Using different styles, you can express your personality, create an image that best suits the situation. The contrast to glamour and chic is the boho style in clothing. The trend originates in the hippie era, but differs from it in some bohemianism. The image allows you to combine tweed and lace, fur and chiffon, and combine accessories. People who choose the boho style look natural, feel great, since the things they use are comfortable to wear.
What is special about the style?
The trend was appreciated by almost all fashionistas, because it is impossible to get lost in the crowd in a bright multi-layered outfit. It can be characterized by epithets: harmonious, feminine and sexy.
The peculiarity of the boho style in clothing is the rejection of fashion canons, tight-fitting silhouettes. When choosing an outfit, you need to be guided by the state of your soul.
Its main features are:
- Suitable for ladies of any age and build. Multilayered airy outfits will become a decoration for a young girl, mature ladies choose items made of natural fabrics of flowing silhouettes;
- One multi-layered image can combine several favorite colors, textures of fabrics. It allows you to express your attitude to the world;
- Active use of all kinds of accessories that make the image complete;
- The most typical prints are: checkered patterns, avant-garde designs, ethnic elements, floral arrangements;
- The predominance of soft shades, which can be natural colors or fashionable colors of the season;
- The waist is especially emphasized, and almost all outfits are complemented with belts.
One outfit can combine inexpensive mass-market items with exclusive jewelry. Boho adherents are creative individuals who choose clothes for self-expression.
This style of clothing is divided into several directions:
- Glamour is the most feminine trend, using historical costumes, feminine dresses with an abundance of frills. The image is complemented by expensive bags, belts, shoes;
- Eco is an original trend that uses clothing items made from natural fabrics in pastel and natural shades. Natural furs and leather are completely rejected;
- Ethno – reflects the spirit of a certain culture. Clothes are decorated with fringe, stripes, appliques, ethnic symbols;
- Chic is a trend that is opposed to glamour and is characterized by luxurious, high-priced outfits.
- Vintage – clothes are richly decorated with lace and frills;
- Homeless is a new trend that uses artificially aged items. Combines with vintage clothing;
- Mori girls are the youngest trend, where pastel-colored clothes are combined with historical accessories and outfits. A woman in this image looks like a doll.
It is quite possible to use boho style in office clothes. Monochrome suits are replaced with those made of checkered or floral fabric. The complement will be voluminous beads, earrings, rings with large stones, an ethnic style bag with fringe.
Fabrics and color
The trend allows you to wear clothes made of a variety of materials. The boho style is distinguished by a combination of bright things made of a variety of materials. The most popular are natural fabrics: linen, silk, denim, cotton, wool. They provide normal air exchange, are comfortable to wear. In boho clothing, combinations of linen with velvet, guipure with silk, lace with knitwear are used.
The combination of different textured materials looks attractive: a thin chiffon dress is worn with a coarse knit cardigan. In the cold season, the outfit is complemented by winter clothes in the boho style. These include fur vests and short fur coats, leather or suede vests, insulated with a wool lining. Ethno-boho is characterized by the use of artificial fur, eco-leather. Most of the items have bright colors or prints. Floral motifs go well with ethnic colors. The most advantageous combinations consist of items of 3-4 different shades.
Dresses in this style have flowing, airy silhouettes. Multilayered flounces made of silk and chiffon create a romantic, delicate image. They are decorated with the most delicate lace and woven inserts. Many decorative elements are handmade.
Options depending on gender
This trend is promising and relevant not only for women, but is also in high demand in men's fashion.
For men
Actor Johnny Depp is considered a big fan of boho. Mandatory elements of his image are often a hat and a scarf around the neck. The emphasized casualness of the style is complemented by a well-thought-out outfit made of natural fabrics.
Here are the most popular things for men in this direction:
- A brightly colored cotton or denim shirt paired with jeans or linen trousers. The summer outfit is complemented with a scarf and leather accessories;
- Men's winter clothing should be brightly colored. This could be a plain down jacket or one with a plant print, a short fur coat made of colored fur, a leather vest;
- Knitted cardigans and sweaters will be a great addition to your autumn look. You can choose a hat of a suitable shade, a leather cord for your neck, a bracelet and a beautiful belt.
For women
This style of clothing allows you to reveal the multifaceted nature of a woman. There are no clear recommendations and rules for combining things, it is allowed to combine different items of clothing. The created image is complemented by makeup, careless curls or loose hair.
You can choose the boho direction even when creating a wedding image. A delicate white dress made of guipure and silk is decorated with ruffles, flowers, and frills. The silhouette of the dress is chosen to be flowing and floor-length. Veils and tiaras are not used, curls are decorated with ribbons, fresh flowers, and wreaths.
Here are the main items of clothing that are used to create images for women:
- All kinds of wool and fur capes, ponchos, vests allow you to look bohemian in winter. They can be triangular or rectangular. If you choose a down jacket, then preference is given to bright models in a cage or with a patchwork print;
- Knitted cardigans are combined with chiffon dresses and flowing skirts. Each season, fashion designers offer various new items for autumn, made of wool, which will warm you in the cold;
- The choice of dresses is wide, but most often they are long and bright. Models with a high waistline, flared skirts, decorated with guipure, embroidery, with frills and fringe are used. Multi-layered sarafans are welcome;
- Blouses and tops are selected based on the desired image. It is permissible to use shirts made of coarse textured fabric or the finest blouses made of weightless silk. Tops with thin straps and lace are often worn over a long-sleeved shirt. Blouse models with an open shoulder and a loose cut look especially touching;
- The wardrobe must have vests made of different materials. They allow you to create the necessary layering, provide comfort in cold weather. Vests are decorated with fringe, complemented by a bag in the same tone with a shoulder strap;
- A variety of scarves, shawls and stoles add elegance to the look;
- Jeans and trousers are chosen flared from the knee or skinny in blue. Such models go well with flat shoes.
Selection of accessories and shoes
It is impossible to create a boho chic look without a large number of accessories. These include colorful hats with large brims and fedoras, bags woven from bamboo, twine, jute, large glasses and colorful jewelry. In the cold season, a voluminous scarf or colorful shawl will protect your neck from the wind.
The main accent of the image can be massive jewelry with stones or made from natural materials. Handicraft lovers will be able to create exclusive beads and bracelets that are most suitable for women's outfits.
Boho shoes are comfortable and practical, they have a flat sole or a small wedge. The most popular are soft sandals, high gladiator models, leather shoes without heels. Such shoes are chosen not only by women, but also by men. Winter and demi-season shoes are high boots with a wide shaft, boots without laces.
The multi-layered and multifaceted boho style is suitable not only for creative individuals. It will be appreciated by lovers of comfortable clothes made from natural fabrics, who are accustomed not to blindly follow fashion trends, but to create individual images that reflect the current mood and view of the world.
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