Author: TARA'S FASHION ADVICE

I WOULDN’T NECESSARILY SAY THAT, THEIRS AN EDGY SIDE, TO ME IN  FASHION, I KNOW THEIRS A GRUNDGY SIDE. BUT THEN I THINK, OF THE BIKER VESTS, THE COMBAT BOOTS, THE FOIL METALLIC PANTS, THE DISTRESSED BOYFRIEND JEANS, THAT I USED, TO WEAR, AS A TEENAGER, AND THEN I REALIZE, THIS OUTFIT, SHALAH’KARIAH’KANAH-SHAKIRA, IS PICTURED WEARING, HERE MAKES ME, HAVE SO MUCH, IN COMMON, AS FAR, AS EDGY STYLE. I REALLY, START TO ACCEPT, THAT NOT ONLY, WAS THERE, A GRUNDGY SIDE, TO ME, BUT I HAD, ENOUGH EDGINESS, TO REALLY PULL IT OFF LOL. SIMPLY BECAUSE, OF THE DENIM CROPTOP, WHICH I WOULD WEAR. SPEAKING OF DENIM, I DID WEAR, ALOT OF DISTRESSED DENIM SHIRTS, SKIRTS, AND JEANS, WHEN THAT WAS, THE TREND, IN 2012 (DENIM PAIRED WITH DENIM). SO THAT’S ANOTHER REASON, WHY I CAN RELATE, TO THIS LOOK, I PAIRED SHALA’KARIAH’KANAH, BLONDE WAVY CURLY HAIR, WITH BARBIE, COTTON-CANDY, BRIGHT-BLUE LIPSTICK, PAIRED WITH ETSY BOHOMEJEWEKKERYINT, BLUE MEDALLION BOHEMIAN, CHUNKY VINTAGE EARRINGS, PAIRED WITH A BLACK MESH TOP, WORN UNDERNEATH A SAINT LAURENT, DISTRESSED DENIM CROP TOP, PAIRED WITH A MEDALLION, CRYSTAL, TURQUOISE, EMBELLISHED BELT, WORN AROUND THE MESH, AND DENIM TOP. I PAIRED THE TORSO, WITH MEDIUM, SILVER, PLEATED MINI SKIRT, BABY BLUE TIGHTS, AND BLACK, SATIN MARY JANE CHUNKY PLATFORMS. FOR THE REST, OF THE ACCESSORIES, AND JEWELRY, I PAIRED, MATCHING BRIGHT-BARBIE, COTTON-CANDY BLUE NAILS, WITH AN ETSY BEDAZZLEBYJHILLYBEE, TURQUOISE BEADED, BOHEMIAN CUFF BRACELET, PAIRED, WITH AN ETSY MYBEACHSTORE, TURQUOISE GREEN, BEADED GEMSTONE BRACELETS, STACK. ON THE OTHER HAND, I PAIRED ETSY TRENDYBOHOJEWELRY, PEACOCK-BLUE, BOHO BEAD, BRACELETS STACK, TO BRING ALL OF, THE HUES, OF TURQUOISE BLUE, AND GREEN TOGETHER. FOR A REALLY CHIC, TRENDY, EDGY LOOK, THAT I WOULD WEAR.

THIS HAS TO BE, ONE OF MY FAVORITE PHOTOSHOOTS, FROM SHALAH’KARIAH’KANAH, BECAUSE IT GIVES ME MERMAID, ARIEL VIBE, LIKE A MERMAID, SUBMERGING FROM THE WATER COMING ONTO LAND FOR THE FIRST TIME. THE OUTFIT CHOSEN, FOR THIS SHOOT IS SOMETHING I WOULD TOTALLY WEAR. I JUST KNEW, I HAD TO RECREATE IT, AS IF I WAS DOING, A PHOTOSHOOT LIKE THIS, OR BASED OFF THE THEME, TO STYLE, PUT AN OUTFIT TOGETHER. I LIKE THAT ONCE AGAIN, SHE’S USING HER SIGNATURE BLONDE TRESSES, AS AN ACCESSORY, AS A DRAMATIC DETAIL, FEATURE, TO REALLY, MAKE HER SUBMERGING, FROM THE WATER, IN A SEQUINED MERMAID OUTFIT, COME TO LIFE. SO  I RECREATED THIS MERMAID LOOK, THE THEME I AND COLORS I SHOULD SAY. 

