I've been a fashion editor for 10 years - so I learned to free myself from fast -moving trends

I've been a fashion editor for 10 years - I learned that about personal style

I have good news. For all girlies of thewho have the feeling that they lack personal style or that they are under the constant flood of-suffocate, there is good news from onewho has already tried everything: it is an initiation rite. You can find your personal style when you get older, and the fashionable “mistakes” you make are part of the trip. The search for thatis a process and a daily experiment.

And now the bad news. After I have been working in the fashion industry for more than a decade, I still can't say that I have arrived completely: I still have occasionalthat I quickly regret. I also cannot say with 100 % certainty that I found my personal style.

If you work in the fashion industry, especially in this relentless digital age, there is a lot of pressure to dress in a certain way, to wear or style the latest trends.

As a fashion editor, I am bombarded every day with emails from fashion brands that advertise a new microtrend, and TikTok shapes a new “core”. Only this morning was the subject line of an email:“Fishermancore” is the new “Coastal Grandmother” - now. I would like to ask those who complain that Generation Z has no style: How could it, if even I, who is supposedly older and wise, have difficulty keeping pace with this fashionable hamster wheel?

A decade ago, the popularity ofwith the rise of fashion influencers and led to what many would call the birth of today's street style. The sidewalks in front of the shows became the actual catwalk, and Chiara Ferragni became the new Cindy Crawford.

Imagine how I went to my first fashion shows at the beginning of 20, intimidated by the droves of photographers who stood in front of the Venues and took the perfectly styled guests. I also let myself be carried away by the hustle and bustle and threw myself to impress my industry colleague: which at that time meant extremely impractical footwear and questionable outer clothing for minus degrees, which not only made me feel uncomfortable, but even gave me a pneumonia (true story!).

In order to spice up my wardrobe for the Fashion Month, I went toand, to buy a few “fashionable” parts (that is, things that I would not wear in real life, but they could be photographed well), which I then wore on the streets of Milan or Paris - and never again. It was neither good for the environment nor for my wallet, and it also led me to lose my eyes for whatmeinStyle was. I dressed for other people, for the cameras, for everyone else, just not for myself. It was exhausting.

After (more than) a few seasons full of bubbles and clothes breakdowns, however, I slowly learned what I actually liked to wore and-shock-it was the parts in which I felt most comfortable. Let's start with the shoes: I once interviewed the shoe designer Gianvito Rossi, the son of the legendary Italian shoemaker Sergio Rossi, who told me: “Every day we put on our feet. We decide whether there is a day with paragraphs, boots or flat shoes today ”, and he could no longer be right. So I started to style myself from my feet, and this made it clear to me what kind of shoes flatter me the most, in which I can also run through the city all day (what my job during onecontains).

What strikes me: Since I refined (and sometimes found) my style, I have got more compliments. Over the years, for example, I have learned that I waited highare better than sitting and that large earrings have become my trademark.

I go differently when I convenientWear, and I stand more confidently if I don't have to pluck around a too short top. I used to make the mistake of thinking that you only stand out by extravagant fashion, but it is actually about something completely different: style comes from. Historically speaking, people with an iconic style - Anna Wintour, Audrey Hepburn, Jane Birkin - are not justSubmitted, but became icons because they dress in a way that is all of them. And people take note of this.

Over the years I have learned to recognize some small but clear differences: I will be in the subwayStarted,When I wear a “fashionable” outfit, but I'll be in the subwaystoppedandasked,Where do I get my clothes from andIf I wear something that is an estimated part of my personal wardrobe.

I have learned to impose a few rules for fashion weekend looks: no sky-high stilettos, no shorts or mini skirts and no micro-, in which no phone fits. It wasn't just good for me-it even led to more street-style photographers became aware of me than ever.

“You can always see whether someone wears clothes that they wearmust, or whether he wears clothes that really suit him, ”saysRomina Intrini. As one of the most experienced street style photographers in the scene, Romina has spent many seasons to photograph everything that is shown on the show. She saw everything: "Usually I feel drawn to dresses with daring shapes or colors and unusual combinations, but the most important thing for me is authenticity."

I still don't know what I'm going to wear for the next Fashion Month, but one thing is certain: you will not see me in any “core” trend in the near future.