HOW TO CURATE YOUR SIGNATURE STYLE

Written By Achiaah Mary

Clothes are an expressive art form and their styling can be used to tell the story of us before we’ve spoken a word. Hence, curating your personal style is all about what you want to say about yourself whether it be about how you’re feeling or your personality, whatever it is, it’s up to you and you get to decide how you want to tell it.

To make life simple, save time and money from overbuying or maybe buying clothes that don’t do you any justice, it is essential to have a baseline style or more commonly known, a signature style, that truly represents you and can be easily adapt for any occasion.

If you’re not sure on how to curate your signature style or you simply want to elevate your existing style, read on for my Top 3 Tips to help you to achieve just that!

3 TIPS TO CURATE YOUR SIGNATURE STYLE

The basis of curating your personal style should begin my looking internally and getting to know YOU, what works for YOU and what story YOU want to tell about YOURSELF through your outfits. After all, only you truly know what these are. I get it, this might sound quite daunting so below are some questions to ask yourself to help figure this out.

Here are 3 questions to ask yourself and honestly answer:

  1. The world is your stage, what do you want others to know about you?

  2. What is important to you when shopping for clothes and why? E.g comfort, looking effortless, colour, latest trends?

  3. Is there anything stopping you from showing up as your best self?

Let’s explore these in depth below:

  1. Say it BOLDLY

Whilst appearance isn’t everything, how we show up can say a lot and often this is the first thing that communicate’s something about us before we’ve even said anything and sometimes, the only chance we get to “speak” about ourselves. One of the beauties of clothes is that, we get some agency to influence what that “something” is by tailoring our style to convey what we want to say.

While contemplating this question, the focus here is to not try to impress others (as to not appear as someone you’re not because that is exhausting and unsustainable), but rather to focus on what is important to you.

2. CHOOSE YOU

While it might be fun and exciting to explore trends, ultimately, the style of clothing that feels most natural (one that accommodates your personality and current lifestyle) is the one that will withstand the test of time when getting dressed. Hence, it's important to opt for clothing that makes it easy for you to show up as yourself in the shortest amount of time and with the least effort to avoid too many days of I have nothing to wear.

3. AMPLIFY THE GOOD

We all have insecurities and sometimes they can hinder our desire or ability to really dress how we really want to. The good news is there are many options when it comes to clothes and we get to choose! So one of the best things anyone can do for their personal style is to work with our insecurities by choosing clothing that highlights the things we actually like about ourselves, instead of neglecting all of ourselves based on the negative. This not only makes us more confident in who we are and kinder to ourselves but overtime, this growth in confidence can give us the courage to reveal all of ourselves so dress on!





Achiaah Mary