I PAIRED VANILLA ICE-CREAM BLONDE HAIR, WITH BRIGHT BARBIE-BLUE LIPSTICK, ETSY VERSATILEBYCHRISTINA, BLUE BAROQUE DESIGN, CHANDELIER EARRINGS, THAT I PAIRED, WITH A BLUE CROSS WRAP CROP TOP, PAIRED UNDERNEATH, AN ETSY RIENSTONE, BLUE BURLESQUE, EMBELLLISHED BRATHE TORSO WITH A CRYSTAL WARDROBE, BLUE GLITTER TULLE SKIRT, BLUE HARAJUK,U JAPANESE TIGHTS, AND METALLIC, BRIGHT BLUE PLATFORMS.

 FOR THE REST, OF THE ACCESSORIES, AND THE JEWELRY, I PAIRED BLUE, AND GOLD ACRYLIC NAILS, WITH AN ETSY WILDROSEVINTAGEDTCOM, BLUE CRYSTAL, STONE EMBELLISHED, CUFF BRACELET, PAIRED WITH ETSY NY6DESIGNJEWELRY, WATER BLUE GEMSTONE BRACELETS STACK ON ONE HAND. ON THE OTHER HAND, ALONE, I PAIRED ETSY MYCRYSTALROOMNY, PASTEL BLUE MARBLE, CRYSTAL, BEAD BRACELETS, STACK TO FINISH THIS MERMAID LOOK OFF.

I LOVED, RECREATING THIS OUTFIT, SIMPLY BECAUSE IT DIDN’T, REQUIRE ANY SHOES, AND I LOVE INDIAN, SOUTH ASIAN CULTURE, ESPECIALLY THE CLASSICAL DANCING. IN WHICH DANCERS, DANCE BAREFOOT, AND IT LOOKS LIKE SO MUCH FUN. SO I RECREATED THIS LOOK, THAT SHE IS WEARING, WHERE SHE IS PAYING TRIBUTE, TO THE INDIAN SOUTH ASIAN CULTURE, AND ALSO THE DANCING CULTURE, OF THE MIDDLE EAST, MIXED TOGETHER IN HER PERFORMANCE. 

I PAIRED A AN ETSY SHADOWOFADRAGONCRAFT, ASIAN FAN HEADDRESS, WITH FEATHERS, MAGENTA RED ROSES, PETALS, RED CHERRY BLOSSOMS, AND WHITE ROSES, WITH BARBIE-PINK SIGNATURE LIPS, THAT I PAIRED, WITH ETSY SUBRINASHOP, FUCHSIA IRIDESCENT, CHANDELIER EARRINGS, PAIRED WITH A MONA B, PINK LONG-SLEEVE CROP TOP, WORN UNDERNEATH, AN ETSY RAVEDOLLZ, PINK LACE, CRYSTAL-EMEBELLISHED, DRAPED, BEADED BRA. AND I PAIRED THE BRA, WITH A LARGE NUE STUDIO, SILK PINK, SLIT SKIRT. FOR THE REST OF THE ACCESSORIES, I PAIRED DIFFERENT SHADES, OF BARBIE-PINK POLISHED ACRYLIC NAILS, TO BRING OUT, ALL THE PINK HUES, IN THE BRA, THE LIPSTICK, AND THE EARRINGS. I PAIRED WITH THE NAILS, ON ONE HAND, BARBIE-PINK HENNA ARTWORK, AND ON BOTH HANDS, I PAIRED ETSY IZHAARDESIGNS, FUCHSIA PINK, AND GOLD INDIAN, AND PASKISTANI BANGLES, SET,. TO FINISH THE LOOK OFF. 

FOR THIS PERFORMANCE, I PAIRED SHALAH’KARIAH’KANAH, WITH A PINK- BEDAZZLED CRYSTAL MICROPHONE.

