Defining your style

Sal

I occasionally read The Online Stylist Blog. This post caught my eye.

http://www.theonlinestylist.co.uk/style-defined/

Here are some questions that can help you identify your style goal. I have adapted it slightly to make it simpler and shorter, (less photos and descriptors at the end)

1. Who are your style icons?

Cate Blanchett, Grace Kelly, Michelle Obama

2. How do you feel when you’re wearing your favourite outfit?

Relaxed and confident and attractive

3. How do you feel when you’re wearing something that’s not right?

Uncomfortable, unattractive and self conscious.

4. List some styles that you like but aren’t necessarily you.

Arty,preppy,rocker, romantic

5. List the top five lifestyle activities you dress for.

Work at home days, work meetings, gym/exercise, casual social occasions with friends and family, attending sports as a spectator.

6. Write down 5 plus words that you associate with your style story.

simple, bold, casual, boho, elegant, sporty, colour, denim, fun footwear

7. Let’s get visual. Collate 3 images the represent the words, feelings and elements you’ve listed so far.

I am aiming for boldly elegant with a sometimes classic, sporty, boho or bombshell edge depending on the occasion...

How do you get along?

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7 years ago

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Suz

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This is fabulous, Sally -- thank you! I will give it a bit of thought and time and come up with some answers.

7 years ago

Jaime

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Ditto what Suz said. I love that first picture of Giovana Battaglia.

7 years ago

Sally

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I love that first picture too and I can see the relationship between those pictures and your style. ok I'll play along.

. Who are your style icons?

Jennifer Aniston, Emmanuelle Alt, Blondie, Sophie B Hawkins, Kate Moss.

2. How do you feel when you’re wearing your favourite outfit?

Funky, cool and confident

3. How do you feel when you’re wearing something that’s not right?

frumpy, uncomfortable and unattractive

4. List some styles that you like but aren’t necessarily you.

girly, romantic, gamine,

5. List the top five lifestyle activities you dress for.

work- teaching, exercising-running/walking, weekend casual, night out with friends, lounging at home

6. Write down 5 plus words that you associate with your style story.

simple, minimal, denim, boyish, trousers, grungy, casual, rocker

7. Let’s get visual. Collate 3 images the represent the words, feelings and elements you’ve listed so far.

I am aiming for casual style which is practical yet professional if I'm at work which encompasses tomboyishness, edginess and sportiness. I like a minimal look that can go from work to running for a bus across town to meet friends.

I'll try and add 3 photos now

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7 years ago

approprio

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ooh fun game! I'll play...

1. Who are your style icons?
Tilda Swinton, David Bowie, young Japanese men

2. How do you feel when you’re wearing your favourite outfit?
Confident, comfortable in my skin, my best self

3. How do you feel when you’re wearing something that’s not right?
Awkward and self-conscious

4. List some styles that you like but aren’t necessarily you.
Polished and ladylike, fashionably casual, retro chic, art rock, baby doll grunge, urban hipster denim. I could go on forever!

5. List the top five lifestyle activities you dress for.
Teaching class, running errands, working in the studio, professional engagements, small capsules for urban travel.

6. Write down 5 plus words that you associate with your style story.
Timeless, urban, eclectic, androgynous, individual

7. Let’s get visual. Collate 3 images the represent the words, feelings and elements you’ve listed so far.
I'm aiming for a unique look with real longevity that fits my lifestyle and reflects my interest in fashion. It needs to feel contemporary and relevant without being too influenced by current trends.

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7 years ago

Sal

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Look forward to your results Suz and Shevia.

Sally - that sounds about right. With last week I think you could add boho in too.

Rio - again, that seems to sum up your style. I loved this phrase "I'm aiming for a unique look with real longevity that fits my lifestyle and reflects my interest in fashion. It needs to feel contemporary and relevant without being too influenced by current trends."

If I replace unique with individual this absolutely true for me too.

7 years ago

rachylou

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Yes. It's time for a style definition examination!

1. Who are your style icons?

This is tough for me right now (thus the need for an examination!). I have some all time favorites, but I no longer want to dress that way - the lifestyle is dead and gone. I'm inclined for this modern era towards the two Kirstens - Dunst and Stewart. (Ok, Stewart is a Kristen but whatevs ) Then there's Penny Rimbaud and Deborah Harry.

2. How do you feel when you’re wearing your favourite outfit?

Chic, different, comfortable, stompy

3. How do you feel when you’re wearing something that’s not right?

Fussy, generic, allergic

4. List some styles that you like but aren’t necessarily you.

Classic, disco, sophisticated chic, architect, harajuku, colourful global

5. List the top five lifestyle activities you dress for.

Walking the dog, errands, hard labour chores, bakery, cultural/political/brunch events (notice how I lump those together, hehe).

