my style evolution | how I FINALLY found my personal style from basic to minimal chic
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- Today I'm sharing my personal style journey and evolution from a basic teenager to a minimal and casual aesthetic. Ill take you with me through the years and share my insecurities and struggles as I tried to dress in a way that felt like me.
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I just wanted to say that you make your clothes beautiful; not vice-versa. You are a beautiful spirit. 😊
Thanks so much! 😭😊
Thank you for sharing your personal clothes story with us and also thank you for being so honest and humble about it. I am nearly 30 years older than you and I am learning from you. I am on a journey about my own clothes style right now, which has to do with adjusting to getting older and deciding if and how I want to dress differently, making decisions about what I want for myself. All this is more than about clothes, it is indeed about identity. So thanks again ❤
Yes, I love that Lia! 🥰
what you have *four* children 😱 thought you were 21 y/o but 32!! you looked very youthful. I think you should go with bangs again cuz it suits you a lot 😸 my wardrobe epiphany / inspiration starts when I studied abroad. it was 6 years ago. idk where and how I learn about good quality garments but I watched such random videos like this back then. somehow it taught me something haha. I'm glad where I am now with my style, I'm pretty confident and satisfied with my wardrobe choices
I loved hearing about your style journey! Thanks for watching! 🥰
I'm a millennial. So, I relate to this a lot 🤣. Loved seeing your style evolution 🥰.
Ha, yes I'm also a millennial! 😊
Hi Val, just wanted to say that perhaps that “rebel side” comes from being the youngest in the family… from my experience our youngest sibling always wanted to be different from everyone else haha sorry for the random comment! Thanks for showing us your style journey ❤️🇦🇺 PS. Bangs really suits you! 🐱🐯
Ooh that’s a great theory!! Yes maybe that is why as well.. 🤔🤔
This is so interesting to me, as someone who has grown up with you, I have always thought you were so stylish and unique. To hear that you were struggling during the time where I was looking up to your outfit choices was surprising but in a good way. We are all growing, but honestly, you have always been stylish to me. Your style now is so effortlessly chic and I’m all here for it 👌👌😘
That's so interesting! I always thought you looked very classy, put together and stylish too! 😍
I really enjoyed this video! Seeing your style evolution as you’ve grown into an adult was so much fun. You are a beautiful woman, inside and out, and that’s apparent in all your videos.
Aw thanks so much Lisa! 🥲
Just one more comment! Your style is actually very refreshing to see. There are so many capsule wardrobers here sporting many of the same styles which are almost more work wear/office inspired. I followed suit for a while only to find myself feeling very out of place! I think your style is classy in its own way and rather refreshing in a world full of trends! I also had a period of time where I dressed quite vintage and loved it at that time. 😻😽
Wow, it sounds like we had a very similar style journey! 😊
Those purple trousers! Are! The! Bomb! Perfect colour xo
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Thank you for sharing your style evolution and what you were thinking throughout these periods in your life. You have many pictures, Thank you for sharing with us. Your beauty shines incandescently through, no matter what you were wearing! I truly mean that.
Thank you so much, you're so sweet! 😭
Now i'm 32 and i'm pregnant for my firt baby (i'm so exciting..) i find recently my style, is casual like your,i felt so confy with this type of chothes simple, minimalism but but color. I love all your outfits!
Your style sounds great! 🥰🥰
Great video Val! 😻 I love your current style, it's very similar to mine. Thank you for sharing your style journey, and all the lovely photos.
