How To Find Your Personal Style

How To Find Your Personal Style

A new fashion journey starts in your own wardrobe. Yes, it begins with the way you relate to the clothes you wear – and whether you look at your wardrobe with endless creative possibilities or with a scarcity mindset. 

We live in a world that is trying to push us to purchase more and more. With the rapid influx of fashion trends, new garments, and social media landscape that only fuels people to follow the latest style, it is often tricky to determine what you really like.   

That’s why we need to look for ways to resist those temptations and replace the rush with a more sustainable form of happiness. This is where the importance of figuring out your personal style comes in. 

Great tips on how to find your personal style

You don’t need to follow all the latest fashion trends to look great. The key is staying true to your personal style. But what if you don’t know what your style is? Don’t worry, we got you covered.  

You can build your own personal style by following these tips: 

• Find inspiration

The OOTD that grabs your attention on social media, or when you walk outside, can say a lot about the style that you want to achieve. So, finding or gathering inspiration is an important part of defining your personal style. You can make a Pinterest board to pin outfits that appeal to you or create a “saved” folder on Instagram. 

After a while, you will begin to see patterns in the looks you’re pinning. It may be similar outfit combinations, silhouettes, or colors that can help articulate your style.   

• Avoid trends

As mentioned earlier, you don’t need to follow what’s trending to look good. Being trendy will just prevent you from pursuing your own style. Other than that, it will cost you a lot of money. 

Always remember that style has nothing to do with trends. Those trendy clothes only became popular because lots of people buy them to look relevant and cool. It is not personal, and often not stylish. 

Personal style comes from authentic attraction to something. It can manifest your own internal beauty in a tangible way. It dignifies us by expressing our unique beauty. So, forget about being trendy and concentrate on the items that represent who you truly are. 

• Check your closet

Audit your closet. This will give you a clearer idea of what items you already have and what you may still like to add to your wardrobe. Checking your closet will also enable you to notice patterns in your clothing – which ones have been tucked away for months, which ones you wear the most, and what styles are most common. 

• Make a wish list

You can also make a wish list of clothes that you like to add to your wardrobe. This step will help you make more considered purchases instead of impulse buys. Since each item on your list is there for a reason, you will be able to take some time to reflect on it, save money for it, and look out for it in different stores. By the time you purchase those items, you already have plenty of styling ideas. 

• Experiment

Before committing to a certain look, you should experiment first. Test out different outfits. Finding your own style is a process – it takes a lot of trial and error. But it’s fun. You will be able to style your clothes in new ways and determine what fits you best. 

To start, try referencing the images you pinned on Pinterest or the ones you saved on Instagram. Then, determine how you can achieve the overall style using the items in your wardrobe. You can also raid your sister’s or friend’s closet and try different OOTDs with them.  

• Consider your lifestyle

Personal style is about being practical, too. That’s why it’s important that the style that you want to achieve works in your everyday life. For instance, if you work as an entrepreneur, you may want to choose a more casual style over a corporate or professional look. 

Think about your daily activities and career. Then, find clothing that makes sense for that lifestyle. This doesn’t mean that you should disregard the style you want completely. It just means that you should find ways to channel the same vibes into the outfits that you will actually wear. 

Finding your personal style is a way of redefining abundance, embracing creativity, and reconnecting with yourself. But it doesn’t end there. It is also an important part of limiting unnecessary overconsumption and resisting trends. 

 

So, Fashionet hopes that this article helped inspire you to take a deeper look at your wardrobe, check the clothes you aspire to own, and get to know what your personal style is. Best of luck!

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