I was recently thinking about how it's such a struggle for me to find a personal style because of this awful combination of trend cycles and algorithmic echo chambers. Entering my twenties feels like the perfect time to understand my taste as an almost-fully-formed person but how do I know if my social media algorithms are showing me things because I like them or because they're trendy and everyone is seeing them. Is my for you pages reflecting my personal style or is my taste just reflecting passing trends? Maybe the best way to find my personal style is to engage with different trends and see what sticks? But the common person (aka me) is always engaging with trends way after trend-setters and early adopters anyway, so has it stuck or have I just been convinced through frequent exposure?
i hear you completely, it is a mind-fuck for sure. something that helps me when understanding any of these trends is asking myself 'why'. why do I like this bag, or this book, or these pens? look at the things you are immediately attracted to with a heavy critical lens and you'll unravel more of yourself and what these things mean to you and only you specifically. the key to personal taste (ding ding lol) is finding a personal meaning to the 'thing'.
That makes so much sense! Then it would be like putting together different bits and pieces of a style instead of adopting an entire "image". I've never thought of the personal meaning aspect of a personal style, thanks :)
I was recently thinking about how it's such a struggle for me to find a personal style because of this awful combination of trend cycles and algorithmic echo chambers. Entering my twenties feels like the perfect time to understand my taste as an almost-fully-formed person but how do I know if my social media algorithms are showing me things because I like them or because they're trendy and everyone is seeing them. Is my for you pages reflecting my personal style or is my taste just reflecting passing trends? Maybe the best way to find my personal style is to engage with different trends and see what sticks? But the common person (aka me) is always engaging with trends way after trend-setters and early adopters anyway, so has it stuck or have I just been convinced through frequent exposure?
i hear you completely, it is a mind-fuck for sure. something that helps me when understanding any of these trends is asking myself 'why'. why do I like this bag, or this book, or these pens? look at the things you are immediately attracted to with a heavy critical lens and you'll unravel more of yourself and what these things mean to you and only you specifically. the key to personal taste (ding ding lol) is finding a personal meaning to the 'thing'.
That makes so much sense! Then it would be like putting together different bits and pieces of a style instead of adopting an entire "image". I've never thought of the personal meaning aspect of a personal style, thanks :)