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Fashion Insider: Merry and Metallic

Get your shine on with these metallic looks.


  • By Kayleigh Omang
  • | 6:00 a.m. September 5, 2018
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Want to stand out?

Put on your most luminous look, because metallics are the latest way to make your style shine through. Perfect for a concert, girls’ night out or just everyday retro wear, metallics are here to stay.

There’s almost an unlimited number of color options – gold, silver, bronze or even the colors of the rainbow for the bold fashionista.

Recently, we saw metallics making a statement at the Suncoast Wedding & Event Leader’s Wedding Professionals Tomorrowland Party Aug 15. The theme for the event, Back to the Future, gave partygoers the opportunity to go galactic with their metallic clothes and accessories.

Want to add some shine to your wardrobe? Check out these trendy pieces from local boutiques.

Wedding Professionals Tomorrowland Party eventgoers Kourtney Culler, Christina Harris and Alisa Forbis. Forbis purchased her top at Express. Photo by Love & Style Photography
Wedding Professionals Tomorrowland Party eventgoers Kourtney Culler, Christina Harris and Alisa Forbis. Forbis purchased her top at Express. Photo by Love & Style Photography
Longboat Resort Wear, mixed metallic necklace, $45
Longboat Resort Wear, mixed metallic necklace, $45
Gia Ventola, Platform Getaway Dreamer shoes, $159
Gia Ventola, Platform Getaway Dreamer shoes, $159
Gia Ventola, gold metallic shoes, $149
Gia Ventola, gold metallic shoes, $149
Philosophy & Vines, magnetic bracelets, $32
Philosophy & Vines, magnetic bracelets, $32
Bows & Arrows Boutique, MPC metallic foiled tank, $58
Bows & Arrows Boutique, MPC metallic foiled tank, $58
Bows & Arrows Boutique, Tkee's flip flops, $58
Bows & Arrows Boutique, Tkee's flip flops, $58
Sepi Ackerman, Ariana Ackerman, Carly Ochs, Reese Stroud and Emily Stroud rock metallics at a recent Taylor Swift concert. Courtesy photo
Sepi Ackerman, Ariana Ackerman, Carly Ochs, Reese Stroud and Emily Stroud rock metallics at a recent Taylor Swift concert. Courtesy photo
Alyssa Esteban, Erik Lowry and Christina Fraser at Wedding Professionals Tomorrowland Party. Photo by Love & Style Photography
Alyssa Esteban, Erik Lowry and Christina Fraser at Wedding Professionals Tomorrowland Party. Photo by Love & Style Photography
Leslie Harris-Senac and Jennifer Simms at Wedding Professionals Tomorrowland Party. Photo by Love & Style Photography
Leslie Harris-Senac and Jennifer Simms at Wedding Professionals Tomorrowland Party. Photo by Love & Style Photography

 

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