Personal Style Glue

It's not a fun place to be.

Do you ever feel stuck in fashion? Like, in the sense where you feel as if you're stuck in glue and you cannot change what you've been wearing every day for the past month? Now that it's fall, an example of this would maybe be boyfriend jeans and that one sweater you so dearly love and those chelsea boots you've owned for four years that are definitely ruined from that one time you wore them when it was raining (100% your fault, Natalie) and complete the look with your embroidered bomber you've been wearing every day for the past six months. In the summer it was either that one dress with no waistline and those slides, and in the winter it was always that turtleneck with those black skinnies and other pair of chelsea boots (yes, the ones reserved for winter).

It's comforting to know that this one outfit will always work for you. It's like the order you always get at Sweetgreen that you'll never change because it's just that damn good. But how would you know if it's the only thing you've tried? Hummus Tahina sounds just as good as Harvest Bowl. Yes, that delicious, comforting mix of sweet potatoes and goat cheese sounds so, well, cozy but falafel and tahini yogurt dressing!! How fun and exciting!!! 

We can just forget the fact that I compared fashion to my favorite salad spot in D.C., but you get my point. Comfort is only comforting to an extent, then it just gets sticky. Like glue. So we're going to change that! Swap stuck in glue for progressing into the cool (or should I just say weird) world of fashion. 

Dress by Topshop. Jeans by Gap. Shoes by Steve Madden. Bag by J. Crew. 

And guess what: this change isn't all that hard. Just find something you've never tried before in fashion and do it. Or maybe try something you did ten years ago (yes, ten years!!) and do it! As a fifth grader, I wore knee length dresses with bootcut jeans and thought I was so cool. Well, my friends, I decided to bring dresses + jeans back. Over the summer I experimented a lot with dresses and shorts, which felt way less terrifying for some peculiar reason. Waistless dresses that could technically also count as really long shirts paired with denim cutoffs seemed so simple. My bored-to-death self is tired of simple and demands complexity. So I pulled out a dress that should only be reserved for spring (which I bought only two months ago) and paired it with those same boyfriend jeans I mentioned in the beginning of this post and the same chelsea boots I mentioned earlier. 

Easy

as

pie. 

Same jeans, same boots, same bomber (that one in my hand), but different top. Also a bandana to ~spice~ things up. I'm not sure if it's the florals in fall or the fact that I'm actually wearing a dress with jeans (not of the skinny type), but I magically became unstuck. What a confidence booster it is to know that I can now ease through my personal style without feeling trapped!

Photos taken by Maddie.

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