Looking stylish and fabulous doesn’t only belong to people with deep pocket. With some creativity, and some interest in personal appearance, looking stylish is attainable to anyone. Let’s take a look at some creative ways to look like a million bucks with little to zero budget.

Here are some tips and ways of looking stylish with leggings on any budget, or small to zero budget.

#1. Purge packed closet. If you are like me, you probably have clothes or stuff in your packed closet that you never knew existed, still with tags. You’d be surprised at how much you can find in your deep packed closet.

#2.  Alter old outfits.  There might be clothes that need little updating if you are handy with a sewing machine or with a needle and thread. Sometimes, as simple as adding a missing button, folding or hemming, or just by adding a belt or accessory is all it takes.

#3. Swap clothes with a friend. Have fun with your friends and get together for swapping good repair fashions, shoes, bags and accessories.

#4.  Thrift Stores.  Check out some thrift stores for good quality and clean second hand clothes.  Depending what your fashion style is, you can find some good quality and even some brand names in the thrift stores for  small fraction of the same in boutique stores.

#5. Swap smokes with a pair of nice dress or a good fitting pair of jeans. Why not try to cut down on the smokes or that chips and swap to something that makes you look stylish, fabulous, and most of all something that makes you feel uplifted with boosted confidence? This way, you are not spending more money but just making the right choices to the stylish new you.

#6.  Walk instead of taking that cab.  There are time when it may be practical to walk instead of taking the cab.  Imagine the positive impact this can contribute to your new fabulous you?  First, you save the money for your stylish fashion, and walking keeps you fit as well!

#7. Hit Outlet Stores and Clearance Fashion Sales. If you are tight on budget, not to worry, outlet stores are good sources of inexpensive clothes, shoes, purses, and accessories. Clearance sales are also in almost every malls in the city for that style that you are looking for. Be patient and take time to look for the styles that you really want. A lot of times, we buy things out of impulse and then realise later that we are not really into them.

#8.  Accessorize plain dress to give it that umph touch.  Yes, accessories are indeed great items to update a plain outfit.  A simple silk scarf is an example of accessory that is so versatile and can easily enhance a plain dress for a belt, or neck scarf, or even wrest wrap.

#9. Keep hair neat and clean. Very simple but there should be no reason to neglect our hair.

#10. Maintain manicures and pedicures. Have you ever sew a beautiful lady, and then all of a sudden you didn’t look at her same when you found out her toe nails and finger nails are chipped, stained and dirty? It feels great to be able to show-off those toe nails with cute flip-flips and open toe high heels.

#11.  Make-it-up.  Make-up will not give you all the beauty but it does help us to enhance our natural faces.  Celebrities do look plain like you and me but with the use of make-ups, they can walk like they are born with beautiful faces.  We can have the share of that for  pocket change.

#12. Wear High Heels, or wear nice fitting flip-flops for the summer. If you want to look stylish and fabulous, you must wear high heels or cute pair of flip-flop. There simply is no way one can look fabulous in a fabulous dress without a pair of nice sexy footwear. High Heels are not comfortable you say? Who says beauty is an easy job? When wearing open toe heels or flip-flops, make sure to keep those toe nails pedicured or atleast clean.

#13. Wear good fitting outfits. Some people think that wearing large lose fitting clothing is good for covering the unflattering areas, but it is actually making things worse. Proper fitting outfits can disguise an unflattering figure and make it looking fabulous.

#14.  Don’t be afraid of colors.  Splash of colors can make things more playful and fun so don’t get stuck with black and white. Colors are great for the summer to almost anywhere, such as floral or print sun dresses for the weekend, or colorful swim wear to the beaches and lakes.

#15. Keep it simple. Don’t mistake stylish accessorizing with messy accessorizing. Certain outfit can be good with a piece of certain accessory, or certain occasion is appropriate for a certain accessory, such as wearing a silk scarf to enhance a plain dress.

#16. Mind the manners and wear smile. Finally, I think that smiling approachable personality make people look attractive and beautiful. People of same happy approachable personality seem to want to be around their same kind. This is the best chance to also attract friends who are into looking fabulous and stylish. This maybe a good way to get into jobs or business contacts who are in the same world as you’d like to be in.

#17:  Head to the Library for Fashion Inspirations.  Library is a great source of Magazines that are dedicated for tips and inspirations for fashion styles.

#18.  Watch What-Not-To-Wear on TV.  Watch make-over shows that provide guides and advice to people who are needing help with  their style and ultimately improve their life.

#19. Maintain a good posture. Good posture is essential for fabulous and bliss-full life. If you are like most folks who spend good amount of time on the computer, try not to forget about your posture. It’s very easy to forget our posture when focused to our work but try to remember what it does to our posture, not to mention our health. It may be helpful to use ergonomic chair if that helps.

#20. Raid Mom’s Closet – with your mom’s permission of course:-). Sometimes mom may have stuff in her closet that she does not want anymore, ask if she can pass them on to you. Sometimes, they may need a bit of alteration or repair, have fun with them. If you can turn an ugly dress into a cute version, you can do almost anything creative and on your way to stylish life.

So, there you have it. Have fun creating and discovering new passion or hobbies that you never realized, keep being fabulous without breaking the bank and live bliss-fully!