How has your style changed as you've gotten older?

I've gotten so much bolder. I still wear the same colors, and usually solids, not patterns. I've always been drawn to flowy clothing and jewelry but I was shy about my body and covered up. Now I wear that huge chunky necklace, those big earrings, that deep V neck and the biggest hat I can find. I didn't mind dressing oddly before but I have a lot more confidence in my style, even though my body is even bigger now than it's ever been. Fuck it, I feel good in my big hat and flowy dress and my 10lbs of jewelry. I challenge anyone around me to say a single thing about it.

I’m a software engineer working from home. My work wear is t-shirts with joggers. It’s now plain/block color t-shirts instead of the graphic tees I wore in my teen years but it hasn’t changed. I have more variety of pants than just jeans now.

I also don’t go out much and every time I do I freak out because I don’t know my own style besides t-shirts.

When I was younger I wore baggy T-shirts and jeans most of the time. I typically only wore darker colors.

Without going to far into my life history, I grew up with a shit family, who thinks putting people down is fun, so if I ever wore anything but that, I was relentlessly teased about it. My mother is also the type to put you down to make herself feel better. She has always been in competition with me (at least in her world). So, she used to love to make me buy clothes that just looked horrible on me.

Anyhow, as I’ve gotten older, I’ve learned how to dress my body type much better, and started branching out into far more “feminine” clothes. Turns out I’m actually pretty stylish, and have a nice body (I know, I’m super modest right?)

In winter I lean toward slim fit jeans, with a nice top, and whatever jacket keeps me warm.

Summer time is game on. I have tons of cute dresses. I lean more toward the kinda boho style, but with form flattering cuts. I LOVE backless dresses when it’s hot out.

I've always been the goth-scene-grunge kid around, getting older, I slowly ditched some of the things that felt juvenile. I didn't wear a spiked bracelet with a band tshirt, I wore a leather harness with leather skirt, for example. I used to be a tattoo artist so work clothes weren't different than regular clothes. I began having some health issues last year so quit my job and started running in the opposite direction with the excuse. Heels and harleys replaced by sneakers, skinny leather pants no more, only baggy light pants,75% cotton with elastic waistbands! Baggy flowy tops, all cotton or linen, all light colors, light, breating fabrics. The difference is day and night. I went to the point of rocking a kimono & a hakama with flip flops everywhere, completed by a couple of huge hoops.

I'm more comfortable than I've ever been and never going back.