Why Do The Clothes We Choose Matter When It Comes To Self-Love?
Self-love is a hot topic right now. The good news is, it can be practiced in many ways and personal style is one of them.
Self-expression is self-love
Self-expression through the clothes you wear means choosing how you want to see and define yourself. When you think about it, it also takes confidence to select and express your personal choices. Wearing what’s true to you, instead of what you think you should be wearing in order to fit in, is an act of self-love.
Being playful with what you wear is a creative and fun way to cultivate self-love, and self-respect and inject the feel-good factor into your life.
Your style tells the truth about how you feel
Your personal style can be a great way to express self-love but it can also be a way to self-reject and self-criticize. In your darkest moments, you may only dress in dark colors, and big and baggy clothes trying hard to hide your body and yourself from the world, which is natural! I think one of the benefits of working with a stylist is to realize that the way we dress is a reflection of how we feel about ourselves, it’s more powerful than we think.
Working on your personal style isn’t superficial, it’s deep
Understanding who you are and what you like is essential while working on your personal style. Once you know what you like and what makes you feel good, you will be able to see yourself in another light so that you can believe something different about yourself and your body. When we don’t put enough effort into how we dress, we don’t feel right either. Taking care of our appearance and body can boost our confidence and self-esteem. It doesn’t mean having tons of clothes and being trendy It means being you, owning who you are, and having a style authentic to you.
Let your authentic style come out and change how you see yourself
Working with many different clients at different stages in their life, I see how they light up when they do the inner work and begin to see themselves differently. They get to know themselves, what feels good to them, and how they want to express their inner confidence.
It’s not about any particular dress, shoes or jacket. It’s as if their clothing personality had been hidden for years, waiting to come out. Given the right opportunity, yours could too.
Feel beautiful and strong
Taking care of yourself is your number one priority. Wearing clothes that are true to you and right for your body and lifestyle means you are paying attention to your needs. That is in itself, empowering.
I truly believe style is a form of self-love and can seriously change lives. I have seen it happen and witnessed so many transformations.
My question to you: Do you wear clothes that make you feel good and empower you? Or do you just grab whatever you find each morning not paying attention to how you look and ultimately how you feel?
Feeling empowered is all about confidence and what you wear is a powerful way to reflect that. From the inside out.
You look beautiful!
Charline Z - Personal Stylist - Los Angeles