Costume or couture?

Happy Halloween!!
It's a shame that so many people wait for opportunities to get dressed up, don't get me wrong I'm not the kind of girl who is constantly dressed to impress in fact as I left the house this morning it was pointed out that it would be a long list before anyone guessed what I did for a living.  Harsh but fair my friend, skinny jeans and a jumper, which was fine except I threw on trainers, as I was running out the door.  As a note to myself a ballet flat or boots would have been much more appropriate, as I would have felt a little less like a sloppy mess, I'm still working on taking all my own advice.
Back to the point of writing today (attention span of a goldfish).  Dressing up has always been fun, an experience to enjoy, yet we wrap it up in all these completely unnecessary anxieties.  Do you remember when it didn't matter so much, when you hadn't decided who you wanted to be and made declarative decision based on that, for example, I don't wear red, I prefer to avoid structured dresses, rouching makes me look fat - as generalisations all these sentences are universally wrong.  If you want to wear red find the red that suits you, try it in different fabrics, it may not work as a flat colour, so wear silk as this will give it more movement.  If you love something and want to wear it, please do, have the confidence to believe in yourself, as you can literally carry off anything.  Maybe it won't be your best fashion moment but maybe you'll see a side of yourself you had forgotten.
Even if you try it on Halloween and pretend its a costume, try being someone else, you might find it's a little more you.