As far as being self conscious about your small chest when you were younger, I was very self conscious for the exact opposite reason. I had a very tiny and petite overall body frame, but at 11 years old, I developed a very full and large chest, which I was harassed and teased mercilessly about.... so in order to try and minimize things, I would walk with my shoulders all hunched over, which set the stage for me to develop terrible posture.... even to this day, and I just turned 57 on May 6. I'm going to back up just a bit. There is a very strong maternal history of breast cancer in my family. My grandmother, mother and 3 maternal aunts died from breast cancer at early ages.... so when I was 37, I was told that I had a better than 80% chance of developing breast cancer...so I chose to have them removed and reconstructed. I had the implants for 16 and a half years, and always hated them from day one. I had mystery illness after mystery illness, long story short, the implants were making me very sick and had to be removed. That was a little over 3 years ago... I chose not to replace the implants with new ones... instead I chose to go completely natural and flat. I asked my surgeon to leave my nipples and the extra skin so at least I had something....and I'm so glad I made that decision. Even though my shirts and tops don't fit me exactly how they're supposed to... I feel better and more comfortable in my clothes now more than ever! 😊😻
Thanks so much for sharing your story Glenda! 🥲
🐈 This was so interesting to see Val. I started to look through old photos and it really helped me to understand and see where my comfortable place was and is with my fashion choices 😌 I had hand me downs and second hand clothing too as a child. I remember my first job and doing a lay-by of a deep burgundy pure wool bolero cardigan it took me 6 pay weeks to get it! I loved it. Can not remember what happened to it now though🤔. I was married and pregnant very young (still in my teens) so money was tight. But remember always looking neat, as did my son. Then 4 years later with my daughter too. Being so young I had body issues though I dropped weight very quickly, I had a bigger bust (breast fed for a very long time) and had a few stretch marks which I absolutely struggled with for a long time too. Now I am very selective in my fashion choices. Love thrifting 😄 Thank you so much for taking me down my memory lane with you. Absolutely loved this video💜
I’m so glad this prompted you to relive your memories too! 😀
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Hi Val, just watched your video and I can relate to many of the things you covered. As you know, my parents came to the UK after WW2, so I too am of East European descent. I think it must be genetics - on my paternal side (definitely not my maternal!!), that me and my paternal cousins all have a small bust (only time my bust got bigger was during my three pregnancies and then it was sooo uncomfortable!!) and as you say are rectangular, in build. I can truly say that I have discovered "my style" in the last 4years! I suddenly had a light bulb moment when we were moving house and I realised that 75% of the clothes that I had, I didn`t wear! I purchased them because they were "fashionable". So, instead of packing and moving them to our new house, I packed them off to the charity shop. And guess what, I managed with the 25% remaining clothes, for nearly two seasons! I don`t wear skirts or dresses, jeans and jumpers in winter, jeans and t-shirts rest of the year. The style of the jeans does vary with the seasons. Flat shoes/boots all year round, don`t like heels!
Thanks for sharing your story Anna! Our styles sound very similar! 💃💃
As a stay at home mother of 4 myself (all grown up and out of home) I think I have a style similar to yours. I have a lot of hand-me-downs from my mum who is a compulsive shopper (in spite of being 82) and lately I have become very selective about what I purchase and what I take from my mother. I like to take my time to see what trends stick before going shopping for them. I love shopping at TJ Maxx and Marshalls.
Yes, I love the idea of waiting on trends to see if they will become timeless on not! 🥰
Omgeee! The green dress! I feel the colour is cool perfection xo
Yeah it was a great dress 🥰
😺It really can take time to come into ourself-- to know & understand our body, thoughts & preferences. Funny thing though, as we age, these things tend to shift again. Perhaps it's best to think of our life & style in phases, dependent on life cycles & interests; oh & health/ wellness. May you enjoy your season!
Yes I like that way of thinking! 🥰
Val-you are so photogenic! You look beautiful in every single photo. This was so much fun to watch as our styles are similar. Great video!
Thanks so much Grace!! 😊😊
I love this. Thank you. First time in my life I am very unsatisfied with my body (after two kids, the last one is two years old). And you videos really help me to put myself together.
I'm so glad you found this helpful! And you got this! 😊😊
🐈 loved the retro looking pics!💚
Thanks Bianca! 🥰🐈
😺It's interesting to see the evolution of your style over the years. I'm much older than you (I have grandchildren) but I identify with much of what you shared about your style journey.
That's so interesting to hear! Do you feel happy with your style and wardrobe now? ❤
@@ValKovalchuk Hi Val, my wardrobe is a work in progress! I'm in the midst of a 'wear everything in your closet challenge.' It's been eye-opening! 😊 I appreciate your videos and your approach to your UA-cam channel. All the best, Margo
🐈love your content it’s close to my style taste. Hearing your patience with body fluctuation is helpful I’m 62 and fluctuation seems to be back again!