I AM RECREATING SHALA’KARIAH’KANAH’S SILVER METALLIC BELLY DANCE TOP, THAT SHE PAIRED, WITH A RED VELVET, BOHO BELLY DANCER SKIRT, AND HER SIGNATURE BLONDE TRESSES. I PAIRED WAVY VANILLA ICE-CREAM BLONDE HAIR, BARBIE LAVENDER LIPSTICK, ETSY BIZARREJEWELS, PURPLE GEOMETRIC CHANDELIER EARRINGS, THAT I PAIRED WITH ETSY FLASHBYEMMA, IRIDESCENT LAVENDER-SILVER, CRYSTAL-EMBELLISHED BRA, WITH A LAVENDER, GLITTER TULLE SKIRT, PASTEL LILAC TIGHTS, AND METALLIC BLUE ANKLE STRAP SANDALS. FOR THE REST, OF THE ACCESSORIES, AND THE JEWELRY, I PAIRED BLUE AND GOLD, ACRYLIC NAIL ART, WITH ETSY WHIMSEYBEADWORKS, IRIDESCENT-PURPLE, AND GOLD, STONE BEAD BRACELETS STACK, TO FINISH THE LOOK OF,F AND TO BRING ALL OF THEE DETAILS, OF THE COLOR SCHEME, TOGETHER, I REALLY ENJOYED, STYLING THIS ONE, FOR SURE.

THIS HAS TO BE, ONE OF MY FAVORITE OUTFITS, FROM SHALAH’KARIAH’KANAH, SIMPLY BECAUSE, OF THE DIFFERENT CARMEL, HONEY BLONDE HUES, OF THE HAIR, SERVING AS AN ACCESSORY, FOR THIS GOLD BELLY DANCE OUTFIT. SO YOUR GIRL, HAD TO RECREATE THIS LOOK. I PAIRED, WHAT I CALL VANILLA ICECREAM, PLATINUM, WAVY BLONDE HAIR, WITH BARBIE PINK LIPSTICK, ETSY CITIZENCAINEJEWELRY, SUNESET-ORANGE, CHANDELIER EARRINGS, PAIRED WITH A ETSY RAVEDOLLZ, SUNSET-ORANGE, SEQUIN EMBELLISHED BRA. THAT I PAIRED, WITH A ORANGE MOSAIC IKAT PRINT, SARONG SKIRT, AND BRIGHT ORANGE BALLERINA POINTE, PATENT ANKLE STRAP PLATFORMS. FOR THE REST, OF THE ACCESSORIES, AND THE JEWELRY, I PAIRED HOT BARBIE-PINK NAILS, WITH ETSY OXANAJEWELRYDESIGN, ORANGE ACRLYIC, CHUNKY BRACELETS, PAIRED ON THE SAME HAND, WITH ETSY RALSTONORGINALS, ORANGE BEAD BRACELETS.  

ON THE OTHER HAND, I PAIRED ETSY STUDIOARTJEWELRY, PAIRED RED CUFF BRACELET WITH, ETSY 27INHEAVEN, ORANGE-SUNSET, BOHO STACKED BRACELETS, AND ETSY DERLISMATHEUSJEWELS, FALL-ORANGE STONE, BEADED, STACKED BRACELETS. TARA 101:  LETS JUST SAY, I AM NOT AFRAID, TO GO FULL OUT WITH JEWELRY, AND YOU DON’T HAVE TO EITHER. I LOVE JEWELRY, AND I LOVE, WHEN I’M STYLING, FINDING THE VINTAGE UNIQIE PIECES, OF JEWELRY, IS MY FAVORITE PART, OF THE OUTFIT STYLING PROCESS, AND SEEING IT COME TOGETHER, IS REALLY SOMETHING, NEVER GETS OLD FOR ME. GOD SHOWING ME, NEW WAYS, AND THINGS TO TRY, FASHIONABLY.

SHALA’KARIAH’KANAH, IS KNOWN FOR HER TALENT, IN BELLY DANCING, AND HER DELIEVERANCE, IN VERY STRONG SINGING VOCALS. BUT SHE IS ALSO KNOWN, FOR EDGY BOHEMIAN, MIDDLE EASTERN-INSPIRED STYLE. SO I’VE DECIDED, TO RECREATE, A FEW OF HER LOOKS. SHE IS ALSO KNOWN, AND RECOGNIZED, FOR ROCKING HER SIGNATURE, BLONDE TRESSES OF MANY DIFFERENT SHADES. FOR THIS RECREATION, I AM RECREATING, HER FRINGED, BOHO JACKET, AND CROP TOP. I PAIRED, HONEY AND CARAMEL BLONDE, CURLY HAIR, WITH ETSY SHAKRION, GOLD PEARL CHANDELIER EARRINGS, WITH BABY PINK LIPSTICK, THAT I PAIRED, WITH ALL SAINTS, WHITE FRINGE BOHO JACKET, PAIRED OPEN, WITH A PEARL, AND CRYSTAL- BEAD EMBELLISHED BRA. THAT I PAIRED, WITH CRYSTAL WARDROBE, TIGHT- FITTED BOYFRIEND JEANS, PAIRED WITH WHITE, WRAP-AROUND PLATFORM SANDALS. FOR THE ACCESSORIES, AND THE REST, OF THE JEWELRY, I PAIRED, PASTEL, BABY-PINK, OMBRE WHITE NAILS, WITH AN ETSY LENORADAMESTUDIO, VINTAGE GOLD, PEARL CHARM BRACELET. ON THE OTHER HAND, I PAIRED, A ETSY SEREBADESIGNS, PEARL EMBELLISHED CUFF BRACELET.

