Denim, this woman knows how to rock denim! Skinny jeans are her staple; she is experimental with denim too though. Different washes, colours, pieces. Not only does she rock jeans but denim shirts and shorts too! Above she wears her denim with flats; now as much as I love celebrity fashion, I hate that the majority of them are always in heels; it's just not practical! Here she's gone for Doc Martens, smoking slippers and basic black pumps. Below, she shows us all how to dress up denim. Just add a pair of heels and you're good to go!
Here she also dresses up boyfriend jeans, which I think is always one of the hardest trends to master every spring/summer. She also has a wardrobe full of staple items. Stripey tops, simple jumpers, leather jackets, basic t-shirts. Yet she mixes and matches them to reinvent them, now that is chic.
Another denim item she loves are denim shorts. They're just so easy to dress up and down during the summer and for winter, all you need to do is pop a pair of black tights under them. I love how she just teams them with simple tops or jumpers and still manages to look stylish.
Another item that takes her from day to night are dresses. Gone are the standard 'plain colours for day, pattern for night' motto; here she mixes it right up. Little black dress for day, simple red dress for night. The thing here is that any of these dresses would look right at day or night (well apart from 2, that's a strictly night-time dress!). I need to take note of this tip because I only ever seem to wear dresses on nighttime occasions!
I wish I could wear a pencil skirt like Ashley does! Being a mere 5"2, they sometimes look a bit frumpy on me so I'm insanely jealous of her model-like figure! Again, not shying away from pattern, she looks amazing in that tartan skirt. I also love that she likes the monochrome look; often she will add a pop of colour with shoes or a bag.
Leather skirts have been everywhere recently, whether it's skater, pleated or a tight mini. Like Ashley, I am the owner of several leather skirts (if you read my blog regularly, you'll know how much I love a bit of leather!) and every time, she gets it right on point. Denim and leather look great together but the key here is to let the leather skirt take centre stage. By pairing it with a simple top or denim shirt, the skirt will grab all of the attention.
Like me, Ashley is also a huge fan of leather! Shorts, tops, dresses even. The trick is to just wear one leather item at a time or you go into funny territory! I'm a big fan of the leather dress here with a shirt underneath. It makes the look more wearable.
So there you have it. Ashley Madekwe, one of my style icons. Despite her having more money than I will probably ever have, I wanted to stress how simple these outfit are. You can easily pick up pieces similar to hers on the high street. In fact, I own quite a lot of clothes that look the same, if not, they look pretty close to hers! I definitely steal some of her outfit ideas and spin them in my own way :)
Are you a fan of Ashley's style? If not, who are your style icons?
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