Thanks Amma! It's definitely not easy sometimes.. if you want more tips on body fluctuations, I talk about it more in this video here: ua-cam.com/video/CYA2b4tl7fU/v-deo.html
I'm going through my first pregnancy currently, and I'm really struggling to still feel stylish and good about the clothes I wear. I appreciate your videos and the inspiration they give me that I can still dress for comfort and style as a mom! 🐱
I can totally relate! Thanks for watching 😊
🐈 thank you for sharing! I’m just starting to figure out my style and how to dress my post-babies body. Your channel has been inspirational and so helpful.
That's so great to hear! I wish you luck, it can be such a hard time postpartum. ❤
I love listening to your story and the journey you took to discover style that is comfy and looks great on you! I am going through a life change and needing to start over with my clothes closet. I have gotten so many tips from you as I grow my capsule wardrobe. Thanks ! And always looking forward to your next video.🌺🐆
I love the bangs - suits you very much!
thanks, they were fun to have! 🥰
Also, you look beautiful with short hair and long hair alike. You truly inspire me to cut it short again with a more simple style! Not sure I could brave that again, as I was really unhappy with short hair before. But, that was before my style became what it is becoming now.
Look through Pinterest and see what styles you like. Also be realistic about if it’s a chance you are willing take because you might not like it. I got bangs and a very bad layered cut in January and hated it on me 😂 so I just kept my hair in a ponytail and wore a headband!! Then when the bangs finally grew out some I cut it in a short bob that was fun. I actually like it slightly longer mid length bob (the length now) and yeah it’s just hair. It grows back or can be pulled back or whatever.
This is awesome. Very relatable journey that I still feel like I'm going through, and I feel like I got actual tips from it. Thanks!
Glad it was helpful Becky! 🥰
Love your video!!! Was very interested to see all the pictures and heard your comments! Love you! God bless you!
Thank you! 🥰
Thank you for sharing your journey. 🐈
Thanks for watching Andrea! 😊🐈⬛
Thanks for your open and candid journey. Your journey resonates with alot of young girls & nice of you to make others feel okay! 🦊
Yes I hope it will be helpful for someone to hear my story 🥰
Thank you so much for sharing! You are so awesome and amazing and inspiring! Love your videos! God bless! :-)
Aw thanks Laura! 🥰
🐈⬛Love your casual style ❤️
Thanks Joy! 🥰
🐱 I loved this video! I like your channel because you have a relaxed natural style! I think that this is just you but also as a fellow west coast girl I see that more relaxed style here! Keep up the good work! Your family is adorable! 😍
Thanks so much for watching! 😊🐈⬛
🐈 thank you for sharing! I can certainly relate to the struggle of finding the right clothes to feel good in during pregnancy (currently pregnant). And now I’m thinking about how my clothes afterwards need to allow me access for breastfeeding…lots to consider and difficult to find certain things in my style (which I’m starting to finally pinpoint). The struggle is real!
Ha yes it is! But the kids are so worth it of course! 😁😁
@@ValKovalchuk absolutely!
😸Thank you so much for sharing your journey and putting so much thoughtfulness and vulnerability into it. This was such a beautiful progression to watch, and I love that you are happy with where you are now. A lightbulb when on for me when you said "that's what I thought being stylish was," referring to women in blazers and heels, because I think I've had the same expectation of myself but I also feel uncomfortable in fancier clothing. It feels so freeing to realize that "stylish" can be achieved in casual clothes, too. Thank you so much for this! Also, I think you are so gorgeous and I love that you feel more comfortable in your body now. Keep being you, it's inspiring!
Thanks so much for your kind comment Alexis! And yay for the freedom of being as stylish as WE want to be! 🥰
🐱💖 loved the green silk dress! I wonder if you could have dyed it maybe to a black? Sorry I know It’s gone! But I’ve started to think if I love the shape of a dress or an item where the colour isn’t quite working this may be an option. Loved this, possibly one of my favourite videos so far 🌷
Yes I would definitely consider that now! Thanks for watching Camilla! 🥰🐈⬛
Thank you for this film ❤
thanks for watching! 🥰
You have lovely hair styles. I really appreciate how naturally healthy your hair looks. Very pretty!
