mean a new you? Changing your personal style is great fun as well as a good boost for the self-confidence. However, what can you do if a new pay raise has yet to arrive?
There are quite a few simple tricks you can use to revamp your style on a budget. Their applications will differ depending on the type of style you want to have. But the ideas are sure to provide inspiration.
How to Revamp Your Style on a Budget
1. Customize your current wardrobe
In the majority of cases, a girl’s wardrobe is full of clothes she hardly ever wears. You can put them to use now that you are looking for new ways of self-expression. Look up some guides on how to customize clothing by hand or employ a professional to help you. In either case, the overall cost will be much lower than buying brand-new items.
2. Launch a clothes swap campaign
Remember that clothes you aren’t wearing? If you can’t turn it into something new you’d love, swap it for something else. You can start with talking to your family and friends as they are bound to have similar issues. In case your styles don’t align at all, you can find ‘swapping’ opportunities online.
3. Accessorize on a budget
Today you can easily find exquisite accessories at very affordable prices. Go for originality to compensate for the lack of precious gems. For example, the Moonglow Classic Necklace with black Swarovski crystal in pewter will look stunning with a variety of party outfits. Buying affordable accessories is the new chic. Even Kate Middleton does this.
4. Dive into the depth of eBay and Etsy
To revamp your style on a budget you need to not only get the best bargains, but also the most stylish outfits and accessories. EBay and Etsy offer both, especially if you take your time truly surfing through them. The tricky thing is that you need to have a rather solid idea of what you are looking for beforehand. Otherwise, you will get swamped with thousands of available offers. Thus, start with finding inspiration and outlining your new style.
5. Get your own signature
Every truly outstanding celebrity has something unique that sets them apart from the rest. Marilyn Monroe had her bleached hair and the mole, Gwen Stefani has a love for red lipstick and penchant for overlooking limitations of formal styles. As you can see, neither of these are things that require a major investment, yet they are marks of a unique style. This means that you don’t have to completely replace your wardrobe in order to create a new way of presenting yourself to the world. Instead, focus on details that will show off the new ‘true you’.
6. If buying new, go for classics
This might seem counterproductive as the point is revamping your style. However, practicality should win when your budget is limited. You can personalize the outfits with accessories as well as by mixing and matching classic clothes with a few original statement pieces. By investing in classic designs, such as an LBD (Little Black Dress), pencil skirt, white button-down blouse, etc., you ensure that revamping your looks in the future will become cheaper and easier.
7. Get some extra money
When you need to revamp your style on a budget, you shouldn’t forget that you can increase that budget without taking out the money from other needs. Instead, sell the clothes you aren’t using yourself and cannot customize. This might be a long shot and the payoff is hard to predict. However, this will allow you to both declutter and get at least some extra cash.
What do you think of these 7 tricks for revamping your personal style on a budget?
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Great suggestions! Especially the one about customizing clothes that you already have. That’s smart and a sure way to make your wardrobe unique.
Yes it is. Thanks for reading.
Fantastic tips! I really like the idea of going for classics, that way they can be accessorised to look different for different occasions 🙂
Thanks Helen.
Love these tips! Definitely using them this year 🙂
Thanks a lot.
Great ideas! I have been looking at some different pieces on www to alter my look and clothing around. I shall be implementing alot or these ideas.
If you are handy with sewing you can make some alterations that way too. I don’t however I have a friend who does.
She changes buttons, adds bling to plain t-shirts and so on. She also looks in the charity shops which are very upper market these days for quality pieces to alter and wear. Yes she does do for us too sometimes
Oh nice. I wish I had a friend to do things like that for me.
I’m all about buying classics. I don’t necessarily want to look “on trend” but I do want to know that my wardrobe will look good in another 10 years.
Yes me too.
I love the idea of a clothes swap event and plan on doing one at the school
Oh great Kara.
lovely little article
Thanks.
I love the idea of decluttering to make space for more. Are there any sites/apps you use?
Yes I love it too. I sell preloved items on eBay.
Lovely advice. Don’t forget the thrift shopping. We have a great thrift store in the neighborhood with name brand clothes. I always come home feeling like a fashionista.
Yes that too. Thanks Annette.
Great tips . I love a good Etsy or eBay bargain 🙂
Yea me too.
Thanks for the great tips! They will come in handy when I revamp my style after I give birth later this week 🙂
Oh nice. Have a safe delivery xx
Ohh these are great tips. For me I go on switching my clothes with new and old, some sort of mix and matching to create a new style.
Ah nice Anosa.
I love the tip about selling your clothes to extend your budget!! I often overlook this option.
Glad you do.
I feel like I have just discovered my own style recently and thats taken me a while! After a lot of mix and matching a lot of surfing for inspiration I have finally found my own feet with my own style!
Oh nice Nazrin.
Guuurl, I’m permanently on a budget! Good tips hon, I’m a big fan of accessorizing on a budget. Luckily high street stores have us covere for this! You look fab in your outfit hon ( :
Thanks hun xx
Fantastic tips, key pieces are the way to go and pieces that can coordinate too
Thanks Steph.
I love the idea of clothes swap – I have so many dresses that I can no longer fit into or no longer wear that are in pristine condition and I know that some of my friends would love them. Now I just need to find some friends who may have bigger sizes that they no longer need! 🙂
These are some great tips!! I love the idea of a clothes swap especially at this time of the year post Christmas when things are certainly tighter than normal
Laura x
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