If you’re like me, then you’ve probably struggled with your style at some point. You look in the mirror and think to yourself, “Why can’t I look as put together as so-and-so?” or “I wish I could have a signature style.” Well, my friends, these things can be accomplished! It’s just a matter of understanding how fashion works.
There are four main reasons why fashion is your friend: it gives you an opportunity to express yourself; it helps others learn more about who you are; it makes you feel good about yourself; and it creates opportunities for networking. Let’s go through each of those reasons one by one!
Express Yourself Through Fashion – Fashion lets us show our personalities through what we wear. If we were all forced to wear the same thing every day for the rest of our lives (this is called uniform), then we would no longer have a way to express ourselves. Imagine if everyone wore the same outfit every day…it would be boring! But if everyone wore whatever they wanted…well…that would be awesome! The point is that clothing allows us to show off who we are as individuals, which is awesome because then other people get an insight into our personalities and interests through what we choose to wear each day. For festive seasons, you can show off some unique Christmas shirts to match the holiday vibe. What’s good about expressing yourself through fashion is it makes you comfortable about yourself by wearing the clothes you like. . The accessories are especially important because they’re small enough to change, but large enough to show off an aspect of our personality.
Learn More About Who You Are – What do you wear? How do you dress? Your style says a lot about who you are as a person. When someone looks at your outfit, they can tell things about your personality and interests. If you always wear black clothes, then people will know that’s what works for you. If someone sees photos of your outfits on Instagram or Facebook, then they’ll be able to see which colors look good on you and which don’t quite work yet. It really is great knowing what kind of style works for us! And it’s amazing when we find the right outfit–we look in the mirror and think “Yes! This is me!” That feeling is one that no other activity gives us! So go ahead–wear whatever makes YOU happy, with confidence!
Feel Good About Yourself – When we look in the mirror and like what we see (whether it’s our hair or our outfit), we feel good about ourselves–and when we feel good about ourselves, that often leads to confidence (which leads to success). Feeling confident makes doing things in life much easier: going out with friends; speaking up in class; asking someone out…all these things become easier if we feel confident in who we are as people. If we don’t feel confident in ourselves, then our confidence will take a hit when we go out in public. When that happens, most of us start to think things like, “I can’t believe they’re looking at me! I must be doing something wrong.” Or maybe you’ve even said these things to yourself. It’s not fun thinking this way about yourself, but the truth is that it’s super important for your self-confidence (and success) if you want to look good and feel good about yourself. So make sure you know what looks good on you and match your clothes to it!
Make Connections – In addition to looking great and feeling great as a result of dressing well, fashion gives us an opportunity for networking as well. We can make connections through what we wear because people are drawn towards those who look put together…and those who look put together usually have other attractive qualities about them too (like being friendly or nice). This is why looking nice is a great first impression–it automatically makes us seem friendly and approachable! If someone sees an outfit they like on someone else, then they’ll come up and ask where the person got their outfit from–which provides the perfect opportunity to talk with them about themselves too. In turn this allows us an opportunity for networking because talking with others helps build bonds–both online or offline! So don’t be afraid of asking where people buy their clothes from.
For all you fashion-savvy people out there, I’d like to make a quick shout-out to this awesome site called “The Sartorialist”. It’s basically a website where this photographer takes photos of people on the street wearing beautiful clothing. It’s pretty great! Go check it out 🙂
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