Author Archives: Franca Personal Style Consultancy

This post is not about mandatory uniforms. I am talking about people who choose to wear the same look for work, everyday, by choice. I guess this started to be popularized by the ascension of Steve Jobs, as the business grew and bigger audiences started to realise he wore the same look everyday. Blue jeans,Continue reading “Deciding to wear a uniform on working days.”

Is part of the human condition to judge. We all judge over people’s style, appearance, hairstyle, etc. It is a survival instinct tool, we have it ingrained in our brains.  The one thing we need to train ourselves is not to let our judgement stop us from actually knowing that person, enquiring about their qualitiesContinue reading “Women’s styles in the workplace.”

I don’t know why but I always had a concept of style ever since I was a  little kid. I remember being in primary school  and I decided to cut up a pair of wool trousers into shorts, because I felt I would look cool in shorts.  This was the late eighties, yes I hadContinue reading “Personal Style and children.”

Personal style is a journey, so is self-esteem. I truly believe one cannot evolve without the other. For me it is the same as the existential question of who came first, the chicken or the egg? Nobody likes having low self-esteem, one of the most important decisions I made in my life was “I don’tContinue reading “Personal Style walks hand in hand with Self-Esteem.”

Personal style is a journey. My understanding and my personal experience is that your style changes as you move in life and this is Ok. Many times in my life I felt conflicted about this “Am I changing? Am I being true to myself? Will people judge me?” The answer to all these questions are:Continue reading “The evolution of Personal Style.”

One positive aspect of this quarantine is definitely the fact I am spending much less money and I have not bought any new clothes or shoes, for more than one month. Let me emphasise this, I HAVE NOT BOUGHT ANY CLOTHES OR SHOES AND I AM HAPPY ABOUT IT.  I like clothes and shoes, IContinue reading “Minimalism. The beauty of owning less.”

The story of me buying my first suit to go job hunting is very interesting and an important mark on my life. When I left University I didn’t have a single piece of clothing in my wardrobe that could be considered professional, so for the first time in my life I asked help to myContinue reading “Bying my first suit.”

Why? Because on the last Vogue cover, she wore a scarf on her head, called a durag. Why is wearing a durag so revolutionary?  Because a durag was a piece of scarf that black female slaves were forced to use by their “owners”, to reflect their low social status as workers.  Originally with a darkContinue reading “Rihanna rewrites the narrative.”

Humankind is going through a  rough time, indeed. Many of us feel anxious, sad, depressed, confused, due to the uncertainty of our future as a species on this planet. I have definitely been through many different moods, some days I spend better than others. One question that I definitely asked myself was “How does fashion/styleContinue reading “Fashion & Style in times of quarantine.”