Can You Define Your Style In Three Words?

I spent most of my late teens and early 20’s wandering around in a fashion wilderness not knowing what to wear. I tried to follow fashion magazines, copy what I saw on TV, borrow clothes from my fashion forward friends but all to no avail, I still looked an awkward mess. My mother has never been one for girly things. She taught me the offside rule by the time I was 6 and we’ve sat next to each other at football all my life, but I was never once shown how to blow dry my hair or educated about what clothes I was suited too, I just wore what was bought for me.

Then 5 years ago I read a magazine article that changed my life called ‘define your style in 3 words’. It advised that you just need three words to sum up how you like to dress, then each time you look to buy a new item of clothing check they fit into one of these categories to make sure it will suit your style.

I chose Vintage, Floral and Boho – now, I’m not so sure.

I want to update my look. I am desperate for a capsule wardrobe. One less thing to cause me stress in the morning.

These days I want to look more grown up and serious, less floaty and free-sprited I guess. Being self employed I spend my days pitching ideas and selling myself, I need a wardrobe that backs up the claims I make. Yet being a mother, and one who is almost always at the school gates and never turns down an invite for coffee, I also want to dress relaxed and approachable at the same time.

I’m thinking something like this?