When I was younger I often used to hear those rules about not wearing brown shoes with a black outfit, not mixing navy with black or silver jewelry with gold jewelry. Those rules have followed me until recently. But then I got sick of it. Today it doesn’t matter that much anymore. Face Hunter have caught people mixing navy an black successfully, silver and gold is being mixed on the red carpet and brown and black actually look great together. It has taken me some years, but I’m finally breaking free of those silly old rules and getting dressed is starting to get a little bit easier.

Even though I focus a lot on trends in this blog I feel that people’s personal style is much more important. I came to think about this yesterday when I saw a type of “hot or not” list somewhere. Those kinds of lists drive me crazy. I usually end up finding stuff I love on the not list and I don’t know what it’s supposed to make me feel… Like I’m not trendy enough? Is it that important to be trendy at all times?

Trends are to me guidelines. They give me inspiration for my own personal style. But even though I’m trend conscious I don’t want to be bound up to any rules. It’s hard not to be affected by overall trends just because you see them everywhere and get used to them, not to mention it’s hard to find anything else in stores. Still, I want the pleasure of playing with different styles even though they may not be what’s right at the moment. I may focus a lot on trends but I try to avoid saying much about what’s not trendy. That a certain style isn’t trendy shouldn’t mean that it’s wrong, but should be left for each person to decide for themselves.

I love observing people that live outside the trends, or that uses trends in new ways. That’s for me the true inspiration. Where else would trends come from? These not so trendy people are important and I think we all should embrace those parts of ourselves because they’re probably more true to who we are. I’m not saying that I think it’s wrong to be trendy, I’m just saying that I don’t think it’s wrong not to be.

Does this make sense to you at all? I’d love to hear your thoughts.

I get cold so easily. Today it’s clouded so I chose a turtle neck under the dress. Other people are wearing t-shirts. I’d rather be warm and comfy.

The white floral pattern kind disappears in such a small photo. In real life it’s much clearer and gives more sense to the white sweater.

Dress: H&M
Turtle neck: H&M
Shoes: Vagabond