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I think style is very different from fashion. Fashion was what I went after when I was feeling incredibly insecure and monstrous on the inside.

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Stacy London
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: May 25
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The fashion industry [is] built on, and thrives on, our collective insecurity.
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Fashion is an industry to make money. It plays into human psychology. We want to belong, we want to be loved. I'm not trying to demonize the fashion industry - I love the fashion industry - but style is about taking the control out of the industry's hand and having you decide what works for you.
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We all put obstacles in our own path toward personal style, myself included. If we understood why we constructed these practical and emotional obstacles, we might move beyond it to healthier, happier perceptions of ourselves and, ideally, a better sense of self-esteem.
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Style offers concrete rules you can follow. You can use it as a resource rather than a barrier to feeling good about yourself.
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There is something about a well-fitted modern jacket that feels like armor. If it's cut well, it adds a dose of cool to anything you wear it with and does the heavy lifting when it comes to creating a flattering shape.
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Never let a trend get in the way of creating a great outfit for yourself.
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Style is the instrument you can pick back up when you want to regain some of the confidence you've lost.
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The fact is, there is only one body ideal in fashion, and most likely, you don't have it.
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Fit is everything. I don't care what your body type is like: If you're not wearing clothes that fit you, you can't have style.
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Not one person I know isn't concerned with their appearance. To trivialize fashion is to rob ourselves of a great tool.
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Rules like 'don't wear white after Labor Day' or 'shoes matching the handbag' are antiquated. Modern women should feel free to experiment.
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You should feel beautiful and you should feel safe. What you surround yourself with should bring you peace of mind and peace of spirit.
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A lot of people have said that I'm super-snarky and mean. But honesty is the only way to get people to change. It's very important to be constructively critical - give people alternatives and you're giving them a new way to see themselves.
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The key to personal style is understanding your individual beauty enough to know which looks will work for you and which probably won't.
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Self-esteem doesn't come simply from dressing well, but they are both something we can control. It's a missed opportunity when women say they don't have the money, figure, etc., because style is such a way to help cultivate the way women feel about themselves.
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Matching your hat to your shoe to your bag, or your necklace to your earrings, has a tendency to look dated. Mixing up your accessories adds interest to an outfit, and can make you look much more modern and polished.
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Texture is something we forget - it makes outfits look very expensive. You can do a monochromatic outfit, if you're afraid of things that are more colorful and printed, and still create interest.
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Style is all about your individual sense of how you want to present yourself to the world. It's about loving what you've got instead of wishing for what you're not.
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You have to look in the mirror and see that what you're wearing looks good on the body you have now. Wearing a larger size is just wearing a larger size.
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If you only have work clothes - the black trouser and ribbed turtleneck you got four years ago at the Gap - you're not participating in your own style personality.
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