Discover the Boho Style and learn how to use the trend in your looks

The boho style, which takes its name from the word “bohemian”, bohemian in Portuguese, propagates the concept of free minds and nomadic life. This conception translates into looks full of hippie, gypsy, vintage influences, with clothes from the 70s and also rockers.

This style conveys a lot of personality and is usually noticed in looks due to the presence of light and fluid fabrics, floral or liberty prints, as well as embroidery. However, a simple mix of accessories or the presence of fringes in the looks and a stylish boot can create a striking boho look.

Music festivals, especially the one in Coachella, California, are a kind of showcase of style. In addition to the anonymous people who attend the event, many celebrities, such as Alessandra Ambrósio, Thaila Ayala and American actress Vanessa Hudgens, wear looks loaded with boho influences and inspire the look of many fashionistas around the world.

How to insert Boho pieces into your look

It is worth mentioning that to assemble a boho look it is not necessary that all the pieces of the look follow the style. Some pieces or even just accessories can create this trend in a look, even if it is extremely basic and democratic. See below for tips created in collaboration with fashion consultant Danyla Borobia to create looks using specific pieces.

dresses

To create a boho look, the dress used in the look can be long or short. According to consultant Danyla: “Just invest in flowing dresses, with nobler and more delicate materials or handcrafted pieces such as lace, crochet and knitting looks”.

These pieces can be combined on cold days with short or medium boots, and on hot days, with lace-up sandals or gladiators on hot days. Ethnic prints and embroidery are also factors that provide the boho style for the piece.

Long Skirt

On warmer days, a long skirt is a good way to replace jeans, but it can also be adapted for cold days if worn with warm tights. If the work environment allows, these pieces are good bets, as they are comfortable and create a fresher look.

If the environment is informal, slits show the legs and provide a sensual touch to the look. To combine the skirt with other pieces, the consultant indicates: “Flower and wider fabric skirts can be combined with flat sandals, long feather necklaces, hats, flower or leather headband and longer leather or handmade bags” .

Short skirt

Short skirts in flowing, patterned fabrics and suede-style leather skirts are part of the boho style. In combination with shoes, platforms in earthy tones can be a good alternative to gain a few extra centimeters on hot days.

Danyla also gives the tip: “Skirts in more fluid materials, round, with colorful or floral prints, look great with Chelsea boots or ankle boots”. If the skirt is printed, it is valid to mix it with smooth pieces to counterbalance and not “weigh” the look.

kimonos

Depending on the fabric and its thickness, kimonos can be worn in winter or summer. These pieces work perfectly valuing basic looks and can be a trick to cover more of the body, if there is an intention to hide the neck and shoulders.

Preferably, kimonos should layer tighter blouses, as baggy blouses can hide shapes. About the combination, the consultant indicates: “Kimonos made of more fluid or handcrafted materials (crochet, knitting and lace) can be layered with flare pants, pantaloons or skinny pants, shorts and shorter skirts. Long necklaces can also accompany the look.”

gowns

The gowns are looser blouses, which mark the body less and are good options to integrate the looks for work. In the boho style, it is common for gowns to be made of fluid, light fabrics and often with ethnic prints.

Gowns mixed with flare pants form great looks for work. For a more casual look, Danyla suggests pairing the gowns with shorts, riding boots and also fringed bags.

shorts

For hot days, shorts offer a lot of comfort and can be the protagonists of a look. In the boho style, they need to be made of light fabrics or ripped jeans.

In the composition of a relaxed look, high-waisted shorts can be mixed with cropped blouses and crochet tops. When choosing footwear to integrate this look, the consultant advises: “Jean shorts or prints look boho-style when paired with flat sandals, fringed boots or Chelsea boots”.

Pants

A very important feature of boho style pants is that they are flare models, with a wider mouth. The fabric and texture of the piece are essential to provide the boho touch. Fabrics with a lacy or patterned look can be the highlight of the look.

