Style Is and Was

Do you know your personal style?

Unintentionally everyone carries their fashion in ways they may not even realize. We say more about ourselves in impresions than in most converstaions. I certainly didn't begin to understand myself until I took a good look at my wardrobe... then I knew more than I wanted to.

Certainly, there are preconceived notions of what we believe to seem interesting - yet how many times have we witnessed makeover shows where over half the episode was convincing the person that their clothes not only gave off the wrong impression, but was ill fitting to boot!

I decided to write this post after visiting Charlotte, North Carolina. As I live 2 hours away you'd think that I'd have a good notion of what the temperature of clothing would be. I am wrong of course, for what I thought would be seasonal, interesting, and cute was far off. I saw many interpretations of what was going on in the media but I failed to see anything new. People were wearing trends that I had thought to be over (some I hoped would be over) and then a select few individuals stood out. Why? They were like anyone else, but it was their personality, their gate, their presence that left the impression.

Have you ever heard, "Oh, when she walks in the room she owns it"? If you're that person, yes, we're talking about you.  Why is it, that if you put an outfit on two people with similar physical features, one will enhance it while the other will simply look ok. How often have magazines printed, "Who wore it better?" articles and there is always an astounding percentage of one person over the other.

So I ask the question : do you believe fashion is something a person can imitate, or is it much more than that, is it the persons awareness of themselves, their individualism that makes them stylish?