Priyanka Chopra Was Scared to Try This Trend. Now, She Can't Stop Wearing It

PS: Have you tried out a trend or specific look in recent history that surprised you, whether good or bad?

PCJ: I was training for a movie recently and I had a reintroduction with my abs after a long time. I hadn't been confident about wearing crop tops and stuff like that. I was going to a public place and I remember I wore a crop top and skirt, and I was really nervous about it. I was like, "Oh man, I'm not going to be comfortable sitting," and all those things that you think about when you're wearing a crop top. But I felt good because I felt healthy, confident, and fit and I was really surprised. I wasn't sure when I was walking out the door but I was like, "Alright, I'm going to push myself." And then eventually I turned around and added that into my wardrobe a lot more.

PS: What would you say to someone who doesn't have as much experience mustering up the confidence to walk outside in an unfamiliar look?

PCJ: It has to be your version of it. My version of it was this experience. Confidence is about how you carry yourself once you let fashion resonate with how you're feeling and you find your mode of self-expression. If confidence was tangible, your outfit would be that. It's like wearing your confidence on the outside. So ask yourself what you want to achieve today — whether you have a job interview or you're just going to work and doing your hair differently or maybe trying a different hat.

I wasn't a hat person for the longest time, and then I was just like, "You know what? I'm going to try it again." And now I'm suddenly a baseball cap person. If you're curious about putting away that negative attitude and pushing yourself in the moment, do something you've been thinking about doing but haven't. Just do it, then see how you feel.