OKAY SO THIS OUTFIT, IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES, AS WELL, BECAUSE OF THIS REASON, THE BANDANA, THE BRA, PAIRED WITH A BAGGY SWEATSUIT, IS GRUNGY, EDGY, CHIC, AND I HAD TO RECREATE THIS LOOK, BEACAUSE I WOULD WEAR THIS.

 THIS RANKS, AS MY I THINK, THIRD NUMBER “1”, LOL. YEAH DON’T BELIEVE ME, I AM VERY MUCH INFLUENCED, BY AALIYAH, EVERY SINCE I WAS A KID. SO I LIKE ALL HER OUTFITS, AND SONGS, AND OVERALL IMAGE AND LEGACY WITH HER STYLE. THIS IS THE LAST AALIYAH RECREATION, THAT I AM GOING TO DO, SO I HAD TO GO BIG, OR GO HOME. (IF ANYONE SAYS, THAT ANYMORE.) 

SO HERE WE GO. I PAIRED A BROWN, PRINT BANDANA, WITH BLACK, GLOSSY, STRAIGHT, NATURAL HAIR, BRIGHT BARBIE-PINK LIPSTICK, ETSY CASTOFFSNCURIOSITIES, GOLD AND MAGENTA, CHANDELIER EARRINGS, WITH A SAMSOE NATUFARBEN, OVERSIZED BUTTON DOWN JACKET. THAT I PAIRED OPEN, WITH A CULT GAIA, KNIT BRA CROP TOP, PAIRED WITH AMIRI, CREAM BAGGIE SWEATPANTS, PINK PATENT CROC EFFECT BOOTS. FOR THE REST, OF THE ACCESSORIES, AND THE JEWELRY, I PAIRED HOT BARBIE-PINK LIPSTICK, WITH ETSY KRYSTALKATSMOONBEAMS, CHUNKY MULTI-COLOR BOHEMIAN BRACELETS, STACK ON ONE HAND. AND ON THE OTHER HAND, I PAIRED, ETSY KARLICREATIONS, PINK MARBLE-GEMSTONE, BEAD, STACK BRACELETS, WITH ETSY SHOPKATEMERAKI, PINK ACRYLIC BRACELETS STACK. 

THE FACT, THAT IT WAS CONSCIOUSLY THOUGHT, TO PUT A VEST, WITH A SPORTS BRA, AND A BEANIE, MAKES NUMBER 1, FOR ME. EVEN THOUGH, I’VE SAID THAT ABOUT PAST AALIYAH OUTFITS. THIS ONE IS MY FAVORITE, I HAD SO MUCH FUN, RECREATING SUCH AN ICONIC LOOK. SO MANY WAYS, ANYONE COULD REDO THIS OUTFIT, SERIOUSLY. I PAIRED, A PURPLE TIE-DYE BEANIE, WITH BLACK, GLOSSY, SILK, STRIAGHT HAIR. THAT I PAIRED, WITH MY FAVORITE SHADE, OF BARBIE PINK LIPSTICK, ETSY BIZARREJEWELS, PURPLE CRYSTAL CHANDELIER EARRINGS, WITH LAVENDER, UTILITY, OVERSIZED VEST, PAIRED OPEN, WITH A BLUE VERSACE SPORTS BRA, BLUE VERSACE BRIEFS, PAIRED WITH DARK DENIM BOYFRIEND JEANS. I PAIRED THE OUTFIT WITH SO MAJOR COLOR PIECES:  BLACK AND BLUE HARAJUKU SOCKS, WITH BLACK AND BLUE, NIKE HIGHTOPS. FOR THE REST OF, THE ACCESSORIES, AND THE JEWELRY, I PAIRED MY FAVORITE SHADE, OF BARBIE PINK, I’VE EVER WORN ON MY NAILS, TO MATCH THE LIPSTICK, WITH ETSY ICANDYJEWELSBOUTIQUE, PLUM-PURPLE, BOHO, CRYSTAL BEAD BRACELETS, ON ONE HAND. AND ON THE OTHER HAND, I PAIRED ETSY SHOPJULISA, PINK-LAVENDER, ACRYLIC BRACELETS STACK.

