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(Outward expressions of our inner convictions. JDWII)
What is Style? It’s having the courage to be you. It’s how we do anything and everything. For some people it’s innate, but for others its more of a quest.
Personal style doesn’t have to make sense to anyone else, but it has to be you; it has to be honest, sincere, and unapologetic. I agree with Amanda Brooks, I too believe that finding personal style is about the journey of self discovery and embracing your creativity. More than just the clothes we don, style is translated into everything we do. It permeates every facet of our life. Style is a language that Rosetta Stone can’t teach, it requires discovery and a certain venerability. It takes guts to put yourself out there, to communicate openly what you feel on the inside, not always easy but always necessary.
I believe that everyone has style, whether tucked away waiting to be discovered or if you're shouting it from the mountain tops, but not everyone operates in style. Style requires the individual to have a keen since of self. What you like, what you don’t like, ultimately it’s about embracing who you really are. Style, simply put is confidence. The confidence to be you.
I think Charles Bukowski had it right when he said “Style is the answer to everything. A fresh way to approach a dull or dangerous thing.To do a dull thing with style is preferable to doing a dangerous thing without it.” Style brings variety, individuality, liveliness and intrigue. Without it the world would be a bleak place. We all have it but for some its just a matter of finding it. Style to life is like salt to bland food, it just makes things better.
THE LOOK: MY SUIT, Calvin Klein, STACY ADAMS