How To: Create a high-waisted poofy skirt with Gianny L
High waists and poofy balloon skirts are both two of the hottest fashion trends this season, seen on stars like Lauren Conrad and Jessica Simpson (yes, of the famous "Mom jean" snafu).
High waists and poofy balloon skirts are both two of the hottest fashion trends this season, seen on stars like Lauren Conrad and Jessica Simpson (yes, of the famous "Mom jean" snafu).
Feeling a tad bored with your look? Get some fashion help from Emmy-nominated costume designer, Cate Adair, on how to dress like a young, hot Hollywood celebrity. Looking like a Hollywood celebrity involves taking fashion risks, such as mixing designer clothing with vintage pieces, wearing over-the-top accessories and bringing back old trends. Find ways to dress like a hot young star with tips found in this how-to video.
Designing jewelry allows an artist to spice up fashion and create a new trend. Learn to design jewelry from a fashion designer in this free fashion illustration video series.
The ombre fashion trend began a few seasons ago on all the biggest fashion runways, from Alexander Wang to Michael Kors. And the fun, colorful trend is still going strong. Ombre simply describes the fading of one color to another, from high saturation to (usually) white or another lighter color.
1950s women's fashion has made a come back! Learn about 1950s fashion and how to use modern clothes to create it in this free video series about fashion trends.
How many of us think of a simple business suit as something rather humdrum? But that needn't be the case as a well-cut suit is one of the most versatile additions to your wardrobe and truly something worth investing in.
There are three big fashion and beauty trends this fall: Cats, camoflage, and bold plums. Take that second trend out for a spin by checking out this makeup tutorial for creating a military camoflage inspired look.
With feminine florals being one of the hottest spring and summer trends, it's often recommended by the fashion elite - including Tim Gunn - that more masculine elements be included in your outfits to balance out floral girliness.
For those who wear suits, learn how to add some spice to your everyday wear. Pocket squares not only add color, but are quickly becoming the latest fashion trend for formal wear.
In an age of trend-following stars and fast fashion turnaround, there are few celebrities left whose looks hearken back to the golden age of Hollywood.
Ombre and zebra prints are two of the hottest fashion trends this season, but you'd never see the two trends mishmashed together on on person. Until now.
Loose curls are the new big thing in hair. Suddenly, all of the starlets are walking around with long, beautifully bouncy curls. How do you think they go from short straight do's to long flowing waves in a matter of months? Hair extensions of course! In this tutorial, learn how to apply long curly extensions yourself and stay up with the latest trends without changing your natural hairstyle. You never know when the trends will switch to short and straight again.. who knows what's next, but wi...
Diane Kruger is a veritable It girl always on top of the latest fashion, hair, and makeup trends. In fact, it's safe to say that the German-born actress is ahead of the curve, making all the trends rather than following them.
We ladies have had to primp and scrutinize ourselves for thousands of years, painstakingly plucking, waxing, painting, and slathering in order to conform to societal ideals of the perfect woman. And until recently men haven't felt the need to conform physically to much of anything until recently. According to British publication "The Guardian," there's a new revolution in male grooming and accessorizing/dressing where men actually want to look model thin, well dressed, and well groomed.
Japanese Gyaru girls dress up like little girls or dollies. It's a popular look that's definitely easier to wear than some of Japan's other fashion trends, like Goth Lolita or Ganguro.
Visual kei, as with all popular Japanese fashion and makeup movements, started in the Harajuku district of Japan. This particular trend is mostly practiced among musicians who favor a very ostentatious and sometimes androgynous look with heavy, monstrous makeup.
Golden girl Jennifer Aniston never skips a fashion beat on the red carpet (maybe because she 9 times out of 10 wears black, which we know is never not flattering?), but when she stepped foot onto the red carpet last year at an event, she once again started a "Rachel" hair trend.
It looks like streamlined skinny jeans are here to stay, at least for a few years more, so if your collection of these skinnies has gotten quite large and all your jeans are beginning to look the same, why not try out a fun personalization project to make one pair unique?
Toga parties are an essential part of the college experience! Don't get stuck at your next toga party with a sheet that keeps falling off, check out this video and learn how to tie your outfit properly.
