I like the advice of following what looks best for one's shape. A lot of people get upset over using any sort of body typing, but it really has nothing to do with weight.
Yes! It’s taken me a lot of my life to discover the best way to flatter my body, but it’s still possible to incorporate overall trends using pieces that look good! Bc I am not tall and model thin and as much as I want to look a certain way in low rise jeans or skintight bodysuits, they don’t always work for me and I’m learning alternatives
So much of what you wrote is what I am grappling with right now!! Especially this “in trying to stay relevant everyone looks the same. Which to me begs the question, will being relevant always mean that we need to look the same as everyone else?”
And it got me thinking that perhaps I don’t want to look relevant if relevant=sameness. I long deeply to feel like an individual but also like I’m in the know. I ask myself “what should I wear to both be modern (in on trends) and individualistic?” And I don’t have the answer outside of unplugging from all social media (Pinterest included since inspiration there circles the same drain). And yet, I’m addicted to it all.
Yes to all of this! "I long deeply to feel like an individual but also like I’m in the know" - this pretty much sums up my entire existence. I've stopped immediately turning to Instagram for inspiration (at least personally, not always the case for styling) but I agree with what you said about Pinterest. Maybe it's time to bring back magazines!? They are just so expensive nowadays - for the good ones at least.
I like the advice of following what looks best for one's shape. A lot of people get upset over using any sort of body typing, but it really has nothing to do with weight.
Yes! It’s taken me a lot of my life to discover the best way to flatter my body, but it’s still possible to incorporate overall trends using pieces that look good! Bc I am not tall and model thin and as much as I want to look a certain way in low rise jeans or skintight bodysuits, they don’t always work for me and I’m learning alternatives
So much of what you wrote is what I am grappling with right now!! Especially this “in trying to stay relevant everyone looks the same. Which to me begs the question, will being relevant always mean that we need to look the same as everyone else?”
And it got me thinking that perhaps I don’t want to look relevant if relevant=sameness. I long deeply to feel like an individual but also like I’m in the know. I ask myself “what should I wear to both be modern (in on trends) and individualistic?” And I don’t have the answer outside of unplugging from all social media (Pinterest included since inspiration there circles the same drain). And yet, I’m addicted to it all.
Yes to all of this! "I long deeply to feel like an individual but also like I’m in the know" - this pretty much sums up my entire existence. I've stopped immediately turning to Instagram for inspiration (at least personally, not always the case for styling) but I agree with what you said about Pinterest. Maybe it's time to bring back magazines!? They are just so expensive nowadays - for the good ones at least.
I’m glad we are in this together 🤝