Finding Your Personal Style: 5 Questions to Ask

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we're told to emulate, to the point where maybe nothing feels personal anymore. I've been in fashion for 10 years, and I still get lost in the myriad of and that seem to be coming and going quicker than ever.What I've found helpful in grounding myself are a few simple tips that I learned while working as a personal stylist in New York City at a styling firm called Visual Therapy that worked with Manhattan's most powerful women.

Founders Jesse Garza and Joe Lupo published a book called in which they explain how to decipher which colors suit you as well as the five style archetypes that could help you identify the brands and clothing items you feel drawn to.The book is by no means meant to be prescriptive, but rather serves as a guide for those looking for a starting point.

Most of us do not sit neatly in one style type but straddle two or even three buckets. But keeping these parameters in the back of my head has helped me dodge a few bad purchasing decisions since then.There are endless factors that contribute to one's personal style.

Body type, personal preferences, and even peer pressure, but as I get older, I've found that time is probably one of the best teachers as I shed layers of insecurity and become more at home in my own skin.