Thank you! I’ve finally found a hairstyle that I love and have been rocking it for the past 4 years 💁🏻♀️💁🏻♀️
Loved this video!! So cool to see style evolution. I need to analyze my style journey. I think I went through many of the same “phases” as you! 🐱
Yes do it, it was so fun to reflect on the past 🥰
cat emoji!! We are opposites. I had my first child at 39; second at nearly 41---- my minimalist style was well established then but I still felt awful style wise post partum LOL.
Yes it can be such a hard time! 🐈⬛🐈⬛
Thanks for sharing your journey. BTW I love your engagement picture.
Thanks Renate! 🥰
so glad you shared this with us, and your kiddos are so darling! Also you look great with bangs.
Thanks Allie! 🥰
Minimal chic - love it 🤩🇩🇰🙌🌷
Thanks Anna! 🥰🥰
I enjoyed this video so much that I re-watched it again today! Thanks, Val. 😻🐈
Glad you enjoyed it!
Val, I love your style. I am constantly struggling to find my own and feel very inspired by you! I love the idea of elevated casual 😻😻😻Love your videos!!!
Thanks Leah! And you can totally do it too! 🥰🥰
You are beautiful Val, I so enjoyed watching your style journey, your insecurities, which we all have, and the road to acceptance that we are alright just the way we are, you have a beautiful soul.. x 😽
Thank you so much! ❤
Val, your so sweet and honest. I love your style and you’ve helped me rethink on how to dress. Blessings.
Thanks for always watching Ana! 😊
great video! The photos you shared and your style journey were soooo interesting, I love it😻😻😻 (sorry for my bad english, kisses from France)
Your English is great! Thanks for watching! 🐈⬛🥰🐈⬛
Thanks for sharing your story😽
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😸💕Thanks for sharing so many pictures from before, it was fun! 😊
Thanks, it was so fun to put together! 😀
You were beautiful in all of your years!!! But yes, personal style is journey
Thank you so much!! 🥰
Great video Val! I can relate to your style changes over the years. I thought I would like the very traditional dress-up style but I didn’t like the real casual either. I have found I feel the best in between the two like sort of elevated casual? I feel my wardrobe is very similar to yours!
I love that you discovered that for yourself as well 😊
🦁 Thanks for sharing your style journey! I really appreciate your sincerity / openness and always enjoy how you analyse things :) cheers from Austria!
Thanks for watching! 🥰🐈⬛
Thanks for sharing your style journey :) inspiring to embrace that inner voice telling you what’s clothes you’re most comfortable & confident in.
Thanks 🥰🥰
Awwwww! I really feel you and can relate xo
Aw thank you! ❤
🐱. It's a great feeling to feel good in one's clothes! Your videos are always so encouraging in this way.
Yes it's a great feeling! and I'm so glad it was encouraging to you 🥰
Thanks for sharing your journey 👍
I'm so glad you enjoyed it! 🥰
Great video, I can tell you put a lot of thought and effort into this. Thanks for sharing your style journey with us!
Thanks for watching Felicia! 🥰
Love this! 🥰🥰🥰
Thanks Heather! 🥰
😸 Very interesting to see your style evolution over the years! You definitely radiate the most confidence in your current style ❤️
Thank you so much Julie!! 🥰🐈
Thanks for sharing all the great photos!
Thanks for watching! 🥰🥰
🐈💕 thanks for this! It’s super fun to see your style evolution!
Thanks for watching! 😊🐈⬛
Thank you for sharing your journey with us! I guess it’s really helpful to look back to what your style used to be over years and analyze it ❤️
Yes it really was, I highly recommend it 😁😁
Hi! I just stumbled across this video and your channel! I desperately need to redo my whole wardrobe, but am struggling with how to balance that with all of our other financial priorities. Sounds like you were on a budget, raising a family, so I’m curious how you may have approached that! ❤️
I have a couple of videos where I talk about that! 😁 The first one I would recommend is "how to build a sustainable wardrobe on a budget" that's where I share all the ways that I rebuilt my wardrobe: ua-cam.com/video/S9YqvxpTvhQ/v-deo.html
And then next, I highly recommend you watch my series "the beginner's guide on finding your style"
You can find it in the playlists tab 😊
Good luck, you can do it!
