Mmmm, I feel that whole identity/style crisis thing as well. I blame it on my Saturn Return though.
Actually that whole thing, my ever increasing wardrobe yet feeling I have nothing to wear, and my insanely huge makeup collection, led me to get a professional color analysis. I realized that while I can go in a store and point out what would look best on and suit the personalities of my mother, sister, and various friends, I cannot for the life of me do this for myself. On me, I lose all objectivity with color, cut, etc... And because where I live right now I'm not surrounded by a group of friends, I don't have that instant feedback in person either. So, I needed some sort of direction! I know some people really poo poo on the whole color analysis thing, but for me, it was very, very helpful. Image consultants that do them also do things like style consults too, but, um, my savings account says no.
So now I'm working on defining my own personal style. It's weird for me, because I've never been the "looks centered" type, so taking pictures, browsing beauty and fashion blogs, reading fashion books, it's all very foreign to me and TBH, makes me feel a little vain sometimes.
But then I remember that personal fashion identity ties in very closely to our inner selves... For me, I want the colors and styles I wear to express who I am without overpowering me. In other words, I want them to support my expressing and being my true self, without distracting from it. Self authenticity, genuineness...themes in my life...can ya tell?
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