The Poncho Effect

Thanks to everyone that commented and gave out their style ideas on how to wear the poncho! I really appreciate it. Mostly everyone said that it's best worn with skinny jeans and high shoes/booties. I also liked the idea of wearing it with shorts but alas the weather was quite wet so I opted for jeans instead. Here's what I came up with.

I initially tried it with wide-legged pants to give it a more seventies look but I knew the weather wasn't gonna cut me some slack and I'll just end up with a really dirty hem. Switched to skinnies instead.

My best zoolander expression. :)

My favorite effect from Pixlr-o-matic. 

As you can tell, I've been experimenting with this free online image editor, Pixlr-o-matic. I'm addicted to it right now. The effects are so pretty. I know it's possible to get similar effects with my lomo but I'm too lazy to use it. Maybe one of these days. Lemme know what you think, was this a hit or a miss with the poncho? lol Off to check out your blogs. Cheers!

Poncho - Bought online

Jeans - No name jeggings

Shoes - Forever 21

Bag - Pretty and Perfect Closet

Sunnies - Vintage Ray-Ban (Pretty and Perfect Closet)

Style Dilemma: How Would You Wear a Poncho?

I've had this poncho for a while now but I've never used it. I know that it's summer for a lot of people up North but down here in the Southeast, we're fending off typhoons and rainy weather left and right. Just thought I could finally bust out my poncho, keep myself warm, (successfully man repel!) and add some color to my usual garb while out and about. 

Then it dawned on me, how do you actually wear one? I can't come up with a nice way of putting this on without looking like a tipi or teepee (depends on how you like to spell it.) I'm Olsen petite so I'm not even sure if it'll work at all. 

I would love to hear your thoughts on how you would wear/style one? Or if you would actually wear one at all? :) It's sad when a beautiful garment is left unused to one side so I'm really looking for a way to use this at least once. Lemme know your thoughts and style ideas. Cheers!

ps. If this really won't work out I'm gonna be cutting this up and turning this into a cape of sorts.