Wearing Trendy Embellished Dresses for Winter 2011

You can embellish any clothing pieces—from casual duds to party clothes to office attire to embellished dresses. Cut out clothing you already have in your closet. You can start with plain clothing pieces like denim jeans and jackets, t-shirts, simple black dresses and basic solid-color skirts and make these garments the canvas for your creativity. You may rarely use a needle and thread to sew anything more than a button, but you can create any style of embellishments with very simple sewing skills.

If you’re planning to go for DIY embellished dresses this winter season, here are the things you can do to explore your creativity:

• Sew beads and sequins to any garment you wish or add lace, ribbons or anything from a scarf to a robe.
• Cut flower designs or prints from flower-patterned fabric, and then sew or glue them onto your clothes.
• Cover up a stain with an appliqué, with a group of sequins or decorative buttons, as you would use a brooch.
• Patch holes with your favorite scrap of vintage fabric or with a woven or braided section of colorful ribbons.
• Decorate jeans or dark fabric in patterns with a bleach pen.
• Attach fringe or decorative braid or ribbon to the hem of a skirt or dress.

One of the hottest new fashion trends for winter 2011 is the use of sequins on designer fashion pieces including shoes, clutch purses, jewelry, dresses and camisoles. When putting together your next outfit or heading out to celebrate the holiday festivities why not try one of the latest sequin embellished fashion pieces to amp up your look.

Make no mistake. A sequined dress is the ultimate fashion statement this holiday season so allow it to be the focal point of your entire look. Here are the hottest designs in sequin embellished dresses this year.

• Halston Heritage One Shoulder Dress
• BCBG Maxazria Sequin Trim Dress
• Twelfth St. By Cynthia Vincent Gold Sequin T-Shirt Dress
• Nicole Miller Sequined V-Neck Gown
• Blu Girl Sequined embellished dress
• Arden B Peacock Mixed Print Sequin Dress

The dresses listed above can take you on a night out on the town, to festive holiday get-togethers and celebratory New Year’s Eve parties. The key to wearing sequin embellished dresses is to choose your fashion and style accessories carefully. When wearing sequined embellished dresses, pair the outfit with a neutral colored or matching colored clutch purse. Jewelry pieces should be gold, silver or transparent and shoes should be of a beautiful yet simple design. The key to the perfect accessory pieces are to choose ones that will compliment the overall style. Let the sequins be the piece de resistance of the entire outfit

Wear Sequined Tops the Right Way

Have you ever gone out with your girlfriends and discovered that there are women out there wearing sequined tops, skirts, pants and clutch and more?
It can be quite a headache, seeing all these women committing a fashion faux-pas with sequined tops and other garments.

Sequined tops and other items are great and can really garner the right attention and impression if worn the right way. So if you are thinking to follow the trend by dressing up with sequined tops and other items, do it the right way. Otherwise, you may get onlookers you wants to dig their heads to the earth like an ostrich when they see your attire.

When trying for the sequined tops go for the dress since it’s the easiest. There is really not much to it but if it were a shirt-dress type that won’t cover the bottoms well then why not wear a pair of shorts or go with your sexy pair of pants? Also, try not to over-accessorize when wearing this type of dress since you don’t want to cross the line. You might be mistaken as a falling star and not a dazzling woman.
You can also add leggings to the dress if you don’t want to wear denim then pair it up with awesome wedges or high-heels.

You can also go for a sequined blazer, these are great if you’re just wearing a dull shirt and nothing to it. This make you look casual but not street. A sequined blazer or jacket can easily make you stand in the crowd and perk up your attire, also it protects you from the cold weather!

Sequined bottoms should never be paired with a sequined top , it is a crime. You don’t want to look like a walking disco ball into a party. Sequined skirts are great for well, anything. You can pair it up with your favorite tops and you are good to go. Simple tunics with solid prints are great matches for leggings with sequins believe it or not. It can make you look dashing and dazzling without over-doing it.

A pair of sequined top shorts is also great and they are very similar with the skirt. You can match it up with any top you want as long as it’s not as shiny or of the same design. Try solid colors and simple ones so as not to over-shadow the glimmering effect of the sequins.