Thanks for your honesty in sharing about your styling journey!
Thanks for watching Maria! 🥰
😻 you are a great inspiration
Thanks Annie! 🐈⬛🥰🐈⬛
That beautiful body has also blessed you with Four beautiful babies ! Love your style journey. Just keep being you that’s what we are here for x 🐱
Thank you so much!! And yes, I love those 4 babies of mine 🥰
🐱Thank you for this video! It was great!
Thanks for watching to the end Sherry! 🐈🥰
Loving your channel! Keep up the great work. 🐱
Thanks so much Juliana! 😀
🐈 Love your content! 🐈
Thank you! 🐈⬛🥰
Very relatable journey and thank you for sharing! :)
Thanks Nicole! 😊
Love ❤️ your channel! 😸
Thank you! 😊
Thanks for sharing your style journey 😸
Thanks so much for watching! 🥰🐈
😻500 Days of Summer-❤️it!
You liked it too? Nice! 😊🐈⬛
🐅 inspirational video. Thanks for sharing your journey
Glad you enjoyed it! 🐈🥰
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Great video! Thank you ❤️
Thanks for watching all the way!! 🥰🥰
I love your channel 😊
Thank you! 😊
I too love dressing casual 🐈
Yes, it’s the best! 😊🐈⬛
Great vid! 🐱
Thanks Yessi! 😊🐈⬛
😺❤ loved this video
Thank you Susan! 🥰🐈
How do you look 25 and already have 4 kids, and I’m sitting in my room, just had my 30th birthday, single af 🙃
I hope you are having a good day today! 🥰 and I think it might just be genes 😁
🐕 sorry had to be a dog emoji for me Val 😉🌷
Ha you’re a dog person huh? 🥰🥰
@@ValKovalchuk like cats…. Love dogs… have a wonderful day Val😊
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Thanks for watching Jill! 🥰
Hi Val! I replayed your YT wardrobe videos yesterday and it got me thinking: where do you put your t-shirts and camisoles: fold in drawer or hangin in the closet? Because they are fold here but everytime I want to wear them they are all wrinkled. At the same time I have a small closet so I dont have huge place to hang all t-shirt in addition to my clothes. Solution besides ironing them every morning? Thank you so much
I do hang most of my t shirts, but another thing you can try is to fold them the marie kondo way and that way they would have less wrinkles! 🥰 you can google that to see how she does it, that's how I fold most of my loungewear.
@@ValKovalchuk its already fold “konmari way”😂its wrinkled
Oh no! 😅 maybe just hang your most favorite t shirts then if you have the room
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thanks for watching! 🐈
How accurate is Everlane sizing. I usually wear a small but am wondering if the Alpaca crew is oversized.
It is a little oversized, the one I have was shrunken a little in the wash when I got it, so it fits a little more slim on me. Its a size small.
This is my cat emoji
😅 love it!
Thanks for sharing your journey. ** cat emoji **
Thanks for watching all the way to the end! 🐈⬛🐈⬛
Would you know how you’d style yourself in pregnancy or early postpartum again at this point?
I felt pretty confident in my overall style this last pregnancy, its just that I didn't want to buy any new maternity clothes since it was going to be my last pregnancy, so I was just trying to get through it with what I already had.. It was fine, just not my favorite season of life style wise 😁😁
@@ValKovalchuk I would really appreciate a video (or several) on how to avoid over-buying - but still dressing myself for the period of time of pregnancy - postpartum - pregnancy and so on. If you think you have lessons learned to share. I have a very different body shape (5'1" and approximately hourglass and about 150 lbs). However, your processes and strategies have proven valuable to me!
I would recommend you watch this video from Useless: ua-cam.com/video/mjrOic8zBoo/v-deo.html
She was way more stylish when she was pregnant than me 😅
@@ValKovalchuk thanks so much!
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