Besides crushed velvet clothing and accessories and anything with a lot of sparkly sequins, tribal jewelry is very in this holiday season. While it isn't necessarily as festive or as glitzy as the other fashion trends, it's uniquely, naturally beautiful and really makes a statement.
Got a bunch of old, too large t-shirts lying around that you don't want to throw away, but that you also can't seem to wear? Then take the high road by upcycling it into this on-trend puff sleeved shirt.
Bohemian hair, fashion, and beauty have been super hot in Hollywood for the past year or so, and the trend is showing no signs of slowing down. While many hip young designers offer bohemian bangles and earrings at trendy L.A. boutiques, avoid denting your wallet with their overpriced goods by making some bohemian earrings yourself!
"Scene" bangs is just a fancy way of saying cool-looking, hipster bangs. You can't rock the hipster trend the way it was meant to be rocked if you only have the skinny jeans, loose organic cotton top, and bangles, right?
The runways are not the likeliest of places to look for makeup trends that are immediately wearable (think the recent fashion show in Spain where models went bald and wore thinning gray beards), but this fall the overall makeup trend has been one that's surprisingly translatable off the runway.
Is your artwork lacking style? Are your characters just not popping off the page? Learn to design and shape an image of today's fashion standards with a How To video on drawing fashion clothes. This video will show you three different drawn up models with a variety of casual fashion trends you would be likely to see in many urban hot spots. From edgy to classy, this video will give you eight easy steps that will help improve your understanding in illustrating with fashion and style.
Fashion doesn't have to be restrictive or uncomfortable, we swear. Thanks to the recent high fashion runway trend of harem pants seen at multiple shows in Paris, Milan, and New York, we now have a fashionable clothing item that doesn't (literally) take our breath away or suffocate our baby toe.
Since the famously bootylicious Beyonce wore blingy, opalescent tinsel in her hair for the 2010 Grammy Awards, tinsel hair has become a cheeky sweet trend in Hollywood fashion.
This ain't your mother's long hippie skirt from the '70s. While a few months ago we would have never thought we'd wear a dress longer than our knees, fall fashion is dictating that the long skirt - and by long we mean down to the ankles - is back in style.
"Harajuku" might sound slightly familiar to you - Gwen Stefani used the word to name her "Harajuku Girls" fashion and perfume line. But other than the cutesy little Japanese dancers she had during her tour and lots of bright clothing and makeup, what is a Harajuku girl exactly?
Take a look at the first place winner's tutorial on making a dress out of old tees for the Generation-t tee recon contest! Follow along with the steps in this fashion design video and make your very own quick and easy dress.
A new fashion trend on the rise: In-the-embroidery hoop purses! Add flair and fun with these embroidery project designs. Just follow this instructional video, and you can make fun gifts.
Collections are a fashion designer's medium for presenting new designs and creations. Learn to introduce a fashion collection from a designer in this free fashion video series.
Design silhouettes are an important part of fashion illustration, outlining the body and working with natural curves of the hips and torso. Learn to design fashion with silhouettes from a designer in this free fashion design video series.
Tips for fashion illustration and croquis proportions, including bust and waistlines and garment seams. Draw croquis in this free fashion illustration video series with a fashion designer.
Designing fashion means putting hairstyles in drawing croquis illustrations with Draw fashion hairstyles like messy, sexy, or parted up-dos in this free fashion croquis video series with a fashion designer.
A good fashion illustration depicts the human face and body in a stylized form. Learn fashion illustration tips for drawing faces from a designer in this free fashion illustration video series.
Free fashion advice! Learn how to build a classic wardrobe with suits, blouses, dresses, and accessories in this free video clip from a clothing designer.
Watch this video for a look at some common fashion mistakes that women make, and some suggestions for remedying them.
Watch this video fashion design lesson to see who took second place in the Generation-t tee recon contest with how-to make a wrap shirt. All you need is two t-shirts and the steps, so follow along and get sewing.
Watch this fashion design lesson to see who took third place in the Generation-t tee recon contest with a how-to for making a no-sew fringe halter top!