12 Fashion Rules I Break

And Why My Style Is Better Without Them

Dear Reader,

In fashion (and styling, generally), there are rules.
Then there’s what actually looks good when you put it on.

When I was younger (and thus, less wise), I followed some of those so-called rules. I thought they’d lead me to good taste—like guardrails on a winding road.

But my style only started to evolve when I stopped dressing to look a certain way and started dressing to feel a certain way.

That’s when it clicked: some rules are made to be broken—especially when you’re breaking them for substance.

Now, I care less about what something “does” for my body and more about how it makes me feel when I move through the world in it.

So here they are:

The rules I break.
The myths I’ve unlearned.
The things that supposedly shouldn’t work—but absolutely do.