Discovering Your Lockdown Fashion

Staying at home has given us time to learn much about ourselves. Hidden talents or

interests that may have been swamped by normal daily routines are now a prominent part of our

day. If discovering your personal style is one of your goals, here are some steps to help you.

You don’t have to do anything drastic just yet. Though we no longer cut pictures from

fashion magazines (but no one’s stopping you from doing so), you can start building your

inspiration board in Pinterest or creating a folder of screenshots outfits inspirations on your

phone. It does not have to be a perfect collection. Save the picture until you have tried it! If you

realize you don’t like it would be easy to delete them later anyway.

When we had to spend so much time on the road on our way to the office, we were

encouraged to prepare our outfit the night before to save time. Now, if you are working from

home, it is still encouraged to do so to avoid the temptation of working in your comfy pajamas.

Earlier we mentioned how important it is to challenge ourselves. Planning the outfit ahead of

time encourages you to challenge yourself to try an outfit out of your usual style. You can set

your mind to wearing the outfit the entire day and only decide after several hours whether or not

it works for you.

Perhaps you want to try out a specific color, a new print, or a different cut, you can

slowly incorporate these elements into your wardrobe while wearing the pieces that you already

like. For example, have you always wanted to try wearing skirts but you’ve gotten so used to t-

shirts and jeans? You can simply wear your t-shirt with a skirt and the combination might just

inspire you. You could also wear pants that have the shape of a skirt like a pair of square pants

that fall just above your ankle or shin and slowly work your way into wearing a skirt.

You might have shied away from colors before. You don’t have to start wearing colors

from head to toe but you can slowly put in colors that fit in your current wardrobe’s color palette.

Perhaps you can start with your accessories

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your bags or purses.

Pouches

like these

from Stylesource help you get used to seeing those bold prints and colors with your outfit.