Do you have a "style"?

[Hoolajerry]

I tend to buy clothes I like without any real thought as to my style. I'm trying to be more thoughtful when it comes to shopping.
Just wondered if you had a style and if so what is it and how has it come about?

I am a Adidas tracksuit/skinny jeans and pumps/ baggy tee and cycle shorts/ fitted cardigan and leggings mum. My figure is impossible to dress (32G bra and zero hips) so its just what fits and is clean and ironed at this point. :(

Pencil skirts, tucked in shirts, heels for work. Like fine plaid, emerald colours and roll necks in winter.

Love wearing skinny jeans, big belts, tucked in shirt or top.

Wear a lot of deep / scoop neck tops, I tend to cover my upper arms. Like showing my lower legs.

Adore dresses I always get 'glammed up' for work, tights, heels etc, love the sleek, chic look. I'd say I'm glam with a nod to preppy, I'm not sure how people perceive me sometimes - not sure if I look 'girl next door' - I do try to look neat and feminine
though.

Do I have a style? Hahahahahahaha!

Oh wait- old fat baglady!

Preppy with a hint of boho

Preppy punk or land girl. High waist Cigarette trousers/jeans, plain top tucked in, clumpy shoes most days...am enjoying having my waist back post baby.

Whatever's clean.

I have to be smart casual most days in work. I work in a very creative industry at the most senior level. So most ways I wear slim fitting black or navy or dark grey trousers from Whistles, jigsaw or The Kooples with a top or shirt, sometimes patterned. I like Whistles and Jigsaw and love the Whistles knitted blazers, basically like wearing a cardigan but looks a lot smarter.
I wear a lot of ankle and chelsea boots. never heels to work. I'm tall and don't need them.

I have a couple of beautiful The Kooples trousers suits which I wear for meetings.

Some days I wear dark navy skinny jeans, ankle boots, a plain silk teeshirt and a navy or black whistles suit jacket.

I wear a lot of gold jewellery - it's my passion and I am, very lucky to have some absolutely beautiful handmade pierces which I adore.

Weekends are skinny jeans, a cos top and damson coloured new balance trainers

I am always groomed and quietly understated chic which is what I aim for. I try for 'architect chic' but i am not an architect!

I often get compliments on my 'style'. I'm 49, 5ft 9" size 12

Slightly edgy mum in jeans with big boobs

@caperplips - your style sounds beautiful

I'm circular and menopausal.

For work I like to describe my style as "Mad Art Teacher" e.g. voluminous things I've bought off ebay purely because they fit and the occasional vaguely retro outfit. Add to that a somewhat distinctive jewellery and shoe collection and never trousers.

For home it's strictly jeans/shorts and t shirts/hoodies.

Thank you slipperyeel it reads better than it looks I am quite sure! Most days I feel like a hassled overworked menopausal mum (which is exactly what I am!!)

I love the picture 'Mad Art Teacher' brings to mind!!

I do have a style, but I’m struggling to know how to describe it.

It’s evolved from applying a few different principles

1. Spend a lot of time researching standards of manufacture, so where something is made, how workers are treated, environmental impact. I go for a mix of small, niche firms who have really high standards and the best of the mainstream- so high street/online players who haven’t joined the race to the bottom, who rate well on Good Shopping Guide or Ethical consumer

1. Pretty much natural fibres only. That’s mostly cotton and linen now. I ‘ll wear out the wool/cashmere I currently have and probably not replace.

1. Spent a long time working out a colour palette. It took a while because on colour quizzes etc I seem to be an autumn. But I’m not really, I need clearer colours and high contrast. So my colours now are bright white, black, coffee brown, french navy, dusky pink, soft coral, golden beige. I have the odd thing in emerald green, crimson or sunny yellow.

1. Generally I prefer to keep things pretty simple in terms of line and cut. I like a bit of texture (broderie anglaise, textured knits, sequins). Tend not to like patterns but I can go pretty mad for a liberty print in the right colours.

1. I worked out what suits me. Tend to avoid anything overtly sexy as I’m very girly looking so it just looks OTT. I suit masculine tailoring and simple dresses.

