You do you
Personal style is an ongoing practice. It's a journey towards finding your true North amidst those whose sense of style is ever-present and fabulous. I follow a few fashion and beauty bloggers, and I've definitely been influenced to buy pieces that didn't really suit me as much as they did the influencer. But it took those purchases to get closer to what feels most like me. And so it goes for you.
Finding your style and doing it poignantly is an iterative experience that represents your identity’s evolution too. I have spent the greater portion of the last decade trying on so many different dressing cues for size in an attempt to better understand myself (which isn’t deliberate when I’m doing it and can only really be seen in retrospect). I see now that I'm fleshing out the parts that I already am, and trying to find a sartorial expression for what is already true to me.
Because I spend a lot of time dressed in yoga clothes, I take particular joy in occasions that allow me to dress up. I note that a love of flowing gowns or tailored suits has always been true to me, but it becomes an even more special treat because my life hardly ever calls for that level of formality. Is the reverse true: that people who work in suits all week look forward to putting on comfy clothes and relaxing?
My personal style is the sum of where I’ve lived, what I’ve seen, and who I spend time with. It's trying on personalities to see what fits, and it's a pragmatic look at the white dog hair that weaves itself through my black wool sweater. I now wear tighter-weave fabrics and lighter colours. And I am happily covered in dog hair that you can't see now.
Finding your style and doing it poignantly is an iterative experience that represents your identity’s evolution too. I have spent the greater portion of the last decade trying on so many different dressing cues for size in an attempt to better understand myself (which isn’t deliberate when I’m doing it and can only really be seen in retrospect). I see now that I'm fleshing out the parts that I already am, and trying to find a sartorial expression for what is already true to me.
Because I spend a lot of time dressed in yoga clothes, I take particular joy in occasions that allow me to dress up. I note that a love of flowing gowns or tailored suits has always been true to me, but it becomes an even more special treat because my life hardly ever calls for that level of formality. Is the reverse true: that people who work in suits all week look forward to putting on comfy clothes and relaxing?
My personal style is the sum of where I’ve lived, what I’ve seen, and who I spend time with. It's trying on personalities to see what fits, and it's a pragmatic look at the white dog hair that weaves itself through my black wool sweater. I now wear tighter-weave fabrics and lighter colours. And I am happily covered in dog hair that you can't see now.