Advice on finding your own style

It might be hard to stick to your own style sometimes, especially if you don't even know what your style is.
First of all some tips:

1. You should get inspired but not imitate: This means that you can like e.g. a persons' style, but you shouldn't buy everything that person owns. You can buy similar things or a couple of things that person has, but don't walk thousands of miles just to get that T-shirt.
2. Get to know your own personal style: The easiest way is to keep track by either having a style diary or some sort of photo album on your phone. Personally, I use the app We Heart It, which is basically an application you can download on to your phone, (they even have a website ) and "heart" pictures you like. Either way, you can keep track of what you like and love.
3. Go shopping: ...and try out new things.This is probably the main part of finding your own style. You can decide if you prefer real-life shopping or internet shopping. It would definitely be internet shopping for me, because I can't deal with the masses of human beings in the shops when I try to find something, especially when it comes to end of season sales... Anyway, you should try things you normally wouldn't try because you might find something that suits you very well.
4. Go shopping alone: Very simple. You go shopping alone. No one gets bored or tired of being in a shop they don't want to be. No one forces you to go into a shop. No one tells you something suits you, you buy it and then realize it doesn't look good on you, resulting in never wearing it. And best of all: You've got plenty of time.
5. Look into your wardrobe: You might find something you hated 2 years ago, but love it now. Style changes over time. On the other hand you might find something you despised then and still do so now. Then just give it away for charity, sell it to someone else or ask your friends and family if they'd like to have it. That way you have more space for the things you really want to wear.

Some of this things might seem hard to do, but honestly, if you try and do them you will get a giant step closer to finding your own style.
Sometimes all you need might really be just a little bit of inspiration.

xxx
Janet