So I think feedback is really important
Watching and imitating others, studying style and fashion, etc., are all great ways to grow. But understanding the way you are seen by others is important element, as is the ability to filter what is useful and relevant and what is not.
Communicating what you're after and having people who know you definitely increases the quality of the feedback. But you can take a lot of feedback, and understand what the person is saying and where they are coming from and again filter it for what it's relevant to you.
This is definitely an old man take, but I feel like the ability to take a broad spectrum of feedback, and have the discretion to understand what you need and you don't, is becoming something of a lost art.
