How to Style a Uniform: AAU Style

How to Style a Uniorm: AAU Style is style guide written by AAU author Maryam Wells, which was published by Xlibris Publishing.
The book takes a peek at the uniforms the AAU girls and their classmates wore during the three years of their middle school days. This book describes the girls before their high school personas. Back when Alicia was a young aspiring singer; Nikki was still a princess; Sierra was still a bookworm; and Kristy went by her last name Castelli, and she still wore casual clothes.
This is also the largest Style book currently in the series. Nikki, Alicia, Sierra, and Kristy are all featured on the book cover in their burgundy polo shirts and different black bottoms.
==Cover looks==
*Nikki is wearing her burgundy Polo shirt and black skirt, with layered pearl necklace and pearl bracelet, pink headband, pink tights, and ballerina flats. Nikki has straight shouler-length blonde hair.
*Alicia is wearing her burgundy Polo shirt and black denim jeans, with a dark denim jacket, a A necklace, rubber bracelets in pink and black, and black boots. Alicia has long curly hair.
*Sierra is wearing her burgundy Polo shirt and black pleated skirt, with a necklace, a gold watch, grey knee-high socks, and dark-brown oxford shoes. Sierra has long red hair.
*Kristy is wearing her burgundy Polo shirt and black jeans with a casual cardigan and sketchers shoes.
 
==Synopsis==
Your favorite AAU Girls have a style secret to share: 
For three years of their middle school days, they were required to wear a school uniform in three different polo colors. In the 6th grade, the girls wore white top and black bottoms; 7th grade, they wore navy top with black bottoms; and 8th grade they wore a burgundy top with black bottoms. 
The girls wore different types of black bottoms (pants, jeans, shorts, and skirts) 
But wore either long or short sleeve uniform tops (in White, Navy, and Burgundy)
==Notes==
*This was the second fashion book in the series. The other was All About Style & Beauty.
*This features the younger AAU girls on the cover.
==Excerpt==
Table of Contents 
Introduction 
Alicia’s Urban & Rocker Style 
Nikki’s Fun & Flirty Style 
Sierra’s Preppy & Sophisticated Style 
Kristy’s Cute & Sporty Style 
Cute accessories to go with the uniform
Chapter 1
Introduction 
Ever since All About Style & Beauty came out in bookstores, AAU fans couldn’t get enough of the girls and their style. Girls loved to dress like their fave girls. 
Alicia’s urban hip-hop/rocker combination; Nikki’s sweet/flirty style; Sierra’s preppy/sophisticated coordination; and Kristy’s cute/sporty trend are major must-have outfits ever! 
Alicia who always rocked her urban/rocker style in her high school days, had a style very different during the three years in middle school. She sometimes wore cute colorful clothes after school. She wears colorful accessories with her uniform for two years to show her perky personality. But she started liking Avril Lavigne and she developed a love of punk rock fashion. Her own friends thought Alicia was heading towards a rebellious stage very early. But she wasn’t, she was just… experimenting. 
  Nikki, the fashionista with awesome trendy outfits in high school, was still a fashionable girl from her middle school days. When her middle school required students to wear a school uniform, the pre-teenage stylista was bummed. But she learned how to accessorize her uniform with her own personal style so that she wouldn’t look like a drab for three years. She would add cute accessories to her uniform to suit her fashionable personality. Her light-pink jacket with faux fur collar and faux fur trim on the sleeves was a must-have for girls in uniform. She wore that jacket in 7th and 8th grade when she wore a navy collar top and a burgundy collar top along with black bottoms. She also wore different headbands and cute berets during cold or raining days in Silver Hills, California. She also wore knee high lace socks with her cute Mary-Jane shoes accompanied with black skirts. You didn’t actually think Nikki would show off her boring uniform without pizzazz? 
She also wore fashion jewelry she can find at malls and department stores. She wore long necklaces around the collar of her uniform top, dazzling bracelet sets on each wrist, and diamond stud earrings. 
She carries a lot of purses with her. She wasn’t a backpack carrier like her friend, Kristy. 
You should learn how to dress trendy while still in your uniform like Nikki. 
  Sierra Jennings, the sensible, conservative straight-A student of the group, was still the conservative girl we love about her. In high school, she wore button-down blouses in different colors to show her studious style. She would wear black vests with her button-down tops with high-waisted skirts and jeans. 
She also wore cute tops with a normal denim jacket and different pants, which shows that Sierra can dress something else other than her professional style. 
Back in middle school, Sierra dressed formally due to the uniform policy. For three years, the sensible, uptight, member of the AAU girls dressed in different color sweater vests for her uniform top. In 6th grade, she wore a navy sweater vest for her white collar top and black shorts. She always wore her hair in a ponytail and added knee-high socks and tights with her preppy sling-backs and flats. In 7th grade, Sierra showed off her navy collar top with one necklace, black skirt, lace socks and other shoes. Also she wore her long wavy hair down. In 8th grade, she still showed off her uniform top when it changed to burgundy. Sierra was proud to show off her uniform, unlike her friends. But she wore different color cardigans with the uniform whenever Silver Hills gets cold. Like Nikki, Sierra also wears headbands, but her headbands are plain and ordinary. She wears a watch on her left wrist and a bracelet on her right wrist. 
  Last but not least, Kristy Castelli, the tomboy of the group. As a teenager at Silver Hills High, Kristy would wear a plain tops in different colors in different jeans and different shoes like converse, tennis, and trackers. She is the sporty jock of the four. She always wore her dark brown hair in a tight ponytail whenever she plays sports or not, and wore her hair either two pigtails or half-up and half-down. 
But back in middle school, Kristy wasn’t thrilled that she had to wear a stupid uniform throughout the three years at Silver Hills Middle School. Either she learned to personalize her uniform or she didn’t. All we know from her middle school days, she wore her plain cardigans with her uniform and converse shoes. Kristy wore her hair back in a ponytail, like Sierra, but wore different shoes. Kristy wore a watch, but didn’t wear jewelry like her three friends. 
Kristy was the only AAU girl who last the least sense of style. 
 
