Day 35 - Originality

I think it is safe to say that a lot of my style comes from emmulating others.  I am okay at picking out my own style, but that style is very much "plain Jane."  If I am ever going to go out on a limb, then it would be because I saw someone else do it (most likely Whitney) and now I want to "copy."  I buy a lot of the same things Whit buys, and sometimes vice versa.  One of us will show up to work in an adorable shirt, and the next day, the other person will have run out to the store to purchase the same one.  It doesn't bother either one of us one little bit - except for when we have those occassional run-ins when we are wearing the same thing, or a variation of the same thing on the same day.  We look like the Olsen twins.  It's not as cute when you are 26.

I'd like to go on record saying that I am so flattered when people want to "copy" me.  It means that people like what they heard, or what they saw, or what they felt, and they want to emulate that.  I think that is awesome that I can be someone that blazes a trail for people follow.  Especially when it comes to fashion!  I will be the first to tell you where I bought something, how much it cost, and why I love it.  I have no problem with sharing my fashion "secrets" with anyone who asks.  Why?  Probably because it doesn't happen all that often.  But when it does, it feels good!  Compliments are the best.

But as easy as it is to copy someone, it is that much more easy to be an individual.  It is important to stay true to yourself and to your own originality.  Don't copy someone exactly the same way as it was presented to you.  It is so very important that you take someone's ideas and use them as inpsiration to do you.  It's okay to have the same ideas as someone.  It is okay to like the same clothing.  It is okay to have the same sense of humor.  It is not okay to take someone's ideas and pass them off as your own.  That is uncreative and just plain annoying, especially when you don't do it as well as the original. 

So - when copying someone, stealing their fashion, or their ideas, just make sure you put your own spin on it.  No one likes a carbon copy.  Be an individual.  Be original.  Be you!