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Look of the Day: How to Wear The Cape Trend

Recently the fashionable folks at Polyvore.com invited me to be their guest blogger stylist for the day, and I am beyond excited to present my set, How to Wear the Cape Trend. Details are below, just click any item for more info!

Budget Babe: How To Wear the Cape Trend




Silk Print Blouse

$95 - asos.com




Skinny Jeans

$34 - asos.com





Stud Ballerina Flats

$43 - asos.com





Bowler Bag

$52 - asos.com





Oversized Sunglasses

$21 - asos.com





Hooded Cape

$138 - asos.com



How to Wear the Cape Trend
There's something super glamorous about the shape and silhouette of a winter cape. To keep your look chic, not costumey, stick with a neutral color palette like a crisp white blouse and black skinnies, which will balance out the volume of the cape. Add feminine flats, oversized sunnies and a cool bag to complete your sartorial superhero ensemble. —BB

Comments
I love, love, love the Ballerina Flats. I'm totally into flats right now! I ditched my boots (a risky move, I know :-))

xoxo- Zoe
#1 Zoe, All for Style (Homepage) on 2011-01-14 12:51 (Reply)
I adore capes on tall girls. On those of us hovering around 5' it looks a little like we're leaving the shire to go on a quest to drop a ring in a volcano.

I have had success wearing the cropped poncho style shirts though and I adore them. There's something inherently feminine with rounded shapes.
#2 sobriquet on 2011-01-14 13:52 (Reply)
Though I disagree in your assessment of short girls and capes, your comment was the funniest comment I've read in a long while.
#2.1 MizzJ (Homepage) on 2011-01-16 02:42 (Reply)
great tips on the cape look. loves it all.
#3 anh (Homepage) on 2011-01-14 14:01 (Reply)
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