Your personal style is your unique way of expressing yourself via your clothes and accessories. The way you look on the outside does have importance for some people, as it can reflect your personality, style, tastes and how you like to be perceived by others.
Your own personal style goes beyond trends and can be used to help you be your best and authentic self. When you dress in a way that looks good, it can make you feel good, happy and confident. You will find yourself looking up when you walk, and walking with a bounce in your step. Your personal style can be extended to accessories, hair, makeup and more.
Creating your own personal style has numerous benefits, from simplifying your daily routine to boosting your self-confidence. It can help:
- Increase confidence
- Give you a stronger sense of self
- Provide you with an authentic way to express yourself
- Encourage self-love and self-empowerment
- Introduce more creativity into your life
- Save money
- Making decisions on what to wear each day is a lot easier
- Increase sustainability (rather than buying things you don’t like and throwing them away)
Creating your own personal style starts with defining what it is and seeking out inspiration, learning about your body type and then creating your own signature palette and style.
To help you on your journey, here are some top tips to get you started.
1. Create a foundation
Creating a foundation will help you with every other step moving forward. Start by assessing your current clothes and accessories to see what you like, what you often wear and what you don’t. This will give you a good foundation to start from.
Look at visual platforms such as Pinterest and Instagram, fashion magazines and websites. These can help you start to see what other people wear, what you like, and how people are creating their own styles. From here, create your own mood board to pull these all into one place.
This initial information gathering can give you a good starting point and lots of information.
2. Understand your body shape
Everyone has a unique body shape, and this can impact clothing sizes and fits. You want to learn about your particular body shape, so you can find clothes that highlight your best features, make you feel and look good and more importantly, that make you feel confident.
This will help you to know what type of clothes to start looking for.
3. Build your wardrobe
From your research, start to build a colour palette of your choosing. This can include colours that suit your skin tone, hair colour and eye colour, as well as the colours that reflect your personality.
Invest in some basic, timeless items that are of a high quality so will last, but that will also easily mix and match with other items, for example, jeans and jackets.
Strategically add in some trendy and versatile items and accessories into the mix. This can give you a lot of options to experiment with, as well as layering different items.
Find high-quality fashion stores that stock a range of items that you trust and can be your go-to as you build your own style.
Building your own style can be a challenge at first, especially if this concept is new to you. Try to keep an open mind and get creative.
Tione
Tione is a full-time student and a Blogger. When she is not in class she is actively working on her blog.