All four of the girls had to wear their uniform for three years in middle school but learned to personalize them. Check out their outfits and learn how you can style your uniform as much as the AAU girls.
The girls steps to style your uniform 
High school is a great time to experiment with your "look" and decide what kind of style you want to maintain. But back when we were in middle school, School uniforms can force everyone to look like clones, but with this how-to guide, you can learn to take a school uniform and add on pieces to create a unique and bold style. 
Step #1: Buy the basic uniform. Each school will have its own rules on what colors, lengths and articles of clothing are appropriate for school. At my former school, Silver Hills Middle School, 6th graders were required to wear a white uniform top with a collar; 7th graders wear a navy top, also with a collar; and 8th graders wear a burgundy top with a collar. The uniform bottoms were black. For girls like me, any black bottom can either be pants, jeans, shorts, or skirts. Make sure that when you buy your skirts, shirts, sweaters, etc (on the trendy side). That they all follow these guidelines. 
Step #1: Get the clothes tailored to fit you correctly. Go to a professional tailor to ensure that all of the seams are straight and clean, and that all of the clothes fit you properly. This investment is going to go a long way. Or you can buy uniform separates at your local stores. When I was in middle school, I had to buy any white collar top and use some of my black pants for school. Then grade 7, I bought three different size 3 navy collar uniform tops at Old Navy and Kohl’s and black skirts, shorts, and pants, and jeans downtown. In the 8th grade, I traded white and navy tops for burgundy collar tops. 
Step#2: Style the uniform with the right accessories. Choose a "type of style" from the options below for a better grasp on what accessories will complete your look. It could be either Glam, preppy, indie, hip-hop, rocker, girly, edgy, or boho chic. For me, I would personalize my uniform my gold cuff bracelets; dangling earrings, a watch with matching bracelet, and gold hoop earrings. My friend Nikki Merrick’s style is much more girly and flirty. She personalized her uniform with wearing her pink jacket, also with cute, flirty jewelry to show off her cute, bubbly personality. 
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