Shoes & Apparel

Rhinestone jackets, tops, and sneakers — the Strass blazer, cropped and standard bombers, the Madison Avenue bomber, high-top sneakers, and a t-shirt, tank, and crop top.

Split these into layers and bases. The blazer and the bombers do the whole job alone: put one over plain black and the outfit is finished, and it comes off when the room changes. The t-shirt, tank, and crop top carry the stones on the body itself, so they set the tone for everything worn with them and are better paired down than up. The high-tops are the piece that lets you wear stones without dressing up at all.

Wearing two loud pieces at once rarely works — pick one and keep the rest plain. To add a name or initials to what you already own, see iron-on letters.