I enjoy the constants in my style. For example, wearing items that are part of my signature style, day after day and year after year. They are familiar, comforting, easy, and personal. That said, there are times when change is also good. I enjoy shifts and variety because refreshing my look is energizing, prevents boredom, and keeps my style aligned with current needs and preferences.
1. Seasonal Change
I feel fortunate to live in a city with distinct seasons, which is greatly reflected in how I dress. I love how the change in weather makes me wear completely different outfits. I’m ready to shed layers and Winter woolies in lieu of crisp cottons, white jeans and pretty dresses by the time Spring and Summer roll around. Similarly, I’m ready for blue jeans, jackets, and boots in Autumn time.
2. Mood Change
I pander to my changing dressing moods. I can be very into wearing patterns and pattern mixing, right up until I feel like wearing solids and no patterns for a while. I can be in the mood for clashing bright colours from head-to-toe, or resort to blue, white and gold outfits for a bit. I enjoy tonal outfits one day, and high contrast on another. Similarly, I like my hair wavy for a few days, and straight for the next.
3. Trend Change
Trying new outfit combinations, colours, and trends can be exciting and fun. It’s like experimenting with a wearable form of artistic expression. Since fashion and style is my line of work, it feels natural to be an early adopter of some trends. While much of my style is grounded by classic silhouettes, the trends play a particularly important role in the bottoms that I wear. That’s how I change up the look of my style the most.
4. Adapting to Change
New cities, new settings, new climates, and a new way of life evolves my style so that I’m practically and emotionally prepared for the activities, demands, and weather of the day. For example, Seattle Summers are hotter than they used to be, so I’ve embellished my hot weather capsule every year. I’m also vacationing in hot cities more regularly. This has significantly changed the landscape of my wardrobe and style. Since I grew up in hot countries, I enjoy the style change.
5. Personal Change
Sometimes, I need to mark a big change in my life by changing my style. The change helps embrace the new chapter by creating a refreshed personal stamp. Notably, when my Papa passed away in 2021, it was the end of an era, and the beginning of life without my parents. That’s when I decided to grow out my platinum pixie to shoulder length hair in my natural colour. Switching up to a new look is symbolic in a way. It’s a big change that I only enjoyed after I’d reached my hair goals. The grow-out was tedious, but the result was worth it. While I miss the daily ease of styling a pixie, I am thoroughly enjoying my natural hair colour.
As much as I love things to stay the same, I like a change too. How about you?
