Style Lookbook | The Cropped Sweater for Winter, Spring and Fall

Here's how I would wear a cropped sweater...

...with a maxi skirt...(shoes are Nine West; skirt is Wetseal; sweater is Charlotte Russe)

...with some sheer...(sheer maxi is Urban Outfitters; leggings are custom-made; sneakers are Keds)

...with a maxi dress... (dress is Forever 21)

...with a preppy twist...(shirt is AA; jeans and shoes are UO)

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...with high-waisted denim...(belt is vintage; denim is UO; shoes are US Polo)

...with menswear...(wool blazer is vintage/stolen from my 81-year-old father)

...and here's how people with more money than me would wear a cropped sweater:

Rumi is a goddess of style inspiration; it actually didn't occur to me that my previously retired sweater would serve me better cropped until I saw this photo:

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I just started following this sartorially intriguing red head. I'm loving the minimalism and the extreme contrast in hemlines here:

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Vanessa is one of my top 5 style icons; she looks adorable with this dressy casual look:

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This is from the BritBrit style archives; she wore this super distressed cropped sweater during a TRL appearance ('MEMBER TRL Y'ALL???); it's definitely one of my favorite looks from her.

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Finally, it's their job to inspire us; here's supermodel Joan Smalls rocking a very cropped designer sweater while she strolls with one of my new favorite models, Jacquelyn Jablonski:

Any favorite looks?

DIY | The Hi-Low Cropped Sweater for Winter, Spring and Fall

...but not summer because global warming is legit and I have no time for knitwear in that kind of heat.  

Step 1: Find a boring ass sweater. This one is from Charlotte Russe ages ago and the most exciting thing about it is the hood.

Step 2: Flip it on its side so the front and the back are now left and right...

Step 3: Start snipping at an angle; start hi and go low (duh)

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Step 4: When you flip it back, it should look like this...if it doesn't, make it work like Tim Gunn says.

Step 5: Snip out some chunks from the 'hi part' so the front is more jagged and whatever and just liiiiike totes cool and edgy for a fashion blog okaaaaay

Step 6: stretch the edges so they start to fray a bit (all the way around)

Step 7: Now pull on the edges so it looks EVEN EDGIER

The final product should look something like this. If you wanted more fraying in the back, just pull some more strands out, but I think it looks better if the messiness is kept in the front (but if you went fully cropped, it would look good with fraying all the way around--yes, it's really THAT complicated okay).

I will take pictures of myself wearing this because sometimes I like to pretend I'm a fashion blogger. 

Bye for now.