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Styling Your Statement Piece – 1 Article of Clothing, Multiple Looks

Styling Your Statement Piece – 1 Article of Clothing, Multiple Looks

Aug 12, 2020

Have you ever been out shopping and found an article of clothing so wildly patterned or vibrantly colorful that you knew you had to own it, but passed up on the purchase because you didn’t know what to wear with it?

As sneakerheads, we often dress from the feet up, but that’s doesn’t always work when it comes to styling statement apparel. The key to styling these eyecatching ensemble staples is to build your outfit around the piece of clothing you want to serve as your fit’s focal point.

At Hibbett | City Gear, we’re all for establishing standout styles. With our extensive collection of streetwear, functional fashion and athleisurewear, and our Complete the Look product recommendations, Hibbett makes it easy to build multiple head-turning ensembles around your favorite statement pieces.

To prove it, we’ve put together a few men’s and women’s statement piece styles to get your wardrobe wheels turning.

Men’s Statement Hoodie

Hoodies are versatile pieces of apparel. They can be worn on their own or as a layering piece to keep you warm during cooler months. What makes this Nike Men’s Club Refresh Hoodie a statement piece is its bold colorblocking and lettering on its back. While the hoodie, for the most part, is black in color, the magenta, yellow and blues incorporated into its Just Do It graphic can be difficult to match.

One way to avoid clashing colors is to pair this hoodie with neutrals only, such as black and white, as we’ve done with the outfit featuring the black and white Nike Freak baseball tee, white socks, and white-white Air Force Ones. By pairing the statement hoodie with nondescript accessory pieces, we don’t distract from the beauty of the hoodie’s boldness.

On the opposite end of the spectrum, you can also pair your statement piece with colorful complementary pieces for an over-the-top look. Fortunately, Nike likes to keep colors all in the family, so for our second statement hoodie style, we’ve paired the pullover with a Nike Kyrie ’90s basketball tee that features the same yellow, magenta and blue as seen on the hoodie’s back graphic and equally colorful Nike Kyrie 6 Asia Irving “Barely Grape/Gravity Purple” men’s basketball shoes.

For our last hoodie-centric ensemble, we chose to tie in some statement footwear too. Nike’s Simpsons-inspired Air Max 90 features loud hits of pink, yellow and blue that pairs perfectly with our mostly-solid colored Club Refresh Hoodie. We kept it clean up the legs with black Smoke Rise Basic Rip and Repair jeans and hid an extra pop of peach under the hood with a Nike Men’s Sportwear JDI tee.

Men’s Statement Denim

Most people see jeans as plain ole’ pants, but not all denim is created equal. For example, Smoke Rise Men’s Alpine Blue ATS Denim Jeans, with their distressed appearance, acid wash, and contrasting blues, can’t help but draw attention. Because these bottoms are so busy, they play well with jerseys and solids.

Keeping it simple up top, we’ve paired our Alpine Blue ATS jeans with a simple black adidas Harden Individuality men’s basketball tee that features minimal branding, a sophisticated black Three Stripes backpack, monochromatic no-show socks and a black James Harden cap. To keep the outfit’s focus grounded, we went with a pop of color at the feet with red adidas basketball shoes.

Our second look combines the casual vibe of the denim with the comfort of your favorite basketball jersey and the subtle style of white-white Air Force One Mids. This fit may seem simple, but sometimes, simplicity is the key to styling your statement pieces.

Finally, we’ve paired our Smoke Rise jeans with an energetic, eye-catching top, fun-colored socks and wild Nike Kyrie 6 “Vast Grey/Black/Soar” Men’s Basketball Shoes. From the bottoms up, this men’s statement style screams, “look at me!”

Women’s Statement Tights

If a pair of patterned tights, like adidas’ Women’s Injection Pack Tights, features multiple distinct colors — putting together multiple outfits that center around your statement piece just got that much easier. You can put together an outfit based on each color! These Injection Pack Tights are swathed in blues, pinks and black, all three of which are simple enough to match.

The most obvious characteristic of our adidas tights is their intricate pattern. To avoid ensembles that clash, pair solid or larger patterned tops and accessories with small-print bottoms.

For our first outfit, we paired our workout tights with a feminine big Trefoil logo cropped women’s tee that complements the subtle streaks of magenta incorporated into the tights’ floral-esque pattern. So as not to distract from the look’s focal piece, we opted for a pair of neutral-toned adidas Edge Lux 4 “Glory Grey/Silver Met/Grey One” Women’s Shoes and black socks at the feet.

An all-black tank atop adidas’ Women’s Injection Pack Tights really makes the bottoms’ colors pop, while black and gold adidas running shoes introduce a metal tone that opens the door to dressing this fit up with chunky gold accessories.

For a more casual look, perfect for crossing campus for your next class or grabbing coffee with your study buddy, we fashioned our final statement tights ensemble with a sporty pink and white striped adidas Women’s 3-Stripes tee, understated grey athletic sneakers and a baseball cap on top. A black Half Zip Pullover adds an extra layer to this look without distracting from the tights.

Women’s Statement Dress

The best part about building outfits around statement dresses? All you need to switch up looks is a new pair of shoes and a couple accessories. Similar to our recommendations for styling patterned tights, when working with a statement piece like this PUMA Women’s Graphic Injection Dress round out your ensembles using the colors featured in the dress’ print. With our Injection Dress, we can incorporate accents of pink, purple, yellow/lime green and black.

Outfit one keeps things clean by pairing the dress with pink and purple PUMA Future Rider Game On Unisex Sandals. A perfect spring or summer style, we’ve chosen to keep our accessories to a minimum, opting for a plain black waistpack and monochromatic fashion face mask.

For look two, we augment the pink incorporated into the dress’ print by pairing it with a two-toned pink and white PUMA Women’s MCS Track Jacket and Future Rider “Grey/Pink/Purple” Women’s Shoes. By simply swapping shoes and adding an extra layer to our statement style, we’ve completely transformed our look!

Likewise, when we switch out our sneakers for PUMA Style Rider “Sunny Lime/Purple/Black/White” Women’s Shoes, we bring focus to the yellow and purples found in our dress. By covering up with a Women’s Amplified Crew Sweater, which we recommend tieing at the bottom, we turn our dress into more of a skirt, thus creating an entirely NEW fit.

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