About the combination and assembly of the looks, Danyla indicates: “The high-waisted and flared pants represent the boho style well, as well as the colorful pantaloons or with ethnic and floral prints. It is possible to compose a look with boots, gowns, kimonos with fringes, crochet or leather crop top, headbands or hats”.

clothes with fringes

Fringes present in garments are often the necessary detail to fit them into the boho style. In addition to clothes themselves, shoes and accessories, especially bags, are also alternatives to follow the trend.

The most common pieces with fringe are kimonos with light fabrics and leather jackets and derivatives. Danyla adds: “All the more rustic fringed pieces (leather, cotton) represent this style. In order not to make a mistake, it is best to opt for just one piece in the look with fringes, so the look is not so polluted and heavy”.

Hat

Undoubtedly, the hat is an accessory adopted by women who feel safe to dare in their look. To avoid risks when using this accessory, choose more neutral colors such as black, gray and beige.

About the hats, Danyla informs: “The ones with large and darker brims are a great choice to call the boho style for a look. They go well in any composition and always complete the look with more style and personality.”

Jewelry

The biggest features of boho accessories are the silver materials and the mix with gemstones, mainly turquoise and black stones. Jewelry with influences from this style are usually voluminous, such as long necklaces and different earrings.

The fashion consultant also highlights that jewelry can be a boho touch, even in a basic look. But, she also indicates feather earrings or leather accessories, preferably in rustic and earthy tones, mark the trend.

Boots

Although initially the boots refer to the idea of ​​footwear for the winter, if they are short and worn with invisible socks, they can perfectly integrate looks for the summer. To match these shoes more easily, bet on earthy tones or black.

Chelsea boots, cowboy, with fringes and ankle boots are indicated to compose boho looks, as pointed out by Danyla. The consultant also warns that attention is needed in the assembly of the look so that it is not heavy and suggests that high-top boots, mixed with short pieces, work to elongate the silhouette.

Find out where to find your piece in the Boho trend

In the gallery below you will find pieces of clothing, accessories and boots available in different e-commerces in Brazil, to integrate your boho look. You will certainly find the best option to enhance your look in different situations.

Boho vs Folk: What’s the Difference?

Boho and folk styles are often confused, but they also mix. However, some differences should be highlighted. Even with the collaboration of the consultant Danyla, we teach you how to differentiate them.

The definition Boho is a mixture of the word “bohemian” with Soho, a London neighborhood where the trend spread in the 20s. for example. Gowns, long or short skirts with flowing fabrics, kimonos and wide-brimmed hats characterize the boho style, as indicated by Danyla.

While the folk trend had its origins in the rural part of the United States and is characterized by pieces and accessories with a rustic touch. Danyla points out that leather pieces are characteristic of this style, as well as buckles, country boots with longer pipes and larger fringes present in clothing and accessories, such as bags, for example.

Undoubtedly what most differentiates both styles is the delicacy present in a more intense way in the boho style, while the folk presents heavier pieces. However, mixing pieces, accessories and shoes from these two influences works very well and provides harmony in the look.

4 tips to wear the Boho style without looking fancy

The idea of ​​free and somewhat nomadic minds expresses the essence of boho style. However, there is a fine line that separates the elegance that style can provide from the cartoonish look that can be created with the excess of information. See below tips from consultant Danyla Borobio to avoid falling into this mistake:

1. Mix more classic elements to the look with boho-influenced elements.
2. Pieces in white or black work as jokers in combination with printed pieces.
3. Avoid using all the elements and colors of the style in just one look, as two elements are enough to create the boho look.
4. Jeans pieces can provide the necessary balance to the look.

Get inspired by bloggers’ looks

It is important to note that to create a boho look it is not necessary to mix different pieces, accessories and shoes with the same influence. Even because the excess of information can load the look. So, see the bloggers’ looks to inspire the creation of your looks and suggest how to balance the information in a look of this style.