"Fashion is about dressing to what's fashionable. Style is more about being yourself." Oscar de la Renta

I have often thought about this word 'style' and wondered what it really means. If Oscar de la Renta is right and "Style is about being yourself", what would it mean for me? A girl who likes to change her style everyday. And then there's the obvious question, when people say "that is so YOU"... me? How do you know? 

I had always considered myself as someone who loves black. The mysterious and simplicity of black attire. It's so sophisticated. 

Yet, my friends will pick up a floral jacket and say "this is so you!" Having questioned this, I decided to look in my wardrobe. 

What screams to me when looking here is not black at all. But exciting colours and patterns! So do I really know myself ? 

"Fashion is about dressing to what is fashionable" de la Renta continues, but then I know I do not follow trends or dress to be fashionable. So where do I stand?

Here I look to the great artist Henri Matisse for advice...

"An artist must never be a prisoner. Prisoner? An artist should never be a prisoner of himself, prisoner of style, prisoner of reputation, prisoner of success, etc."

Therefore, style, as de la Renta suggested, is perhaps about being yourself. However, this does not define you. Style should be as easily changed as fashion. 

After all isn't that what makes the industry so exciting, the change and progression. Being able to reinvent yourself everyday through what you wear. So for now, my wardrobe will remain a jumble of numerous personalities, eager to be performed.