[Welcome to Celebrity Chic on the Cheap, where our style guru takes a celebrity look and breaks it down for you, our poor college fashionista. What does that mean? It means that while the celebrities (like Lake Bell) are spending $5,000 and more on an ensemble, you an spend way less...and save the rest for Margarita Mondays.]

Who inspires your style? Or better question, WHAT inspires your style? Many of us use movie characters (like Penny Lane) or celebrities (like Khloe Kardashian) as style inspiration, even though, most of the time, they are being dressed from head to toe by the best stylists. Which we don’t have. And sometimes it’s damn near impossible to work their Hollywood looks into our not-so-Hollywood lives. I’ve made it my mission to tap into the mind of a fashion stylist and show you how to take your style inspiration – whatever it may be – and make it more you!

I’m just going to start this off by saying I would have absolutely no qualms switching lives with Leigh Lezark for a day, or a month, or longer.

I don’t remember how or when I first heard her name, but I immediately wished my name was an alliteration that easily rolled off the tongue like hers. Too bad we can’t always get what we want (thanks, parents!). On the bright side, something we can achieve is her effortlessly bad-ass sense of style.

For those of you still wondering, Leigh Lezark is a DJ in the trio Misshapes in New York City.  Oh yeah, and she’s a model.  Yes, a DJ and a model.  Très, très jaloux (which is French for, I’m mad envious).

DJ Leigh and her Misshapes posse like to bump electronica and indie rock.  They are also known to attract the Hispter crowd, but I try to stay open-minded to the boundary-pushing that she, and her party-mates, tend to inspire people with. I just love their sound. I also find Leigh Lezark incredibly chic, cool and mysterious with her all-black ensembles, signature jet-black bob and aversion to ever smiling in a photograph. And while The Misshapes tend to dress in some brands that are a bit out of my league (Alexandre Herchcovitch, House of Holland, Imitation of Christ, Jeremy Scott, Obesity and Speed, Pleasure Principle, to name a few), I’m going to toss some more affordable options in your general direction.

Because you don’t have to spend like a DJ/model to dress like one. Read More »

Wanna dress like the stars? Who doesn’t? But since most of us can barely afford dinner, let alone the newest Louboutin OTK boots, I’m gonna be your personal (Faux) Rachel Zoe and help you look like those Hollywood starlets without spending like them. Because there’s nothing better than looking fabulous on a budget.

Khloe Kardashian is notorious for being the loud, outspoken baby sister of the Kardashian kclan.  I guess you gotta have that personality when your one older sister just popped out a baby and the other is famous for a sex tape. But while her personality makes a bold statement, it’s her fashion choices that speak the loudest.

When it comes to their closets, all three Kardashiennes lean toward what’s trendy, expensive and high fashion. But Khloe has adopted a chic, edgy and perfectly personal spin on style sets her apart from the rest of the family and, I can’t deny it, makes me drool a little. She has mastered the art of taking something basic to a whole new level. Girlfriend can take a boring black tee and make it fabulous.

Khloe also knows exactly how to dress for her body, which might be the sexiest thing of all. Although she towers over her two older sisters, she isn’t afraid to accentuate her 5’10’’ frame with heels or her favorite over-the-knee high-heeled boots.  And she doesn’t mind, because she knows she looks good.

She is often seen lookin’ fly in her go-to outfit of a black shirt paired with skinny jeans.  A bold statement piece of jewelry and black nail polish are always a must, and both have really become her signature accessories. Well, those and her new man, Lamar.

Now, I can’t nab you an Odom to call your own, I can get you Khloe’s chic look on a much friendlier “I don’t have a reality show” budget. Read More »