STYLE IS PERSONALITY & THERE’S NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT THAN MAKING SURE YOUR IDENTITY OOZES CHAPTERS OF YOU. FORGET TRENDS & WHAT OTHER PEOPLE WANT FROM YOU BY TAKING A MOMENT TO IDENTIFY WITH WHAT YOU’RE ABOUT & WHAT YOU WANT TO TELL THE WORLD WHEN YOU WALK DOWN THE STREET USING THE PAVEMENT AS YOUR CATWALK

TODAY’S POST WILL TEACH YOU HOW TO MAKE A STATEMENT OF YOUR STYLE & HOW TO THINK IN MESSAGES & THE GREATER REASON FOR YOU WEARING WHAT YOU DO OTHER THAN IT LOOKING LIKE A PRETTY DRESS. THROUGHOUT MY TIME ON THIS PLANET I’VE GROWN TO UNDERSTAND THAT I DRESS FOR ME & ME ALONE. THAT THE MESSAGES I PUT OUT TO THE WORLD IS MY OWN VOICE & SET OF CONNOTATIONS

I LIKE MY CLOTHES TO SET A SCENE & TO LIVE & BREATHE AN IDENTITY OF WHAT I THINK OF STYLE & MOST IMPORTANTLY WHAT I THINK OF MYSELF. STYLE STATEMENTS ARE UNIQUE TO ONLY YOU SO BE A UNIQUE SNOWFLAKE

OVERALL THERE’S SO MANY WAYS A WOMAN CAN MAKE A STATEMENT. IF WE LOOK TO THE OUTLANDISH & EXTREME FASHIONISTAS LIKE MADONNA & LADY GAGA WE NOTICE THAT THERE’S SO MUCH THOUGHT THAT GOES INTO THEY DAILY WEAR WITH MESSAGES BEING THROWN AGAINST THE MEDIA & ELEMENTS OF POP CULTURE. THEY PERFECTLY PERSONIFY WHAT IT MEANS OF HOW TO MAKE A STYLE STATEMENT. THEY’VE GOT THEIR TONE OF VOICE SUSSED & KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY STAND FOR & HOW THEY WANT OTHERS TO PERCEIVE THEM. OVER THE YEARS WE HAVE PRAISED THE INDIVIDUAL FOR STANDING ON THE SHOULDERS OF OTHERS & RISING ABOVE WHAT IS “SUITABLE” OF THE TIME TO DO THEMSELVES BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT THEY FANCY. TAKE A PAGE OUT OF THEIR BOOK & PRAISE YOURSELF FOR YOUR OWN STYLE STATEMENTS

UTILISE ROLE MODELS LIKE THEM INTO YOUR OWN LIVES BY WORKING OUT WHAT YOU REALLY WANT TO LET PEOPLE KNOW-MAYBE ABOUT YOURSELF OR HOW YOU FEEL THAT FASHION SHOULD BE ETHICAL. THERE’S ALL SORTS OF CONNOTATIONS TO WHAT YOUR STYLE COULD MEAN. IT’S YOUR STORY & HOW YOU WANT TO BE PERCEIVED

AS AN EXAMPLE OF MY STYLE STATEMENT I LOVE WORKING WITH THE IDEA OF ANDROGYNY & POWER DRESSING. THROUGHOUT MY TEENAGE YEARS I WAS SUCH A GIRLY GIRL & TOMBOY MIX BUT HELD SO MANY TRAITS OF A HIPPY CHARACTER. I STILL THINK THAT’S A BIG PART OF WHO I AM TODAY. I’M A FREE SPIRIT BUT LOVE THE IDEA OF RE-WORKING SOMETHING THAT CAN BE WORN ON MEN LIKE A CRISP WHITE SHIRT OR A SUIT BUT DONE IN A MORE FEMININE WAY. I’M CURRENTLY LOVING LONG TALL SALLY’S LATEST CAPSULE COLLECTION CURATD WHERE MY MINI TUX DRESS IS INSPIRED FROM. SO MY STYLE STATEMENT IS TO CHALLENGE FASHION EVERY WAY POSSIBLE WHETHER THAT’S DRESSING MORE MASCULINE, THROWING ON BOOTS THAT WOULDN’T BE CONSIDERED “APPROPRIATE” FOR THAT ENSEMBLE & CHANGING UP WHAT SOCIETY OFTEN LURES ME INTO BEING. BREAKING RULES CAN BE QUITE LIBERATING ESPECIALLY IF IT MEANS YOU’RE MORE YOU AT THE END OF THE DAY

YOU’RE ALL PROBABLY VERY CLEAR THAT I LIKE TO DIFFER IN A FEW WAYS & I SERIOUSLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO SO AS WELL. WHETHER YOU’RE LIBERATING YOURSELF AGAINST THE TRENDS OF NOW OR DARING TO TRY SOMETHING NEW-IT’S ALL FOR THE SAKE OF CONFIDENCE & SELF LOVE. I OFTEN REMIND PEOPLE THAT FASHION IS QUITE FUN & IT’S JUST THE ADULT VERSION OF A CHILD WITH A DRESSING UP BOX. IT’S A GAME & FULL OF SURPRISES AS LONG AS YOU STAY TRUE TO YOURSELF IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT YOU WEAR

MAKING STYLE STATEMENTS CAN BE DONE WITH ANY BUDGET TOO-NOT ALL FASHIONISTAS SHOP IN DESIGNER STORES. ALTHOUGH TO MAKE A STATEMENT CHOOSE WISELY & ATTEMPT TO INVEST IN BETTER QUALITY FABRICS SO YOUR WARDROBE IS MORE SUSTAINABLE. BEYOND TRENDS THIS WARDROBE IS TO ENCAPSULATE YOU SO IT DOESN’T HAVE AN EXPIRATION DATE WHICH IS THE KEY REASON I HAVE MADE A CONSCIOUS DECISION TO INVEST IN PIECES I KNOW I’LL DIP INTO MY RAIL TIME & TIME AGAIN. WE SHOULDN’T KEEP CLOTHES THAT WE DON’T WEAR-IT’S JUST CARRYING EXTRA LUGGAGE & STOPPING US FROM CLARITY NOT ONLY FROM ORGANIZATIONAL POV BUT CHAOS CREATES MADNESS SO BY HAVING A STAPLE GO-TO WARDROBE OF STATEMENT PIECES WE WOULD NEVER HAVE TROUBLE CHOOSING AN OUTFIT. 85% OF WOMEN KEEP CLOTHES THAT DO NOT FIT & WE ONLY WEAR 20% OF OUR WARDROBE ON A REGULAR BASIS. BY MAKING STYLE STATEMENTS WE WON’T NEED TO ADOPT AN ATTITUDE OF ONLY WEARING SOMETHING ONCE

AS ALWAYS UNTIL NEXT TIME

XOXO