Aria Montgomery is a character from the hit US Tv Show Pretty Little Liars, I highly recommend you watch it! In order to dress like Aria first we have to unpick her style so here are some examples of her style...
In this picture Aria is wearing all dark colours, A dark polka dot dress with a black, sheer blouse underneath and black gladiator boots. Accessorising with simple gold bangles and a dark bracelet Aria's style is simple yet interesting.
In this look Aria layers a leather jacket over a dark, floral print dress, she teams this with an oversized bag and knee high boots. She is also wearing big earrings, this is her signature style.
Again here's a picture of Aria's signature style, the tough leather jacket thrown on over a dark toned simple dress, teamed with knee high socks and high boots, she's also teamed this look with a shoulder bag and layered necklaces.
I really love this look, Aria is playing with layers and textures to achieve an edgy look that expresses her personal style. She wears two tone leggings, black and leopard print, a grey tee with skulls on the front, a burgundy waistcoat and then a leather jacket. Her burgundy creeper style shoes are a modern finish to this outfit. She wears her hair up which gives the look a more casual feel.
Aria's style changes a little here, she wears a light coloured, feminine blouse, however she does layer it under a dark front zip, low cut dress and she pairs this black ankle boots and dark nail varnish which gives this feminine blouse a vampy makeover.
This is my favourite of Aria's outfits, probably because I adore this dress, if I owned one I would wear it to death! This short denim dress with slightly flared skirt is gorgeous enough but the added bonus here is the studs on the shoulder, they're exactly my style and modernize this dress completely. She again wears knee high boots to complete this ensemble. Finally Aria's hair looks very casual in this relaxed side ponytail and the long earrings add interest to the outfit.
This is one of Aria's more simple outfits a strapless, sweetheart neck-lined mini dress, under a black blazer teamed with gladiator boots and a long, chain necklace. With her hair worn up the outfit looks more formal, however the blazer keeps it from being too dressy for the occasion. She looks polished and tidy but is also showing her personal style.
In this ensemble Aria wears a grey asymmetric top, under a Burgundy, faux fur gilet, She wears this with black ladder style leggings and charcoal coloured biker boots, she teams this with a knitted charcoal coloured beret and a large, statement necklace. Overall this look is very casual but typically aria due to layering and the dark colour palette mixed with unique pieces.
To sum up Aria's look its unique, dark and layered. Her style is very modern yet she likes to mix vintage and new pieces in order to create a unique look, Aria expresses herself through her clothing and see no boundaries in what she wears, to achieve this look you need 5 simple steps...
1. Use a dark colour palette
Although Aria wears various patterns, styles, cuts, fits and textures she rarely changes her colour palette, she is often seen in charcoal, burgundy, black, dark grey and navy tones, rather than bright pinks, oranges, yellows and greens. To channel Aria's style stick to a dark colour palette, including tones such as these...
2. Wear items that have unique touches
Aria's style is set apart from others due to her touches of uniqueness in her outfit, whether its a kitsch brooch or a hat from a thrift store she manages to add her own to touch to any outfit. This is a key point of channelling Aria's style, invest in a variety of clothing items that are unique and different to anything you've seen before, thrift stores, vintage stores and eBay are great places for these finds, look for kitsch buttons on a blazer, a creative motif on a jacket or layered necklaces that are unique, these touches will make you're outfit original which is key when recreating Aria's style.
3. Leg wear is key
9/10 of Aria's looks consist of some interesting leg wear, this is an easy step to achieve. Invest in an array of coloured tights, knee high socks, patterned leggings, ankle socks and thigh high socks. You should try to find, block coloured ones, patterned ones, and different lengths as this gives you more options when creating various outfits. You can be a s crazy as you want with the leg wear as long as the colours aren't too bright because Aria's colour palette is very dark.
4. Mixture is the key to success
A very important tip to remember is to mix and match colours and patterns in order to achieve an Aria inspired look, for example; throwing a leather jacket over a dark, floral printed dress, mixing black, burgundy and charcoal garments or wearing both gold, silver and bronze jewellery. The key is to combine various colours, fabrics, patterns and textures to create an original ensemble.
5. Boots are your new best friend
To finish everything off correctly you have to get the footwear right. Aria's signature shoe is the boot, you can interpret this into almost any boot, knee high, thigh high, ankle, biker, fringed, leather, suede anything really. To get it right stick to dark colours and the more unique the better, use the examples bellow as a guideline...
I hope this post helps and inspires you into creating your own Aria style ensembles, just remember you're personal style should also be included as the biggest faux pas is to dress as something you're not
Love Dixie
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