OUT OF ALL OF A’ALIYAH’ANA’DAHARA’NAHKA- AALIYAH’S TOMBOY FASHION, THIS RANKS NUMBER 2, FOR ME FOR THE GRUNGIEST. SO I HAD TVEO RECREATE, THIS PLAY, ON GRUNGY, EDGY, SENSUAL-FEMININE, SENSITIVITY, ALL IN ONE OUTFIT. THAT I COULD LITERALLY, PICTURE MYSELF WEARING, WHAT I HAVE, STYLED TOGETHER, MAYBE NOT THE MEN’S BRIEFS, BUT THE OUTFIT OVERALL.

 SO I PAIRED, A GREEN BERET, WITH BLACK, GLOSSY, SILK, STRIGHT HAIR, WITH BRIGHT TURQUOISE, BLUE LIPSTICK, PAIRED WITH ETSY ILONITI, MINT TURQUOISE, DROP CHANDELIER EARRINGS, WITH A OVERSIZED, CRYSTAL EMBELLISHED CUFFS, WHITE BUTTON DOWN SHIRT, PAIRED OPEN, WITH A BLACK VERSACE SPORTS BRA, MEN’S BLACK BRIEFS, PAIRED WITH MEN’S DISTRESSED DENIM JEANS, AND MINT, BLACK, AND SILVER NIKE HIGHTOPS. FOR THE REST, OF THE ACCESSORIES, AND THE JEWELRY, I PAIRED, BRIGHT- MINT BLUE NAILS, WITH ETSY JDESIGNSSHOPPE, MINT BEAD BRACELETS, STACK ON ONE HAND, AND ON THE OTHER HAND, I PAIRED ETSY DIVIDREAM, TURQUOISE MINT-GREEN, STONE STACKED BRACELETS.

ONLY A’ALIYAH’ANA’DAHARA’NAHKA, WOULD MIX MIDDLE EASTERN BELLY DANCE STYLE, WITH STREET WEAR. SO I HAD TO, RECREATE THIS LOOK. BECAUSE IT SO EDGY, AND CHIC, EVEN IN THE VIDEO, ONE IN A MILLION. OF HOW SHE BRINGS STREET WEAR, WITH FEMININTY. NOW THATS A TREND! THAT WILL, AND STILL LIVES ON, WITH SOME OF, THE CELEBRITITES, THAT WERE INFLUENCED BY HER. I PAIRED, GLOSSY, BLACK, NATURAL HAIR, WITH GOLD SUNGLASSES/SHADES, BRIGHT, COTTON-CANDY BLUE LIPSTICK, WITH ETSY ELSEEJEWELRY, GOLD CHANDELIER EARRINGS. THAT I PAIRED, WITH A BOOHOO, BLACK, LONG-SLEEVE CROP TOP, WORN UNDERNEATH, A MIDDLE EASTERN, SILVIA GNECCHI, GOLD CHAIN BRA, THAT I PAIRED, WITH BAGGY, BLACK LEATHER PANTS, WITH SHEER BLACK TIGHTS, UNDERNEATH, AND GOLD-EMBELLISHED, TWEED PLATFORM SANDALS. FOR THE REST, OF THE JEWELRY, AND ACCESSORIES, I PAIRED COTTON-CANDY, BRIGHT BLUE NAILS, WITH AN ETSY WISHEART, GOLD CHUNKY CHAIN BRACELET, PAIRED WITH LUXDIVINE, GOLDEN, BOHEMIAN, CARVED BANGLES, ON ONE HAND. ON THE OTHER HAND, I PAIRED ETSY MAGGIEANDFERNDESIGNS, GOLD AND IVORY CREAM, ACRYLIC BRACELETS STACK.