- Hello, everyone. Welcome to my channel. I'm so excited for today's video. I'm going to be sharing Nine Ways Your Clothes Are Looking Cheap. And don't worry, I've fallen
into this trap myself. I'll be pulling some inspiration and examples from my very own wardrobe. No matter the price of
these clothing pieces, some are expensive, some
are more affordable, everything in between, but these are nine characteristics
that you can look for to make sure your clothes
aren't looking cheap. Again, no matter the price. But first, if you haven't
subscribed already, I would love for you to do that. I make so many videos on
fashion tips and tricks and clothes to never wear
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the notification bell. So, if you haven't done
that, you totally should. Okay, so the very first characteristic, we're just starting out
basic, like very basic, building the foundation
for everything else. And it's just bad materials. And I know that's like super subjective, I'm not even saying you have to go out and buy the most expensive things because it's like the best materials. No, like if something
can be super affordable, but just look and feel really good. I mean, that's what I do all the time. But what I will say is
when a blouse, for example, looks see-through, when it's
not supposed to be see-through, is one of the biggest characteristics of a shirt or blouse looking cheap. So I have a couple of
examples in my closet. Both were around the same price, I think around like 60
bucks for these blouses. And you can literally
see right through them and it doesn't look very good. It just looks cheap, even though these tops
were not cheap at all. So, that does lead me
to a particular material that no matter what, will always look more expensive
than it might've been, and that is silk. And don't get me wrong,
silk can be darn expensive. It can be very, very expensive. It is a very luxurious material. It's the queen of fibers, but I have teamed up with
LilySilk for this video. I have now been working with them and recommending them to you
guys for a few years now. And I absolutely love them. I honestly truly recommend them to you because they have the best quality silk, paired with the best pricing. And that's really hard to find. They have the highest quality, the highest grade silk on the market. It's Grade 6A Mulberry
Silk where the fibers are actually very, very long making the silk feel very soft and silky. And then the pricing, the
pricing is just so good. And I'm gonna go through some of my favorite pieces from them. I've just been collecting
items at this point for quite a while. But I do have a code, I'll have everything linked to down below. My code is Shea12, I don't make money from
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to save even more money on top of the 12%. So, I'm first gonna start off with some of my favorite blouses, because that's really where
I got hooked on LilySilk. This is my newest blouse from
them, it's just their best, it's their best-selling blouse I think. It's very basic, I have it
in white, I have it in navy. And then this is my newest color, which is like a really
beautiful gold color. I can tuck it in. I love how the buttons are concealed. I'm gonna get to buttons a
little bit later in the video and how that can really
actually, if they're done poorly, make something look very
cheap, I'll explain later. But this is just such a good piece. And I do want to mention that for the coming weeks for LilySilk, as far as clothing, the
men's and women's clothing, if you buy two pieces,
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PJ's that I've been loving. This is another one of their best sellers. They have a lot of color
options as with everything. I went with navy. I was kind of just sucked
in, I think by the model, it just looked so good on her, but as far as the sale at for sleep wear it will be up to 30% off. So, check that out as well. Ooh, and then silk pillow
cases or silk bedsheets. I love both, but I at least recommend you try a silk pillow case. So, they're really good
for a couple of reasons. Number one, they are hypoallergenic, so they're really good
for people with allergies, are also antibacterial, which
is good for anybody with acne. They're also, they help prevent
wrinkles because they don't, it doesn't smash your face. It's really smooth on your face. So as far as the sale, you
can get one silk pillowcase and get a second one 40% off. Oh, and then another silk
clothing piece I've been loving is this silk dress, which I love the fact
that it's more versatile than you probably expect. I can wear it in the summer,
I mean it's a summer dress, but I could also wear
it in the winter months by just simply throwing over a sweater, like on top to like warm it up. But then it just turns it
into kind of like a skirt. It just, again, it makes
you be able to wear it all year round. Okay, so the next characteristic of your clothes possibly looking cheap without you realizing
it are ribbed sweaters. Now, this is something that you guys actually called me out on. I used to have so many more
ribbed sweaters in my wardrobe. I would wear them and
people would comment saying, "Your sweater looks cheap." The reason why, was it just being ribbed? So I have since kind of purge my closet, I've donated a lot of things, but I have found one
item here in my closet that is in fact ribbed. I've honestly never worn it. I kind of forgot that it existed, but I pulled it out, it's ribbed. The price was 8.99, okay. There must just be something
to ribbed sweaters, It may be in the manufacturing process. Maybe they are just in
fact very cheap to produce. But with that said, I think it's starting to
become kind of a cheap look. So just keep that little sweater tip in the back of your mind next
time you're buying a sweater. Like for instance, this
one, very affordable, it's not ribbed, looks more
expensive than it actually was. This is a cashmere sweater, which just automatically
looks kind of expensive, but it's also from LillySilk. So their prices are again very
good and very high quality. This is grade a cashmere fabric. It's, it's very, very warm. It's two to three times
warmer than wool actually, but it just feels amazing on the scan. I've had this one for years now and it's held up beautifully. So, the next characteristic that you need to keep an eye out, especially when you're buying
something or in your closet, maybe you already have it, like myself, is embroidery, beading, or sequence. Because not only does this make an item automatically more expensive because there's more detail
involved in producing it, but they start to fall off. They're snagging, there's just, it's just, it's potentially bad. And lo and behold, I found a sequin shirt that I've had for a few years. I really like it, I actually
get a lot of compliments on it when I wear it. But I started to examine it and yes, sequins have fallen off,
it now looks very cheap. And that's the problem with these things. They are more expensive than
average yet they run the risk of just looking more
cheap than anything else. Not to mention one more
thing, I'm not done. Let's be honest, embroidery,
beading, sequins, It could look tacky. Had to say it. Number four involves shoes, which I have definitely talked
about how worn out shoes can make your whole outfit look bad. And in this case look cheap. And the main areas that I
see this are actually heels more specifically stiletto heels. And I have a darn good example of this one because here we have my Christian Louboutin black heels, okay. I've had these for a long time, but how many times if I have worn them, three times, okay. Three times. The front part of them
completely worn out. Why? I don't know. I guess I scuffed them ever
so slightly on the pavement. I don't understand, but they look terrible not to mention the backs of
the heels are all scuffed up. It's just, the price of
these were $650, okay. Worth it? No.
