Six Types of People to Never Take Style Advice From

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People to never take style advice from.

Have you noticed a trend?

Let’s discuss.

The Trend Chaser

The trend chaser is that person who will not wear what they like because “it’s so last season.”

These types of people take fashion very seriously and to extremes. At the end of the day, let those people be trendy.

Let yourself wear what you want. You can love a trend and also love what you already own and wear.

Style Contrarians

People who look at a trend they like and do a 180 because they cannot be like everyone else.

To them, being unalike is better than being alike. These types often criticize the “sheeple” while declaring that they are “so different.”

If I am honest, they can come off really angrily.

Like, are you going to fight someone because they bought something that they genuinely liked and a lot of people agreed they also liked the trend?

If you truly value your individuality, you’d be able to handle the nuance that you are more alike than you are unalike, and you wouldn’t be so mad about a silly little trend.

A Person That Has a Bad Relationship with their Body – People Never to Take Style Advice From

As a rule of thumb, I never take style advice from anyone who has body image issues.

Those are not my issues to work out.

I find these types of people often give unsolicited and cruel jabs of advice because they cannot fathom having your body, and the audacity you have to wear what you want.

It’s actually kind of ironic because these people can be so careless about how they come off, but if you were to give them an in-depth review of their physicality, they probably would not be able to take it.

If you want someone to find your flaws, any Tom, Dick, or Harry can do it.

I just don’t believe in dishing out what you cannot take. Don’t comment on what you perceive someone’s issues are—chances are, you couldn’t handle their reality.

You simply wouldn’t be capable of handling what life has thrown at the people you criticize.

You’d collapse and break under the pressure.

You simply don’t have the depth, the reach, or the clarity to make the judgment—sorry.

Consider your ignorance a gift from God.

Be thankful and keep your mean comments to yourself.

You don’t know if someone is battling a health issue, an abusive relationship, or stresses outside of their control.

As a rule of thumb, I never make comments about people’s weight loss or gain. Why?

It has nothing to do with me.

Simply being able to be healthy enough to move is a gift.

Everybody has a body and you deserve to dress it how you would like.

Nothing says insecurity louder than a person who throws jabs at someone’s looks.

You will never be criticized by someone doing more than you.

Remember that.

the Brown-Noser

I never take advice from anyone who is overly nice. I call it “nice with seething rage behind the eyes.”

What is your angle?

The nicer a person is in the beginning, the meaner they can get as time progresses.

Their love-bomb-to-devalue pipeline with folks is terrifying.

This is usually done so you hand your power away.

Validate yourself and these overly nice comments will probably weird you out.

You can often tell a love bomber from a genuinely nice comment.

Someone who is genuine is not trying to win you over; it’s genuine, and they move on.

If they repeat a compliment, it could be that they are still mentally processing the information—but the trick is to see if it’s genuine happiness or genuine rage.

The Clone

Never take style advice from someone reading the Cliff’s Notes of you back at you.

They see you wear something and take notes.

It can get weird.

Navigate accordingly.

This is absolutely someone to never take style advice from.

Your Own Insecurities

People who seek out to destroy your confidence will try to pinpoint your insecurity.

If they can’t figure out your insecurity, they may project their own insecurities onto you.

It’s up to you if you decide to take it.

I would just politely decline to play into their head games.

We all have insecurities, but silencing your own insecurities and others’ insecurities will leave you feeling much more yourself.

As with all Criticism

You have to consider the source. Is the advice unsolicited?

Do you even think they have good style?

Are they projecting?

Do you intimidate them?

All valid questions. Know yourself, validate yourself, question yourself, analyze yourself, and keep it moving.

xx

Nikita