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Daily Inspiration Quote by Alexandra Paul

"I'm very out of style... or I should say I have my own style"

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There is a small act of self-defense tucked into Alexandra Pauls pause: "Im very out of style... or I should say I have my own style". The first clause sounds like a confession, almost baiting the listener to file her under irrelevant. Then she snaps the frame shut and rebuilds it on her terms. That pivot is the whole point: she acknowledges how brutally fashion and fame police womens bodies, age, and choices, but refuses to let the verdict stand.

As an actress, Paul is speaking from an industry where style is less about taste than compliance. Red carpets and casting rooms reward a narrow, highly managed version of "current" - a moving target that keeps women spending, shrinking, and apologizing. By admitting "out of style" first, she shows she knows the rules and the penalties. The correction - "my own style" - is not just confidence; its a strategy. It turns what could be read as failure to keep up into a deliberate identity, an authored brand rather than a deficit.

The line lands because it stages a negotiation in real time: insecurity gets airtime, then gets edited. Its also quietly funny. Paul isnt pretending shes above trends; shes demonstrating that trendiness is optional, and that opting out can be a form of agency. In a culture that treats womens aesthetics as public property, "my own style" is a boundary disguised as a shrug.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Paul, Alexandra. (2026, January 16). I'm very out of style... or I should say I have my own style. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/im-very-out-of-style-or-i-should-say-i-have-my-122588/

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Paul, Alexandra. "I'm very out of style... or I should say I have my own style." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/im-very-out-of-style-or-i-should-say-i-have-my-122588/.

MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I'm very out of style... or I should say I have my own style." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/im-very-out-of-style-or-i-should-say-i-have-my-122588/. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.

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Alexandra Paul

Alexandra Paul (born July 29, 1963) is a Actress from USA.

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