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What does dopamine dressing mean?? Dopamine dressing is dressing in a way that expresses happiness, excitement, and joy by wearing things that are colorful, fun, and a bit funky! It’s one of my favorite things and it’s an instant mood booster when I’m feeling down.
I always say that life is too short to wear boring clothes, and dressing like you’re excited about life even when you have nowhere to go or nothing to do means you’ll make your own fun no matter what!
I got started dopamine dressing when I first entered the workforce full time after college. The engineering field and the strict requirements of the corporate workforce really made me feel like my creativity got lost, and I needed an outlet to express myself, discover my own style, and figure out who I was. I started putting outfits together and exploring fashion by emulating influencers, following fashion magazines, and reading blogs. I soon figured out, though, that emulation was another form of constraint, so I started focusing on wearing what I myself genuinely liked and which clothes/accessories made me the happiest.
Once I started noticing which items of clothing and accessories I really felt excited about wearing, I went fully in that direction with my style. That’s when I started feeling the full effects of dopamine dressing!
It turns out that the journey towards wearing what you love is actually the journey to self discovery! When you take the time to notice your preferences, build confidence to express your genuine self, and live authentically, you’ll go forward with so much more than a unique wardrobe. You’ll leave with things that’ll help you in other areas of your life; things like confidence, self-love, and freedom of expression.
As a fashion blogger and lover of all things style, I’d 1000% recommend trying dopamine dressing! Dopamine dressing will lift your mood, help you discover yourself, and give you a uniquely fun wardrobe that’ll make you excited to wear.
If you’re ready to try dopamine dressing for yourself, here are my top tips for dopamine dressing that’ll teach you how to dopamine dress in a way that feels authentic to you…
PS- in my personal opinion, dopamine dressing doesn’t always have to be super colorful if that’s not authentic to you! I feel like color is one of the greatest tools to raise your mood, but you don’t have to wear all the colors at once if that doesn’t make you happy! Dopamine dressing can be as simple as wearing your favorite color everyday, either from head to toe, or in more subtle ways like in accessories or nail art. It can even be as easy as making sure each outfit has something shiny or sparkly in it; whatever makes you feel like every day is a special occasion.
After all, that’s what dopamine dressing is all about: loving what you wear and letting those good vibes from authentic self expression lift your spirits!
PS- if you need a little dopamine dressing outfit inspo, check out the items I wore in this post (or similar finds!) linked below:
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Xx Tabi