Confidence

"Confident people inspire confidence in others: their audience, peers and friends."

In the recent days, I have realized the advent of people expressing their different fashion senses, many people have become more confident in defining who they are by what they wear i.e. 90's style. It is exciting to see how fashion is used to define personality and beliefs. I for one am always wearing a head wrap with Chitenge as a way of expressing my African pride in being a strong, beautiful and phenomenal woman. It brings me so much joy and gladness to be able to be so in touch with my culture and use the material in a way that express my personality.

However, too many people waste their time comparing themselves to others and wishing they could be something they are not, this has and continues to largely hinder their passion and ability to express themselves through clothes and accessories.

Fashion is more than just copying the latest trends; it is the highest expression of your artistic perspective through styling. Fashion is about you more than a trend. Only when you accept everything that you love and that which you do not, that you will truly succeed at expressing yourself through the clothes you wear.

The quickest way to acquire self-confidence is to do exactly what you're afraid to do, to wear exactly what you think everyone will question' because that's best part about fashion - being able to be you without apologies. So if it means you love:

An overstated printed jacket, or brogues. You stay true to that and do the most with it "SLAY".
The essence of fashion is that you should enjoy it, and to do this you must have the confidence to mix and match different colors, prints and fits that can reveal who you are to the world, you know that people learn who you are first from how you present yourself.

Stop worrying about people not understanding your ideas and styles get in touch with how you truly want to express yourself and focus on what makes you happy, comfortable and at peace. Embrace all your flaws, quirkiness, intensity and everything that makes you - you. Your life becomes so much more fulfilling when you can be you in every way possible that includes the way you dress. Make your fashion about you and live your best life, wearing what you love!

Over the years, I overcome many insecurities I had, one of which was wearing bright colors; I would always hide in black, grey or white clothes. This not only limited my true expression of myself but I realized that the more I wore bright colors, many of my readers responded to the advice I gave and it made me so much more confident.

I always admired people that wore them (as though I would be policed if I did) but I just could not do it. I had to change my envy into love and decided to try them out.

Today, I am obsessed with adding color to what I wear. Confidence requires you to go out of your comfort zone, because to get to wear you never been, you have to do something you have never done.

Be confident! Wear what you feel comfortable in with confidence! Enter a new phase of walking in confidence, grow and get better! Dress YOUR best.

Confident people inspire confidence in their audience, peers and friends. Dressing the way you want to confidently, sets you apart and inspires those around you to be more like you. Confidence enables you to live a limitless life and influence those around you to be who they truly are and show this in what they choose to wear.