i want to create a unique style of my own.....?

Question

i live in a small town tho and there arent many stores. are there any DIY things i can do to my clothes to make them more interesting? i really like fergie's style, and avril lavigne. also bill from tokio hotel (thats basically my taste^)

well so far i havent gotten any real advice.... i dont CARE what is in...i have my own taste and im a rocker at heart, and i dont care if its in or not, thats just who i am. i play guitar and skate, i just can find any good clothes.

Answer 1

I got this super cute hirzontzal red and navy blue mini dress and a paired it with black leggings, camo flats, and a sequin bag, (oh and a good chunky bent would look good too) but be carfull of over exserizing

Answer 2

your question is kind of an oxymoron, you want to have a unique style, yet you want to dress like avril lavigne or a "skater". Avril lavigne is very emo and emo is VERY in, not in years and years has a craze been so widespread and dominated young people so much. Right now emo is EVERYWHERE and there is nothing unique about it. Emo has very much adopted the most popular and design oriented skate brands, so dressing "skater" is not unique anymore either. Most teenagers want to dress "unique", and they also want so desperatley to represent who they are in their fashion choices and image, hence the fact that they end up looking cliche and stereotypical and why stereoptypes are so strongly connected to the teen world.

If you want to be unqiue you have to NOT dress to be any kind of "type" (ie - skater, goth, punk, emo, prep, whatever), you have to choose clothes based simply on what YOU think looks good and suits you, they also have to be clothes that no one else has, you're in a small town so that means mailorder, I would suggest ebay as it's ther world's biggest wardrobe and you can get really cool one of a kind and vintage clothes there too for next to nothing. Your style should have your own little flair to it and incorportate clothes and styles that no one else has and that are not following any trend, it should be about being true to you and what makes you feel happy, comfortable, and beautiful, and not what anyone else thinks. Also, when it comes to your skate side, if you want to be unique, avoid like the plague the most popular and mainstream brands such as DC, duffs, independent, quicksilver, hurley (not skate anyway), volcom, and anything with flameboy on it! (I don't know if world industries are still popular with the mainstream punk-wannabe poser kids but a few years ago when I was about 14-16 they certianly were.

You might not like my adivce which is basicly to stay away from the the avril "punk" poser "sk8er" look but this is coming from someone who was always managed to look unique all through highschool :)

Answer 3

Honestly, follow what YOU like. I look at the trends, but I personally don't follow them. You seem to be into the "rocker" kind of style. If you want a certain look, wear colors you like. Avril usually wears more black than not. Fergie's more for sex appeal. What I recommend is go to those small stores, find little pieces you like. Go to thrift stores too for jewelery (if you like), funky accessories, or whatever you see. Sometimes you can find really great stuff. I live on the west coast and I never follow the look of just jeans and a t-shirt. I think it's horrible when others follow what everyone else is wearing. I'm more into an Audrey Hepburn look. Go with your gut, have fun, and walk with confidence! Who cares what everyone else says, that's their problem.

Answer 4

Well Fergie, Gwen Stafine(spelled wrong) and Pharrel's style is in. But isn't unique where I live because everyone is dressing like that. The rocker thingy is SUPER in. So you can get fun with the Avril look,

Answer 5

Hey! My advice is to buy plain t-shirts, hoodies or sweaters and cut them, sew them, embellish them, splatter paint on it or wear it a way you haven't seen before! Look through your mom's closet, you might things that you can rework into your own wardrobe. Wear your mom's shirts your way so that it applies to your style. Get some secondhand items. You can find wonders at a consignment store and it won't cause you a fortune. If you do get something from a mass-marketed store like American Eagle or Abercrombie, layer them in a certain way to show more interest. Good luck!

Answer 6

Buy a blank shirt, any colour. Get some markers, paint, etc and get creative! If you like the graffiti style, then maybe get spray paint, paint some colours on it, maybe write a message on your shirt like.. err.. 'My shirts so cool, nobody else in the world has it!' or 'I have the coolest shirt. (then on the back) Ever.'

Answer 7

That is why they invented to internet for. Shop at botiques they always have unique stuff

Answer 8

Dear Unique:

While you would never mistake me for a fashion Diva or a runway designer, I did raise a brood of daughters, who began picking out their own outfits at about 3 years old, and would not leave for Kidnegarten if they could not put the right outfit together - which meant that none one's closets or drawer's were out of bounds when the girls were on an accessory hunt, or on the prowl for for a different top.

Heck, I'm 6'3" and 250 lbs, and they used to wear my shirts and sweaters for years, because they thought it was cute to look like they are swimmimg in a cashmere pond, or swaddled in a silk or white linen sheet with a collar. I must say that my wardrobe problem was nothing compared to my wife's clothing problems with the girls- she's a size 2-4 petite, and some days I think everthing that was on hangers in her walk in closet last night, was on the floor in a heap the following morning, with PARTS of out fits gone. Some mornings I think she was ready to cry.

