4 Tips On How To Style Flat Lays

Flat lays are an incredible way to showcase your personal style; they are a fun creative outlet and a great way to style yourself! Laying out flat lays is also super helpful for when you're planning what to wear for the week, planning a trip, or with selling items on your closet on Poshmark or similar apps!

Here are some of the tips I use when styling my flat lays:

1) Sunlight. Sunlight, in my opinion, creates some of the very best flat lay images. Utilizing soft morning sun or even bright afternoon sun makes for the most clear flat lay pictures! Place items you're shooting out of the direct light, but make sure to use the light to make the outfit bright enough to see in your photo. Basically, very near but not IN the sunlight.

2) Take A Million Snaps. Take lots of pictures of your flat lay, move things around, reposition items, don't be afraid to switch it up and shoot a lot of pics until you have found the gem image you want to go with! Hover above your items laying them on a blanket on the floor or even on the bed if you are balanced you can use a chair!

3) Add Your Style. Pair things up in your flat lay that you love! Pair your favorite earrings with your favorite sweater and compliment the look with a stellar pair of shoes! Throw in prints with solids and denims, mix textures like faux leather with florals, add the right amount of pieces until your image feels complete!

4) Edit. After I have the image I love, I toss my pic through an app and brighten the exposure. You can actually brighten your photo in your camera roll under 'edit', but I prefer to use an app, my favorite editing apps are A Color Story & Lightroom. Brightening up a photo gives it just a little more pop and zing than pictures with out this touch.

Here are some of my favorite flat lays I've snapped from over the last few years:)

Bow Shoes

These babes are all sorts of cute. I'm obsessed. These particular gems are going to be a Spring 2020 style staple for me. Okaaaay. Kayyy.

I love shoes like this because they make you look like you tried simply because they're amazing. Here I paired them with leopard print leggings and not pictured one of my favorite oversized sweatshirts.

Yesterday on the gram via stories I shared these babes, and here below I have linked to 9 other very similar pairs:)

Floral Fo' Life

Florals for days over here. Right now with sweaters and faux leathers and soon solo. Floral fo' lifeeeee. This dress is up for grabs on my Poshmark and I have also linked below to lots of pretty floral numbers :)

Faux Leather + Leopard

Faux leather jackets all day. They go with seriously just about every damn thing out there instantly raising their fashion value 1000% in my book. Here I'm pairing a black maxi skirt, basic white tee, my favorite faux leather jacket, and leopard print Vans!

Snag the look for yourself below:D

On me:

Faux Leather Jacket: Just Fab

Basic White Tee: Goodwill NV

Maxi Skirt: Ann Taylor LOFT

Shoes: Vans via Poshmark

Snag the look for yourself here!

Summer Style: Stripes

Okay, truth be told, I am a lover of stripes whether or not it is summer. That being said, stripes are defiantly a classic s u m m e r staple! This season, like every other, I am swooning over stripes, popping them in outfits at every opportunity! 

Stripes are one of those prints that pair well with solids & denims. I love stripes because they typically make you look like you tried. I'm all about that easy chic. ;)

Recently I made some new striped additions to my Poshmark shop as well! Here are a few of the pieces, feel free to peep more h e r e :) 

Over The Moon For Over The Knee Boots

Okay over the knee boots, aka OTK boots, I see you. I dig ya. OTK boots have continued to stay on trend for quite a few seasons now and I am okay with this. Inspired by the original 1960's style boot, over the knee boots are a bit higher than the gogo boots of that era, revamping and modernizing the look for today. I'm all in. This recycled blast from the past look is the shizzz for a few different reasons:

1) They make your legs look longer. Yasss. It's true. Take it from me, Stubs McGee, over the knee boots flatter the figure by making your legs appear longer. 

2) They are versatile. Pull them up over some skinny jeans or with a mini dress and they look amazing either way. Talk about stretching out a wardrobe. Keep some of those summer dresses rolling by wearing tights with the over the knee boots for warmth and your golden!

3) They are timeless. OTK boots are proving to be a style staple Fall and Winter season after season. They make a great addition to your wardrobe you are able to get a great ROI on each year!

Here are some legit over the knee boots worth a peek:

Summer in ASOS

Do you remember skorts?? Yes. They're back. Not really sure where they went, but, this summer, they're back. This little striped number via ASOS is a skort + romper, which is like the next level of skorts. I dig it. Now through 6/18, ASOS is also having a mega sale in which you can snag up to 50% off sale items! Check it out here. I also linked to lots of similar rompers below! Tis the season!