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How to Dress Like a Baddie

Chloe Matthews — Tue, 12 Jan 2021 14:00:19 +0000

Dress Like a Baddie

Baddie Lessons

Hate them or love them, if you’re trying to adopt the baddie title, there’s no better place to start than the Kardashians. Each of their personal or family brands plays to an attribute of the ‘baddie’ look — skincare, make-up, clothing lines, and most definitely, their attitudes. The trendsetters may not claim the title of ‘baddie,’ but they certainly fill the criteria. One thing you don’t need to be a baddie, though, is a big budget — or a sex tape and athletically blessed husband. Dressing like a baddie isn’t far out and expensive if you know some general ground rules along with tips and tricks. Stay tuned for how to dress like a baddie.

Dress Like a Baddie: Get Low

If you don’t know where to start with your wardrobe, stick with tight-fitting clothing, hugging your curves with high-waisted everything — jeans, sweats, leggings, biker shorts, bodysuits.

Baddie wardrobe staples include a black or patterned pair of biker shorts, high waisted mom jeans, and workout leggings with matching crop tops or sports bra. The matching sets look great with a chunky shoe and jean jacket. The crop tops don’t always need to be form-fitting but should show off your figure. If you’re not feeling a crop top, throw on a vintage band tee with your biker shorts and a pair of feminine slides and call it a day.

If you’re not on a Kardashian budget, bargain sites like Shein, ROMWE, and NastyGal have pages and pages of clothing and accessories that fit the baddie lifestyle.

And don’t forget to finish your look with some jewelry and coordinating accessories. Add big hoops, layered chain necklaces, and unique, vintage-chic sunnies for a complete baddie look.

Doll-Up Like a Baddie: Contour & Highlights

Dressing like a baddie isn’t a quick slab of lipgloss and a few waves of your mascara wand. It’s a full-fledged session in front of your make-up mirror. With time and practice, the sought-after contour and highlighting will be like second nature, but only practice makes perfect.

Before applying anything or purchase make-up palettes, start with a quality make-up brush set and a skincare routine to protect your skin. Look into monthly subscription boxes for women to keep the cost of skincare products and make-up products down until you find items that work for you. The brush set and skincare routine will make achieving the badass look without suffocating your skin.

The baddie look is more than lips and eyelashes — brows, cheekbones, eyelids — it’s all part of the equation. It doesn’t have to be hot and heavy make-up, but flawless and ‘on-fleek.’ After ensuring your skin looks flawless and bright with a base foundation, highlighting and contouring cheekbones, and applying blush or bronzer, focus on bold eyebrows, long lashes, and finished with the lips. There’s something about that one baddie you follow on Instagram that you notice every time you scroll over their posts — their signature look. A rich red lipstick or bold arching eyebrows will do the trick.

Iconic baddie hairstyles are straightforward: straight or curled with a middle part, half up and half down with soft curls, Princess Leia high buns, low ponies with side-swept bangs. Nothing too high-maintenance but a look to show your baddie personality is showing.

Badditude: Boss Bitches

To be a true baddie, it isn’t just about your fashion choices, make-up skills, or signature look; it’s about being true to who you are and who you want to be. Being a baddie comes down to loving yourself and letting that love shine through in attitude and choices.

Being confident in your choices and firm with your opinions, but not judgemental or overbearing towards others. If someone is rude or judgemental of you, don’t fire back, but, also, don’t apologize. Understand that their perspective of you is limited, and their judgments may come from insecurities of their own. Don’t fault others for that; they haven’t found their own baddie lane… yet.

Setting goals and striving to meet those with integrity and honesty — glow up your professional portfolio! A little elbow grease — instead of eyebrow grease — towards your goals every day puts you in a better position tomorrow. Apply this same tactic towards fitness goals. Consistently choosing to worship your temple with physical activity is a baddie trait.

Baddie Women

To be real, without the superficial aspect of being a ‘baddie,’ confidence, assertiveness, and empathy are traits all women should continuously practice, every day. Women should repeatedly choose themselves and be, unapologetically, who they are. Baddies just do this while lookin’ fine as hell, with a showstopping cheek contour and eyebrows that don’t quit.

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Top 10 Most Expensive Leather Jackets in the World

Improb Staff — Fri, 01 Dec 2017 01:23:07 +0000

Living a rich and luxurious life isn’t all about driving fancy cars and owning colossal mansions. The lavishly rich often like to dress the part.

Here we count down ten of the most expensive leather jackets in the world. The list includes jackets made from ten different designers and – except for one – all are available online or in boutiques around the world.

10. Burberry Shearling Pea Coat

Headquartered in London, Burberry is a British luxury fashion brand founded by Thomas Burberry in 1856. It’s one of the oldest fashion brands in the world – and also one of the most popular.

The Burberry Shearling Pea Coat is one of the most expensive items of outerwear offered by the British fashion house. This black jacket features a double-breasted design made of lamb shearling, a calf-leather outer, a shawl collar, a throat latch, and button-tab cuffs. The Burberry Shearling Pea Coat is available for $5,750.