Like almost every american girl child they were into boys, music, clothes, shoes, jewelery, cars, parties and generally having fun in life - they wanted to belong - to be a part of it ALL, they wanted to be popular, wear the right things, be seen at the right places. . . I'm sure you know the drill - but like you - each and every one of them wanted to be "special", to be "different", to have her own "signature style".

To confirm that they had their own "Style" I believe that their immediate goal during their school years was to develope hair styles, makeup use, speech paterrns and attitudes, in addition to modes of dress in the hopes that they would "lead the crowd" at school in what was cool - I mean if they wore red deck tennies, and skin tight white jeans with too long an inseam, so the pant legs had to be cuffed, and they wore a a blousy size 2X grey sweatshirt over that with the nexk cut out, and the arms cut off at the forearms, and a black long sleeve cotton blouse under that, and wore their hair down with an old black slouch hat like one of those english driving hats to top it all off, - - they hoped to see 40 girls with the same outfit in on in the next week. Or they would start using some new slang word they either invented or got out out of one of the Black Teen Magazines that no one in white bread suburbia in the heart of the Bible belt read, to see if they could get the whole school using it, and then start using a new word or phrase to rplace the previous one - (that kept them cutting edge).- and Ricki and Jill actually pulled that off with pretty regular frequency - those two just had the knack for putting together different things into an emsemble that was quirky but classy and stylish. Something that would standout in a crowd today and 10 years from now, as well as 10 years ago, and still be cool looking in all three settings. Their mother says it's because they developed early and have the looks and bodies that she says people used to call "Bikini Model" perfect. I don't know I think all my daughters are perfect.
But I do think my daughters were successful in creating their own style, (No I did not allow any tatoos or piercings - and I would not today), by being confident, and attuned to how their "New Look" or new attitude, or new -whatever - was being recieved by those around them. If they percieved that what they were experimenting with had an appeal they would pursue the transformation and have fun with it, for they enjoyed the opportunity to experiment with differnet lifestyles, and points of view, and to see how differently they were percieved based on how they looked, dressed, acted, and spoke, and how they themselves felt when "in costume".

I never spent a lot on clothes as I remember for the girls, yet they never complained, I think that because they had such a wide circle of friends, who pretty much were all about the same sized little Barbies as they were - that they "borrowed" and "traded" a lot. I know they also all knew how to sew and use the serger, and we did have three of each of those in the sewing room. Ther also haunted the Good Will, the Consignment Shops, Garage Sales, Antique Shops, Junk Shops, Estate Sales, Rummage Sales, and other places with names like Rag Stock, Nearly New, and Marshalls.

Although we did not have the internet at the time when my daughters were growing up, we did havw the Library, and fashion magazines, and they had a keen an inate sense of style, grace, and beauty that came from their mother I'm sure, - all have to do is glance in a mirror to confirm that. Anyway, One of the things I had always told my daughters as they grew up was that to understand the future and succeed in it, you have to study the past and learn from it, because just as a lost man will walk in circles in the dark, and in the day that same man will loose his way if he does not fix his sites on both a point on the horizon, and a point on his backtrail; so will a society be lost if they do not learn from the mistakes of their past, and have a plan for how they are moving ahead into the future. The point is that history - even fashion history, does repeat itself just as a pendulem swings from one extreme to the other, so does man - from puritan to purient. If you can figure out where we are at right now in the "swing" of things, and which way you think the pedulemis swinging, then you can stay ahead of the curve with your style.

The other thing that I wanted to say about individual style is that it I think that to a great extent it is a result of you Veldunshuien (sp) - which is a german term for "your out look on life", this is something that is and must be genuine - the idea of "creating a unique style of your own" (I'm sorry to say smacks of building a false or phoney image to present to the world),

"Most people I know who have a "Style" don't really know it - because they are just doing things in their own way, in their own rythum, not really caring how the rest of the world does things, content with how they are doing in their own life. These people are "individuals with style", not becuase they set out to be unique, quirky, or to have style, or to be trendsetters, they simply are people trying to live life the best they can the best way they know how.

So if you want to have you own style - here's my recommendations:

1. Be your own true person first, be honest with yourself and others - always. Have honor above celebrity.
2. Be kind to all, be known for your compassion and understanding, and sense of humor, sullen beauty is out.
3. Give back, mentor, help out, lend a hand, be a friend, help someone who can not help himself.
4. Sing every day, dance every day, laugh every day, hug someone every day, and if you can take time to tell a child a story every day - or have him/her tell you a story.
5. Keep yourself clean, and as healthy as you can, be a friend to man and animals, alike.
6. When you make love, gibe into it and your partner completely. Hold nothing back, and talk to your partner.
7. Share. Share your thoughs, toys, food, drink, shelter, knowledge, spirit, laughter, appreciation, praise, encouragement, Affection, Enthusiasum, and Curiosity.

I wish you well, and truly do hope that you can find a style that bespeaks the real and true you, and that you are comfortable with, and is one which can change as you continue to grow as a woman and a person. I wish you happiness, success, and satisfaction in all that you do. Remember to leave a lttle space in your heart for Angels to dance upon. Good Luck!

I'm pulling for you,