6.Tend not to buy much, prefer a capsule approach, although I took that too far and just didn’t have enough clothes to be practical, which I have solved recently by adopting a touch of uniform dressing, just buying 3-5 of the same thing if I really like it.

1. Pay attention to trends, but focus on silhouette rather than details/colours/items, unless something really grabs me. So I did get one of those deep padded head bands recently, a dusky pink velvet plaited one.

Simple elegance maybe? Although from re-reading the above how it’s come about is anything but simple.

I recently culled my wardrobe of anything that didn't look good and pretty much everything that was 'meh' as well. I'm slowly rebuilding it up based on what actually works for my body size 10 but an apple, as well as menopausal living it a hot country (wonders if justilou1 is my neighbour?!)
It's coming out sort of classic / rockabilly / boho.

Best thing I ever did was find a super cheap tailor that alters things so maxi dresses usually need an inch or two off, trousers waists nipped in an inch (belts make my tummy huge!). Second best was cut my hair off into a pixie with longer hair on top - humidity made my hair look crap.

So it's

• winter girlfriend jeans or straight jeans and summer wide legged cotton or linen trousers, I quite like 7/8 length.
• tops with a cuffed waist - a bloody revelation- cut like that they don't cling but also don't flap randomly like an untucked T-shirt, white cotton shirts and silk vests.
• dresses either slightly boho but structured maxi (taken up to deal with the escalators that run everywhere here!) or 50 style midis, - sandals or trainers in the summer and boots in our short winter

Pretty much everything is plain, possibly some check and odd ones with small flowers but only in a sort of muted retro way if that makes sense. I never had my colours done but worked out navy suits me better than black, again a revelation. .

And finally I started wearing 'better' clothes on non work days. I'd become a bit of a gym clothes mum so I now force myself into actual clothes instead of sports leggings and tee shirts and feel much better for it.

No particular style but I've always wished I had! My husband says I "dress for the day" which is probably very accurate

Some of you sound very stylish, especially people that have really thought about what suits them.

I like to think I look like Grace Kelly with a pink Mohawk. In reality I look like the archetypal 50s/60s spinster maiden aunt having a severe midlife crisis. I care not.

What is the point of this thread? Sorry OP, but .... why do you want random strangers to categorize/stereotype their style? How will that help you?

Carol Middleton on a bad day.

😂 cornstarch

That’s a really good point about a tailor @DarkMutterings. Having things fit makes a huge difference.

I buy things from on Etsy where you get to customise colour/style/length a bit, especially with accessories. Really helps to pull outfits together, especially if you like to keep the amount of clothes you have fairly limited.

So I suppose that means I’m adding paying attention to accessories to can transform an outfit.

Elllllle

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Why start any thread on MN? Oh yeah, because it's fun.

Talk about comment of the year!

@caperplips - those Whistles jackets look great. I'm currently looking to update my work wardrobe as my maternity leave is ending soon and that's exactly the type of thing I'm after. My budget won't stretch far enough to get everything from the likes of Whistles but I'm planning on getting a couple of key items to go with basics from Zara/Mango. Current style is mum jeans and baggy t-shirts, definitely ready for a change!

Feminine, quirky and vintage

I like Zooey Deschanel and Phoebe Walker Bridge’s styles.

Often I need to look smart for work so I tone it down a lot

Sigh, your style sounds lovely.

I’m vintage and feminine but a bit quirky. In the summer, lots of 50s style dresses and skirts with quirky prints and accessories

In the winter, I like 60s style shift dresses or minis and patterned tights and pinafore dresses

I have to be pretty smart for work and tone things down.

I like Zooey Deschanel and Phoebe Walker-Bridge

I suppose boho chic (though not really chic, so just boho, I suppose). I have big naturally wavy hair, big boobs so lowish cut floaty tops (not boob flashing low) or tops with buttons so I can undo the top few, skinny jeans, cigarette pants or shorts, Converse, loafers, brogues for work. Fairly simple but good jewellery - vintage silver, diamond necklace. Someone once said to me, “You always look like you’ve had a bloody great shag”, and I can live with that 😁