3 Simple Steps To Finding Your Personal Style (w/o Spending Money)

the best way to look great without

overspending is to have a good handle on

your personal style but understanding

exactly what your personal style is can

be really hard so today I'm going to

walk you through my very simple method

to change the way you think about your

style and also to help you find your

style within your own wardrobe

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hi I'm leonie and welcome to my Channel

today I thought it was time to shine

this Spotlight on personal style I also

truly believe that once you have a

handle on your personal style it makes

shopping for New pieces so much easier

and it stops you wasting a whole lot of

money on pieces that are never going to

be right for you the thing about

personal style is it's an expression of

who we are or who we want to present to

the world and it's normal that that

evolves and changes over time as well

Trends obviously have an impact on this

but Trends shouldn't dictate our

personal style and I think sometimes

that's where some of us go wrong so I've

recently updated my personal style or

maybe it's more accurate to say I've

tweaked my personal style and I'm going

to share with you how I've done it so

that you can follow suit and do exactly

the same in your own wardrobe now the

first step and don't go skipping this

because it's actually the most important

part of the process and that is to

create a mood board so I'm going to walk

you through how I created my mood board

so you can see exactly my thought

process this and what you need to be

focusing on too okay so I use Pinterest

to create my mood boards I just find it

really easy and it also means that I

have it on my phone for easy access too

now my current mood board is actually

private but let me know if you'd like to

see it and I'll set that to public but I

just start pinning outfits that I really

like whether they are on Trend pieces

like these metallic pants or whether

they are pieces that I know that I'll

wear or that I know that I own I'm

basically looking for outfits that

really resonate with me what does start

to happen is that you see reoccurring

themes or reoccurring people that

clearly you like their sense of style so

when it does come to your own mood board

first and foremost just start saving and

pinning outfits that you love or any

color combinations that you particularly

like too but try not to overthink it at

this point you're really just trying to

create a mood board of image and outfits

that you love

it's also a good idea to search for

individual pieces that you own so for

instance this black oversized Blazer

I've searched that up and all of a

sudden I've got a whole lot of

interesting outfits to choose from and

as soon as you see something that

appeals just save it to your mood board

and when I saw this outfit I wanted to

save it not because it's anything

groundbreaking but because I own most of

these pieces and can easily recreate

this look so it's a good reminder for me

as a little bit of a prompt if you start

seeing the same people popping up on

your mood board then find out who they

are and search for them individually as

well Leone is someone that regularly

appears on my mood board and so too does

Grace ganum so I searched them up and

they always provide some great fashion

inspiration and give me some ideas on

how to create new outfits from the

clothes that I already own now it's time

to have a really good hard look at your

mood board and ask yourself the question

do those outfits actually suit your

lifestyle at this point it's a good idea

to remove some of the images from your

mood board that just won't actually work

in real life for you anyway at this

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mood board sorted and you've got a sense

