Although I work in the wardrobes of men and women from backgrounds as diverse as C.E.O.s to checkout chicks, there is usually one thing they have in common: the uniform factor. This is the uniform we often adopt without even knowing we are doing it. Somewhere, sometime we've found something that we love to wear, and we wear it - in mildly different forms but repeatedly over and over.Ask yourself when you wear an item and what with and you’ll find it: the three-quarter pants and t-shirt uniform, the little corporate suit uniform or the tailored shirt and classic pant uniform. Funnily enough it's also your own set of self-imposed clothing rules that create uniforms: "I never wear ruffles", "I'm not a skirt person" or "I don't wear dresses"
While it's great to find styles that work for us and wear them, it's also far too easy to get stuck in a fashion rut. No, true style doesn't mean slavishly following fashion trends, but it doesn't mean leaving the house looking the same every day, either. So, how to avoid the uniform trend and break out? Scare yourself!
Next time you're out shopping try on a garment you would never normally choose. If you are "not a frilly, ruffles kind of person" try on something frilly and ruffled - you may be pleasantly surprised. Give a few items you would normally not even notice a second glance - and a trip to the fitting room.
BY Jackie O’Fee - Style Doctor - FashioNZ.co.nz
