SOME THOUGHTS ON PERSONAL STYLE

FOR LACK OF A BETTER THING TO POST, HERE ARE SOME OF MY FAVORITE OUTFITS ROUNDED UP OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS. YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THEM HERE. A FEW MONTHS AGO I STARTED A PROCESS OF TRYING TO NARROW DOWN MY STYLE. MY WARDROBE WAS FRAGMENTED AND FRUSTRATING. I FELT LIKE PEOPLE COULD HAVE PUT ON A CIRCUS INSIDE MY CLOSET WITH ALL THE CLOTHES I HAD. SO I'VE STARTED TO SIMPLIFY. HOWEVER, THE PROCESS HAS BEEN HARDER THAN I THOUGHT. I THOUGHT I HAD NARROWED DOWN MY STYLE (AT LEAST FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS) BUT NOW I FEEL LIKE I'VE LOST THE FOCUS. PERHAPS ITS JUST THE MID-SEMESTER BLUES. EITHER WAY I WANT THINGS BACK ON TRACK. PART OF ME WANTS TO GIVE UP THE FIGHT AND HAVE SOMEONE ELSE COME IN AND SHUFFLE THROUGH MY WARDROBE AND HELP ME, BUT I WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS. I WANT TO BE ABLE TO ACCURATELY AND COHESIVELY REFLECT WHO I AM THROUGH MY CLOTHING. IT'S ANOTHER ARTISTIC PROCESS TO ME AND I HAVE TO KEEP REMINDING MYSELF THAT IT IS A PROCESS WILL CONTINUE TO EVOLVE AS I CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGHOUT LIFE.

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