of your personal style or what you would

like your personal style to look like

now you need to dive into your own

wardrobe and have a look at the pieces

that you currently own now one thing I

suggest doing is grabbing yourself a

clothing rail now clothing rails are not

just for YouTubers and influencers these

little pieces of equipment are super

handy to have and you'll see why in a

minute but let's get into our closets

and I'll walk you through what you need

to do next often when you settle on a

new style you kind of want to throw

everything out and start again but just

don't there's really no need you may

actually own more pieces than you

realize that will work for your new

style so just be a little bit patient at

this stage now this is where the

clothing rack comes in you're going to

analyze your mood board and grab the

pieces that are similar in your own

wardrobe and hang them on The Clothing

Rack your clothing rack sort of becomes

like your physical mood board you can

start organizing your pieces to see

what's working and what you're

potentially missing

now at this point I say it's a really

good time to Steal Her Style don't try

and reinvent the wheel when it comes to

creating outfits go back to your mood

board and have a look at some of the

outfits that you love I bet you'll have

pieces that can help you recreate those

outfits they may not be exactly the same

but they may be the same colors or there

may be items that you own that you can

put together in a different way that you

haven't ever thought about before let me

show you how I've done it now one of the

first outfits that really struck a chord

with me was this gorgeous shot of gray

scanum wearing a simple White Tank and

some cargo style pants with a gorgeous

pretty pink sweater thrown over her

shoulders now I have similar pieces but

I've never thought to team my Basics

with a pretty pop of color in terms of

wearing my pink sweater so it was an

easy outfit for me to recreate and one

that was fun I teamed it with these wide

leg trousers because they're new but

yeah I could also wear this with my

cargo pants and I've got a few pairs in

slightly different shades but yeah I

just love the idea that this gave me a

fun New Look something that I love that

I actually just hadn't thought about

before

the next outfit that I was drawn to was

this simple one with again a white tank

and some cargo pants and an oversized

denim jacket I have these pieces so I

wanted to try recreating it here

and while again it's nothing

groundbreaking It's a combination I

hadn't worn before and it gives me

another outfit to wear my cool new pants

with

now it's back to my mood board and I

absolutely love this shot of Karen

wearing her trench coat slightly open

over a pleated skirt so I don't have a

beautiful gold pleated skirt but I do

have a black one so I thought I would

give that a try too and while this

outfit isn't as Fabulous As Karen's it's

a starting point that I can try a few

other pieces and create something a

little more exciting but this is kind of

cool

and then I noticed that I had this

outfit or slight variations of it pinned

about four different times so denim

jeans worn with a white tank and an

oversized dark Blazer now I was looking

for an outfit to create for my new denim

maxi skirt so I thought this would be

perfect so it inspired me to try

something here and I love it

and because I had my rail there I just

swapped out the oversized blazer for my

motorbike style leather jacket and also

my Trainers for some slightly chunky

biker boots and I've got another outfit

I'd also pinned some denim corset style

tops because I have one and just wanted

to get some inspiration on how to wear

it so I've just teamed it here with some

cargo pants and that oversized Blazer

I'm not convinced about this look I'm

not quite sure I think I might change

out the cargo pants for some denim jeans

and create more of a monochrome outfit

but let me know in the comments below

what you think of this outfit is it just

do a little bit too much and crazy but

at the end of the day I think this shows

that it's all about being inspired and

having a little bit of a play next up I

just wanted to talk a little bit about

attitude and confidence because it's all

well and good to create a mood board

create outfits but then you've actually

got to put those outfits together and

wear them out in public and sometimes

that can be a little confronting you

might feel a little bit awkward at first

and certainly for me I know if I wear a

new outfit as soon as I get a compliment

it almost validates that outfit which is

crazy you know I shouldn't need that

validation from others to know that what

I'm wearing looks good or feels good for

me because at the end of the day that's

the most important thing you're dressing

for you your dressing to please yourself

and to look and feel good for you and I

suppose I just wanted to touch on the

fact that it sometimes does take a

little bit of confidence to do that you

will potentially be walking out the door

wearing something that you haven't worn

before that makes you feel a little

awkward or it's just new and let's face

it anything new can be a little

confronting sometimes but this is normal

I suppose I just want to get across that

thinking that it is normal to feel a

little bit awkward and don't wait for

people to validate you and validate your

outfit by giving you compliments give

yourself those compliments you are going

outside your comfort zone you're trying

something new and good for you I love

creating a new outfit that makes me feel

good that kind of presents the version

of me that I'd like to present to the

world and what I do always say that it

is important to take a photo of those

outfits as well so keep a record of

these for photos maybe create a separate

folder in your phone and pop all of your

outfits in there that are winning

outfits that make you feel good so you

can quickly have a little scroll through

on days when you're not kind of feeling

that inspired or you just don't have

your fashion Mojo because there are

plenty of days when that happens to me

so I know that finding your personal

style can sometimes take a little bit of

time but I do believe that it's worth it

it cuts down a whole lot of time and a

whole lot of angst when it comes to

getting dressed and it just means that

you have a really good handle on new

trends you're going to quickly be able

to identify what trends work for you and

what trends are not really going to fit

into your existing style I know this

will take a little bit of time but

believe you me it will be worth it

getting dressed will become so much

easier and also shopping going forward

will be super easy as well you'll

quickly be able to identify Trends and

see what is going to fit into your

personal Style and what kind of won't

and when in the past you've done that

you may have bought a piece of clothing

or bought a trend because you like it

but you don't have other pieces to wear

it with so then those items end up

hanging in your wardrobe and never

getting worn and you wonder why

generally speaking it's because you

haven't invested that little bit of time

up front to get a very good handle on

your personal style anyway that's it

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