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Her #OOTDs include power strips and stuffed animals.
Myra Magdalen doesnt have a specific name for her sense of style.
How do I make this the most me that it can be?
she tells Bustle of her thought process.
Magdalen has built an audience of more than 400,800 followers through her weekly Get Dressed With Me videos.
Being a content creator is foremost about expressing authenticity, according to Magdalen.
Instead, she made outfit-of-the-day videos using more mainstream clothing, with the occasional funky detail mixed in.
But she didnt find her crowd online until she started to create fashion content that she actually liked.
I started talking in videos, she tells Bustle.
And thought, Im just going to do whatever, but thats when I found an audience.
Here, we talk to Magdalen about maximalist fashion and dressing for yourself.
You thrift a lot of your big items or find them secondhand.
Where do you get the inspiration from to turn them into outfits?
It comes from a couple things.
My mom has always had a funky style, so [my fashion sense] comes from that.
The lines between stuff I like and stuff I wear are a little bit blurred.
Im going to wear it.
Its one thing to have something sit in your apartment, [but] sometimes thats not enough.
Do you have any style icons youre inspired by?
I take little bits and pieces from everyone that I see, online and in real life.
Im going to do something with that.
Whats your creative process for building an outfit?
I see an object, general idea, or theme and think, I vibe with that.
Then I give a shot to allow myself to be influenced by what resonates with me.
You use some heavy items when styling, like a laptop or robotic creatures.
How do you attach those to your clothing?
I do industrial Velcro.
Its calledsuper strength Velcro, depending on where you get it.
I learned the Velcro trick from my mom.
Do you wear your outfits out, and if so, what kind of reactions do you get?
Has anyone ever offered to buy your clothing while you were wearing it?
Yes, especially when I was living in Los Angeles.
I take it as a huge compliment.
One time I was out with my friend and we were taking pictures downtown.
I had a woman offer to buy that off of me.
What advice do you have for someone interested in trying out maximalism?
[For example,] I really like bugs and I really like technology.
Maximalism is great because you cant mess up.
You cant do it wrong if nobody knows what youre doing.
This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.
