I've known about Nina for a couple of years now, even before she hit the fame and the followers (aka Nesbians), after being taken on tour with Example and Ed Sheeran. No person can deny that Nina is absolutely stunning, but there's more than that, she's also extremely talented. If you listen to her music you'll see she has an amazing voice, and really does have the X Factor, without (thankfully) needing to be on The X Factor TV show to prove it. If you haven't seen her live, I suggest you do, she really is an amazing performer, you can subscribe to her YouTube channel to listen to her songs. Oh, and if she seems familiar to you it's probably because she appears in Ed Sheeran's music video for his hit song 'Drunk'.
Moving away from the amazing talent, beauty and perfection, I want to discuss Nina's style, something I absolutely love. I think the thing I love most about the way Nina chooses to dress is that she isn't too girly. Obviously, on the odd occasion she does get dolled up for an award ceremony, and she looks amazing, but I much prefer the rock girl, tom boy look she has which reminds me of a cross between Kurt Cobain and Brigitte Bardot. She normally dresses smart casual, and everything looks as though she just plucked it out of a wardrobe when in fact most if not all of her attire has been carefully pieced together. In Nina's own words she says, 'My personal style is pretty casual. I love big baggy jumpers, skinny jeans, denim shorts. I’m in to studs in a big way and have a big leather stud jacket but I like to team it with cute tops or floaty skirts. So I guess my style could be described as rock versus pretty.'
I'm not going to focus on getting Nina's beauty look, as that deserves it's own separate post where I'll focus on how you can get that voluminous blonde hair or recreate her cat eye and red lips look. Today I want to talk about her style, and I'll be dissecting a few of my favourite Nina looks and show you how to copy her style.
NINA NESBITT GET THE LOOK
I think one of the first things every rock chick needs in her wardrobe is a leather jacket. Leather jackets can be expensive, although there are cheaper faux leather imitations if you don't want to spend too much. However, real leather jackets are worth the money as they never go out of fashion, and even when worn over many years still look great. Nina's leather jacket below has had some customisation with studs, you can either do this yourself or buy jackets that have already had this done to them.
My favourite choice of leather jacket that is closest to the one Nina wears in the photo above is the ASOS RECLAIMED VINTAGE Original Leather Oversized Biker Jacket, priced £165. This one obviously doesn't come with the studs but has the same quilted effect to the shoulders:
You can buy studs to customise the jacket on Ebay, and there are several YouTube videos on how to customise a leather jacket.
Next, any rock star needs sunglasses, and Nina has a great collection of shades including these gorgeous round tortoiseshell sunglasses. Similar high street versions of Nina's sunglasses can be found at Nasty Gal 'Janis Shades' $20 (currently sold out) or ASOS Round Sunglasses with Metal Bridge Detail were £12 now just £8!
Probably my favourite accessory Nina wears is her felt pork pie hat. I think it goes really well with her whole smart casual look, you can buy a similar one at ASOS, normally £20 but currently on sale at £14:
She also wears this gorgeous Black Rolled Brim Bowler Hat from River Island priced at £20:
I've noticed one of Nina's main combinations to wear are denim shorts, and graphic t shirts. When it comes to graphic shirts the more random the better, you can see below Nina is wearing a cute cat with a bow tie tshirt:
Here are some examples of graphic tshirts you could wear with shorts, if the shirt has sleeves, rolling them up a little will make the tshirt have a more feminine and fitted look. Also try abd make sure the logo isn't too far down the shirt as you will be tucking the lower half into shorts.
These shirts are from Urban Outfitters, the MTV Animal Tee and the Nirvana Tee are both £32.
There are a variety of different styles of denim shorts to wear too, Nina tends to wear acid wash style ripped denim shorts. Some of my favourite pairs currently on sale are below, you can customise them with studs again if you wish to. If you're not comfortable with bearing your legs in shorts, pair them with some black tights, Nina does this especially in winter time so she can create this look all year round.
These Black Acid Wash ripped shorts are £19.99 at New Look
Another version I love are these Vintage Renewal Destroyed Denim Shorts by Levi sold at Urban Outfitters.
Finally shoes, and Nina isn't much of a heels girl, which is another thing I like about her. She's mostly found wearing White Converse, priced £50 or Black Nike Blazer Mid Trainers, priced £70. If she does go for a smarter style of shoe it's normally a pair of brogues, these Leather Brogues from ASOS were £45 now only £31.50
My final bit of advice for those wanting to dress like Nina is to experiment. For example, instead of going into TOPSHOP and picking out a jumper, why not go into TOPMAN? Nina does this herself, and ended up picking up this gorgeous Beatles jumper, £45, which makes for a nice oversized jumper on her. Sadly the jumper is now sold out, but you can see that Nina doesn't stick to just women's clothing to create her style!
Lots of love,
Samantha Dawn
xoxo
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