If you could make a resolution to change or improve your style in 2014, what would it be? That was the question The Royal Gazette Lifestyle section asked a handful of fashionable people we met while doing their last-minute shopping for the holidays.

International reggae star Colin Harper, aka Collie Buddz, said one thing he hopes to try in the New Year is add more colour to his wardrobe.

He was wearing sneakers by noted designer Martin Margiela at the time; Mr Harper described his style as casual and said it usually includes a button-down shirt, jeans and a nice pair of sneakers.

He said: “I am usually just wearing kind of a plain shirt, but nowadays it’s about bright colours. I also heard if you are matching, it shows your age, so my goal is to not match quite so much.”

Student Gigi Cockell, 16, said she has a preppy and quirky sense of style. The teenager has vowed to wear less pastels and muted colours in 2014, despite having a lot of those items in her wardrobe.

“I want to go for more patterns in the New Year because it’s different. I saw a lot of geometric patterns on the high street in London and quite like that,” she said.

Nzingha Ming, an assistant art gallery director, said she hopes to be more bold with her fashion choices in 2014.

“My resolution would be to be more unique. Before I moved back to the Island I used to dress for me, bust based on where I am I tend to adapt my clothes so I don’t stand out so much.

“This year I am resolving to do more of my own thing.”

Orla McCrann, 35, typically wears really bright colours and anything with a pattern.

“I have about ten different animals in my wardrobe or more,” she said with a laugh.

The IT professional said her style resolution is to incorporate more vintage pieces into her outfits in 2014.

“I have stayed away from vintage in the past little while, but hope to buy more,” she said. “It’s hard when you live here, but vintage is great because you know that no one else has it; it’s unique and you get some great finds as well.”

Banker Steven Simons, 31, wants to be more experimental with his style in the coming year.

He said: “I tend to be very conservative with my business look so I just want to be able to mix things up a little and experiment. That would be good.”

Keara Masterson, 38, a visitor from Dublin, Ireland, typically has a classy and elegant style of dress, but wants to try and incorporate more casual pieces into her closet.

“Even when I wear jeans I tend to dress them up, so I feel I would like to be more casual, just to have a mix between work and leisure wear,” she said.

Densil Gibbons, a 30-year-old construction worker, said he tries to let his style reflect his fun and entertaining personality.

His style resolution for the New Year is to make sure he shines in whatever he is wearing. He said: “You can’t wear the same thing all the time. I will have to see what they bring out in 2014, but my motto will be that the man makes the clothes, the clothes don’t make the man.

“I want to try to put a little bit of myself in everything I wear so that it shows off my personality.”