Video: How to Accessorize a White Dress

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Erin Busbee

http://www.busbeestyle.com/

Ever since Erin Busbee was a little girl she has had a passion for fashion and beauty… dressing her friends and family, including her poor baby brother and styling hair for any and all willing participants. It’s a love she has carried into her professional life. For years, Busbee worked as an award-winning producer for WCBS-TV in New York, where she routinely researched and wrote about fashion trends. She also collaborated closely with top magazine editors/writers from the most elite fashion publications like “Vogue,” “Elle,” “In Style,” and “Lucky” Magazines. In 2005, she founded Hewitt Media Consulting through which she personally trained CEO’s, entrepreneurs, magazine editors and TV reporters. Her consulting sessions always included fashion and beauty pointers, helping clients shine for their major TV appearances. Erin didn’t stay behind the scenes; she has been front and center with extensive experience on camera. She worked as an anchor/reporter in Watertown and Rochester, New York. She also became the entertainment/fashion reporter for WCBS-TV where she kept up on all the hottest trends. In 2007, she took on the role as host and producer for Hotnewz.tv, a revolutionary Internet news program focused on the young and hip college crowd. Erin created and wrote a weekly segment for Hotnewz called “Fashion Fix.” It gave viewers the inside scoop on, what else, fashion! Recently, Erin moved to the Texas Hill Country and started her image consulting business “Busbee Style”. Busbee Style is her newest baby, a passion for sure! Through Busbee Style, Erin does personal shopping, fashion styling and closet organization. Now, Erin is dressing and styling all types of Texans from cowboys to socialites.

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Hi, I'm Erin, and I'm a fashion stylist. White is wonderful. Not only is it clean and classic, it looks great on almost every skin tone. It is also the perfect backdrop for bold-colored accessories. Think blues, greens and reds but white is also white hot when mixed with neutrals and browns. Our model, Heather, can show you what I mean. She's wearing an off white Jersey dress by "Tart". This dress has a deep V, cinches at the waist and then flares out at the bottom. That creates a really feminine silhouette. I've paired this elegant dress with a chunky brown and gold waist belt. The belt accentuates Heather's tiny waist. If you don't have much of a waist, a belt is always a great way to fake it. Picking up on the gold in the belt, I've added a large Wonder Womanesque cuff. I just love these and I think gold looks so glam with white. With something this bold you don't really need much else in the way of accessories. On her feet, Heather is wearing a classic rounded toe pump. This pair is studded for some added edginess. The same color palette works perfectly well with bright white but not with the all important white dress, your wedding dress, but you knew that already.