5 Real Girls With Tiny Budgets and HUGE Style

You don't need a huge clothing budget to develop your personal style. In fact, a little creativity often goes a lot further than a lot of money. And there's no better way to find proof of that point than via Instagram. Inspired by the budding fashion girls we regularly spot on College Fashionista's Instagram, we dug deeper to find a few young women who have clearly found their sartorial footing.

It's to be assumed that as a student, you're in your pre-regular paycheck days and therefore need to stick to wallet-friendly purchases. Based on our research, these fashion girls use a combination of pieces from fast-fashion brands like Forever 21, Topshop, and Zara, and add in high-impact accessories like Adidas Superstar sneakers, crossbody bags, a well-placed silk scarf, cool exposed socks, and retro-inspired round Ray-Bans, to name a few.

Without further ado, keep scrolling to meet five real girls who impressed us with their style chops, and shop some of our current favorite wallet-friendly pieces at the end.

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Allyson Payer
Senior Editor

Allyson is a senior editor for Who What Wear. She joined the company in 2014 as co-founder Katherine Power's executive assistant and over the years has written hundreds of stories for Who What Wear. Prior to her career in fashion, Allyson worked in the entertainment industry at companies such as Sony Pictures Television. Allyson is now based in Raleigh, North Carolina, and is originally from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She holds a BFA in theater. Her path to fashion may not have been linear, but based on the number of fashion magazines she collected as a child and young adult, it was meant to be.