(buzzer buzzing) On the flip side, we have these heels
under a hundred dollars. I've worn them countless times. How many times? I have no idea. A heck of a lot more than three though. The front has held up beautifully. The back stiletto part,
completely intact and not scuffed. Everything just looks better. These look more expensive than the these. And I know, I know everyone's
drawn to the red bottoms. I know that red bottoms automatically make a shoe look more expensive, but I don't care what anyone
says when the front is scuffed. Basically the whole shoe looks like crap. It looks cheap to me. Cartoon prints on clothes
like shirts or sweatshirts. You'll never convince
me that, Minnie mouse, Tweety bird, Looney Tunes, Scooby-Doo while I'm dating myself. What are the cartoons of today? I mean, I know Hello Kitty, people are really into Hello Kitty. Sorry, first if I feel like
it's kind of expensive, they don't look expensive to me. They look cheap. Material that is too stretchy
can also look very cheap. Now, hear me out because I know there's a lot of you out there that love stretchy
material, including myself. There's a lot of benefits to it, whether it be jeans or top or whatever, it can be very comfortable. It can be very forgiving, maybe if you gain weight
or you lose weight, it can be more conforming to your body than regular material. But with that said, if it's
just too darn stretchy, it has a tendency to get too stretched out and then look very unflattering and cheap. So for example, I've
had this pair of jeans for about a month now. I'm probably going to donate them just because if I wear these jeans, within five minutes, they're
too stretched out in butt, it looks like I'm wearing a diaper, covered the diaper part
many times on my channel. And most times it's because
of the stretchy material. Likewise through my leg,
my whole (indistinct), they just get stretched out
and baggy and not flattering, very cheap looking. So I still have more
clothing pieces to get to, but this next one, I'm just throwing it in the video because, wow, is it bad. It doesn't matter what you're wearing, if you wear this, it's
gonna make you look cheap. And I apologize because I
kind of did recommend it in a recent video and I didn't
realize it looked that bad. And in real life, it's not nearly as bad. But it's this very shiny yellow necklace. So again, right now it's not coming, it doesn't look, it looks
more accurate right now, but I'll insert the clip
of how it was coming across in a video, like a recent video. And it just kind of like, it
sparked the idea in my head that it doesn't matter
what you're wearing. It can be very expensive, tasteful clothes or very cheap clothes. It does not matter. Jewelry can be the icing on the cake, but if it's going to be shiny,
fake looking yellow metal, you're going to look cheap. Okay, so we're back to a clothing pieces. Now, this is something I unfortunately do not have an example anymore for, because I did, as I mentioned recently, go through my closet
and make a big donation. I got rid of a lot of clothes. And sometimes I think I shouldn't do that because then I can't show
you guys examples of things that you probably have in your closet too. And this is droopy buttons. So this is something I see all the time. Sometimes before you even
buy a piece of clothing or blouse or whatever, the buttons are already starting to droop. Other times it happens with
time and you wearing the shirt and the buttons just go droopy. It just cheapens the shirts. So, I really recommend
going through your closet, looking at blouses, look to see if the buttons
are starting to hang downward. If they are, starting to look cheap. Oh, and then bringing
it back to this blouse. Like I mentioned, at the
beginning of the video, this has a flap covering the buttons. So, it just automatically looks more, high-end looks more expensive. It looks more sleek and sophisticated. The buttons are completely covered and you never have to
worry about any drooping. Designer knockoffs are unfortunately another way that you
could be looking cheap. Now I want to be very
specific about something. I am not saying you need to
spend hundreds of dollars on designer handbags, and
scarves, and Gucci sweaters to look good. You don't even have to care
about designers to look good, or you could have designer inspired items. I mean, I'm sure I have some
"designer inspired" clothes. I know I have two or three
"designer inspired" handbags that were like 20 bucks. That's totally fine. I'm talking about the
intentional designer, knockoffs or replicas that
are terrible materials. They just look cheap. I feel like you know
what I'm talking about? So those are my nine specific
characteristics of cheap looking outfits or clothes. I really hope you enjoyed it, I'll have everything linked down below, including LilySilk and my discount code. Thank you so much for watching. If you enjoyed it, give it a thumbs up and consider subscribing and I'll see you very soon in my next one. Bye.