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9. Saint Laurent Bomber Jacket in Vintage Black Leather

The officially listed name for this garment is Saint Laurent Bomber Jacket in Vintage Black Leather Embroidered with Heaven – we suppose because a fancy product with an expensive price tag is too cool for short monikers

At $5,990, this bomber jacket comes with a removable shearling collar and ribbed cuffs and waist. It has a covered zipper, snap-button tabs at the shoulders, and four pockets overall. The highlight of the rather minimalistic design is the word HEAVEN embroidered on the lower back, with seahorse jewels outlining each letter.

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8. Dolce & Gabbana Leather Bomber Jacket with Patches

Part of the Dolce & Gabbana Fall Winter 2017 runway collection, the Dolce & Gabbana Leather Bomber Jacket with Patches reflects the tastes of the Sicilian aristocracy. It’s a bomber jacket made of lambskin with zippered welt pockets and color-contrast collar and cuffs.

Each sleeve features five giant stars. The front of the jacket includes a pair of patches and a pair of anthropomorphic leopards dressed royally and facing each other. The entire outfit is unmistakably regal. The Dolce & Gabbana Leather Bomber Jacket with Patches is priced at $6,250, though you can wait for a sale and get it at a lower price.

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7. Givenchy Studded Biker Jacket

Made of lambskin and shearling, the Givenchy Studded Biker Jacket won’t fail you during cold weather. It has that familiar Givenchy look and features silver stud trim.

Unlike most the back panel of most biker jackets, the Givenchy Studded Biker Jacket’ back panel is free from graphics. The overall design is minimalistic, with the numerous silver studs being the only flair. Interested buyers can get the Givenchy Studded Biker Jacket at Farfetch, an online fashion shop, for $6,610.

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6. Balmain Embroidered Leather Jacket

Founded in 1946 by Pierre Balmain, Balmain is a fashion house headquartered in Paris, France. The fashion house’s collection comprises high-end clothing, including leather jackets and biker jackets.

One of their most expensive leather jackets is the Embroidered Leather Jacket, which you can buy for around $7,000. For that amount, you get a sharp dud with an asymmetric two-way front-zipper, three zippered pockets, and sleeves dripping in embroidery and multi-colored studs. Think this is over-the-top? Wait until you see the Gucci Studded Leather Biker Jacket.

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5. Enfants Riches Déprimés Studded Biker Jacket

Made of calfskin leather, the Enfants Riches Déprimés Studded Biker Jacket offers both durability and softness. It features a slightly off-center zip fastening with four pockets gracing the front.

The collar and shoulders are metal-studded, with conical studs adorning the collar, and pyramidal studs flocking the shoulders. The designer’s name splashes the back panel in the form of a simple black-and-white graphic.

The going price for the Enfants Riches Déprimés Studded Biker Jacket is $7,200 at Farfetch. There’s also a variant of the jacket, which comes with even more studding and a comparatively rugged look.

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4. Mastermind Japan Biker Jacket

Biker jackets don’t need to have an over-the-top design to look cool. Just check out the Mastermind Japan Biker Jacket. It’s one of the most minimalistic high-end biker jackets you’ll ever come across.

Currently available for $12,000 over at Farfetch, the Mastermind Japan Biker Jacket features an off-center zip fastening and a pair of epaulets on the shoulders. The most eye-catching aspect of the jacket is the studded skull-and-crossbones design on the back. The Mastermind Japan Biker Jacket comes with both class and attitude. And a massive price tag, too.

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3. Hermes Madison Quilted Lambskin Jacket

The Hermes Madison Quilted Lambskin Jacket is one of the most comfortable leather jackets around. It’s made of 100 percent lambskin and filled with 90-percent duck down and ten-percent duck feathers.

For those unfamiliar, duck down is the soft and fluffy layer found underneath bird feathers, usually on the chest or torso area. The Hermes Madison Quilted Lambskin Jacket comes lined with water-repellent Toilovent. It’s available for $13,200, making it one of the most expensive jackets in the world.

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2. Gucci Studded Leather Biker Jacket

Never count out Gucci when it comes to the most expensive fashion items in the world. The Italian luxury fashion brand offers a number of expensive leather jackets and bomber jackets, with the “cheapest” clocking in at $1,400.

But the most expensive in the catalog is the Studded Leather Biker Jacket, priced at $18,650.

Made in Italy, the Gucci Studded Leather Biker Jacket is inspired by London’s punk rock scene, featuring a number of chains dangling on the back and splattered with metal studs. The second most expensive item in Gucci’s catalog is the Hand-painted Leather Biker Jacket, which comes with less attitude and retails for $15,500.

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1. Michael Jackson’s Thriller Jacket

Michael Jackson’s Thriller Jacket is the most expensive in history. It was sold to Milton Verret for $1.8 million at Julien’s Auctions, a California-based auction house specializing in items owned by celebrities, in 2011. Unlike all the other items on this list, this million-dollar jacket is off the market.

Michael Jackson first donned the iconic red jacket in his “Thriller” music video in 1983. Designer Deborah Nadoolman Landis was the wife of the music video’s director, John Landis. She also designed the jacket worn by Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Following the release of the “Thriller” music video, the red jacket quickly became one of the most emulated fashion trends in the 1980s. Naturally, scammers took advantage, producing counterfeit jackets and selling them at exorbitant prices to unwitting buyers.

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