How to Develop Authentic Style
After years of providing styling advice both personally and professionally, one of the biggest questions I get is how to develop better style but make it feel like the person who is wearing the clothes. As I began working on my latest little segment: Faith, Fall and Fashion I pondered what rules I live by in my own wardrobe and how to translate that into a very simple system for others. I will begin by telling you, if it doesn’t feel or fit right - toss it. Just get rid of it. Donate, gift it, but don’t keep it. Every inch of your closet is a reflection of yourself and precious real estate.
Another thing that came to mind as I’ve been in the process of redoing my home interiors is that your home and closet are extensions of one another. If your home is filled with vintage, retro finds it’s unlikely you will gravitate to the same trends as others might. You will have a quirkier feel to your closet. If you are an old soul and value deep Victorian hues and old novels you will be alot happier dressing in those same colors. The psychology of color has a huge impact on our well being. Give it some thought this week and begin by writing down description words of your home. What items inside your house make you happiest?
It’s not about having more or the latest trend, it’s about curating a life that allows you to shine God’s light through you. It’s pretty difficult to do that if you are struggling with getting dressed out of discomfort. Whether you are a minimalist with 7 shirts and 3 pairs of jeans or a maximalist with all the trinkets and layers - be exactly who the Lord created you to be an unapologetic about it. Looking put together doesn’t have to be complicated. Brands the The Row set out years ago to create the perfect t-shirt and now hold a unique space in the fashion world for impeccably cut pieces made of the finest materials. They reinvented what we now know as a luxury tshirt. Hermes crafted a world of the finest leather with limited quanitites and gave us craftsmanship that withstood hundreds of years.
The key is not being someone else. It’s curating the best version of yourself by collecting things that literally and figuratively fit. you. I remember years ago helping a friend build her wardrobe. She came to me and confessed everything was black and she was over it, but didn’t know what else to do. We would go shopping on our lunch breaks and I asked her what are other colors she liked. We settled on a top she found that was navy blue with small white and red stripes. Slightly nautical and then began building with that single top. Darker wash jeans. New shoes. Pops of red from time to time. We put together just a few outfits and suddenly her whole spirits were lifted. She ended up moving into a very sophisticated apaprtment in Downtown Houston and decorating it in a beautiful color scheme. Her wardrobe affected everything and she just needed out of the black wardrobe rut. If you are currently struggling with the same situation check out Capsule Coaching.
You can set up a short online meeting with me and we can go over the needs of your closet. It’s a simple way to make more use of what you have, discard what you don’t need while also adding a few new things that fit your budget and taste.
