With so many trends and expectations going around, it can be hard to find your own personal style that you feel great in, especially if it goes against the current trends. Fortunately, this blog will act as a guide to finding your personal style.
Throughout this article, we will share our best tips on how to find your own personal style. We will be breaking down each stage to make it as stress-free as possible for you to find a style you feel and look great in.
Review your own closet
It may seem simple, but the first step is to review the clothes you already have and filter them down to ones you actually want to keep. Many of us purchase clothes to wear once we’re in better shape or because it’s a popular trend, but the truth is most of the time we don’t actually wear them.
Firstly, go through your closet and pull out all the clothes that you feel good about yourself in, put these into a pile. Once you have a pile of clothes, go through them and see if you can point out any similarities such as the same neckline or colour theme.
Pointing out these similarities will help you in the future when purchasing clothes as you’ll know what kind of clothes you feel the most confident in. For example, you may have a lot of v-neck tops but once you separate your clothes into piles you may find that you only feel confident in square neck tops, therefore you’ll know to stop buying v-necks.
As well as this, it’s also important to create a pile of clothing that you don’t feel confident in or you don’t wear and find the similarities between these. Let’s say you’ve had a top for over a year but have never worn it because you’re waiting for the perfect opportunity, the chances are you won’t ever wear it as you don’t really feel confident in it. In these situations, you need to be brutal with yourself and throw away any items you don’t see yourself wearing in the near future.
Create a mood board
One of the most important aspects of finding your style is to be able to visualise it, creating a mood board will help with this. Start by writing down ideas or what you think your style is, simple adjectives like grunge or dark can also be effective. If you’re feeling creative, you could even attempt drawing the way you see your style in your head.
From there, you can utilise websites like Pinterest to bring your ideas together and find images of the kind of style that suits you. Once you have created your mood board, you can start bringing it to life by searching for items online to buy.
Add your own personal touch
To truly make your style your own, you can add your own personal touch to your outfits to make them your signature look. You can purchase personalised clothing online such as embroidered clothing with your name on it.
Ordering personalised clothing not only adds your own touch but also allows you to create one of a kind clothing and tailor it exactly how you want with words or images. Sketch & Stitch offer personalised embroidered clothing so you can create your own style.
Experiment with different clothing items
Once you have found your style, there’s no harm in experimenting with different aspects of that style to see what suits you the best. Exploring different routes can help you rule out certain colours of clothing so you can find what you feel the best in.
If you’re struggling to find one style that you like, try clothing from different kinds of styles as you might find that you like different types of clothing from various styles.
Find a silhouette you like
When it comes to finding clothes that you feel good in, it’s important to think about shape as well as style. Start by discovering what your body shape is and trying on items to see which ones fit your silhouette, for example, do you prefer tight fitted clothing over loose?
Once you have found a silhouette that suits you, it makes clothes shopping a lot easier as you will know the kind of shape that you feel confident in so you won’t waste your money on clothes that you won’t wear.
To wrap it up
Now that we have shared our top tips on how to find your personal style, it’s time for you to try them. Remember, when finding your style it can be a case of trial and error, but once you find the right style for you it will make it worth it.
Finding the right silhouette is crucial when finding your style as there are so many fits of clothing out there that narrowing it down to a particular neckline or fit will be really beneficial when finding your style. As well as this, finding the right colours can help you save time and money when purchasing new clothes.
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