The Evolution of Style

While on a recent shopping trip with a friend of mine, she mentioned wanting to "switch up her style again", this time from what I would call "California Classy Hood" to a "Trendy Femme". This made me think; is it possible for us to voluntarily "change" our style or is it something that evolves as we - and our personalities - evolve?

I have certainly come a long way in the past 4 years. Along with my personal growth, discovery and understanding, my style has also evolved, at the same time and within the same perimeters of my personal and mental advancement. I believe that your style is a physical representation of your personality; to me, that which isn't said is visibly spoken by one's wardrobe. For this reason, I don't believe it's really possible to "change" your entire style.

For further analysis, I spoke with another fashion friend of mine (whose style sister is 100% a young Olivia Palermo meets Lily Collins) and she agreed with me. She teetered around saying that style is who we are, and it's one thing to try new trends, but style is something that develops on its own - just as we do.

Style by definition is a fashionable or ostentatious mode of existence. Granted, this definition may also be referring to the manner by which we do things, but essentially, style is part of our existence. We breed through our style who we are on the inside. My personality has dramatically shifted throughout the years and now looking back, so has my style.