How to Dress Like Top Model (Because Dominique on “America’s Next Top Model” Has No Clue and She’s Not the Only Offender!)

So, recently on ANTM my two former favorites were up on the chopping block: Claire and Lauren. Lauren stayed, Claire went. It was sad. I find myself gravitating towards liking Anya and Katarzyna more.

Miss Katarzyna has been in the background, holding strong and silent – involved in no drama. I think she’s a real contender. They cut her hair which I don’t love, but oh well. I almost feel like Tyra might not pick her to win because she can’t pronounce her name. By now, Tyra should be able to do that. It seems insulting. But Katarzyna does her best to be gracious and I can’t even tell if she’s annoyed or not. (I think I would be.)

More and more this show seems to disappointing. It’s a guilty pleasure still, but it’s just odd. The quality has mostly just – poofed. It’s not fun when it’s so sad.

One thing at the panel that stood out was how poorly dressed Dominique was. (Oh, and can we please give her the boot?!) The sad thing is she isn’t the only one who has been up there in clothing that made us or the judges go WTF? In honor of that, I’ve put a few pictures together of items that a top model should incorporate.

These are just examples, though. Any model or female should only wear clothing (unless modeling it) that is her personal style. Fashion is, of course, an extension of yourself – a way to show your personality.

Here’s an example of a girl whose personal style exudes ‘model’ to me, and she does that by mixing together old and new pieces of different price ranges. This picture, and femme (Agathe Bjørnsdatter), are from the blog StyleBytes.com, which Agathe writes. About this outfit, she says:

Dress: My stepmom´s old dress.
Jacket: Zara
Scarf: H&M
Bracelets: Gift
Clutch: Secondhand
Shoes: Zara

She looks wonderful and if I was having a runway show I’d book her. In this cycle, Lauren seems like the girl who could best pull off a look like this – except with Lauren’s unusual anger management issues surfacing…and the walk she does…*shrugs*

For models who go to go see’s in colder months you’ll need a good coat. Basic black is always chic and will match just about anything. But the coat itself doesn’t have to be basic. I’m drawn to the Lotta Coat from Soiakyo.com, which I found from the insightfully fun and fashionable blog FashionIsSpinach.com.

Try a pretty dress, like this floaty Mint Jodi Arnold Colorblock Cami Dress from ShopBop.com. As a model you want to show that you know that season’s trends – and wearing yellow will do that. Yellow is huge right now.

Your purse should be big enough to carry all of your essentials, but it can be beautiful while dong that. I’m enamored with the simple structure of the Bender Bag by FOLEY + CORINNA at Calypso-Celle.com. I found this bag from the style conscious blog Brown712.com.

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