6. Write down 5 plus words that you associate with your style story.

Prep, punk, hipster, backwoods/bucolic

7. Let’s get visual. Collate 3 images the represent the words, feelings and elements you’ve listed so far.

Ya...looking and looking... I guess I almost miss the passive life, where you sit around looking at paintings and strike poses. I do a lot of physical, but not sporty things, so froth and flimsy have no place... I miss the clothes, but not the boredom. Hmm. Guess Quirky Waif is still doing Country Punk...

7 years ago

Staysfit

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I love these questions! I am going to take a stab:

1. Who are your style icons?

Robin Roberts, Gina Torres, Linda Rodin, Sarah Harris, Cate Blanchett, Kate Middleton, Joan Allen

2. How do you feel when you’re wearing your favourite outfit?

Confident, powerful, genuine, comfortable,

3. How do you feel when you’re

wearing something that’s not right?

Anxious, uncomfortable, insecure, fraudulent.

4. List some styles that you like but aren’t necessarily you.

Romantic, Boho, Avant Garde

5. List the top five lifestyle activities you dress for.

Recreation/exercise; Work; Leisure at home; Special events; Travel

6. Write down 5 plus words that you associate with your style story.

Soft, Calm, Fresh, Classic, Polished, Light, Playful, Funky, Fun

Serene Elegance; Genuine Composed

7. Let’s get visual. Collate 3 images that represent the words, feelings and elements you’ve listed so far.

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7 years ago

Sal

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Rachy - I know, I would like to have a week just to be decorative and not have to put the rubbish out, walk across the fields, do the cooking, lift furniture in and out of my car - I could wear a bustle and ladylike gloves That real life does get in the way of fashion! And I think you do have a mix of punk/preppy and hipster about you. Not so sure about bucolic?

Staysfit - this looks and sounds like you. I don't know a couple of those Style Icons - will have to look them up one day (Sarah Harris, Robin Roberts). I think your looks are a great mix of confident, elegant and comfortable - they are not too fussy. I suspect that (like me) you don't have great tolerance for uncomfortable or fussy looks.

7 years ago

rachylou

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Re bucolic: we head for the hills or rocky shore quite a bit. I'd run away to the rustic coast and become a cheese maker if I weren't afraid of cows and fog

7 years ago

Sal

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I see. You would be terrified in NZ as we have wind, fog, rain, lots of cows and even more sheep......

7 years ago

rachylou

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Lol. Settles it. Have to go to NZ. Moth to flame There are free ranging cows in the hills above us. I take Lilypup out there and close my eyes and pray between cow gates. Also, sheep I can do. My first dream sheep, I'd call Groucho...hehe.

7 years ago

Staysfit

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Farley looks like a gentle sheep. He's as close to bucolic as I get. Although there is a dairy farm across the street from my neighborhood. Oh, and don't let Farley's innocent look fool you, he's a sneaky glove and sock thief! Maybe he's more goat than sheep.

I had a hard time finding my three pics. I wish one of them included some more pattern/color. I need to keep looking.

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7 years ago

Anonymous

Fun! I realized doing this how much I love Jackie O!

Style icon: Jackie O, seventies era and vacationing looks
How do i feel in good clothes: Confident, attractive
How do I feel in bad clothes: sloppy, lazy, unattractive
Styles I like but are not me: urban warrior princess, rocker
Lifestyle: office work, cottage, activities with kids
Style story: preppy, simplicity, knitwear, puffers, scarves
Three images.
I like how Jackie O is so casual and yet so put together. Notice the flip flops with her dress. Simple T shirts.
Love the big sunnies. I really need a pair!

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7 years ago

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Btw Kiwigal, I love your first two pictures and see these as very "you". I understand when you say you like "bold" boho--I like that too.
Your third picture I see as your dress-up look. You are incredible in your glamourous looks. You are Queen Glamour on YLF!

7 years ago

LaPed

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fun game!

1. Who are your style icons?
The IDLF-Emmanuelle Alt spectrum, Jean Seberg, Zooey Deschanel, 90s riot grrl bands, old farmers

2. How do you feel when you’re wearing your favourite outfit?

comfortable, confident, tough, smart, different, ready

3. How do you feel when you’re wearing something that’s not right?

exposed, ridiculous, fakin’ it, trying too hard

4. List some styles that you like but aren’t necessarily you.

crunchy, boho, zen, minimalist, architectural avant garde, classic/polished, kawaii

5. List the top five lifestyle activities you dress for.

parenting and working with kids, arts/literary events, dirty chores, hiking/backpacking, weekend city travel

6. Write down 5 plus words that you associate with your style story.

tomboy, backwoods, gamine, sporty, punk-prep, pixie, stripes, plaid, denim

7. Let’s get visual. Collate 3 images the represent the words, feelings and elements you’ve listed so far.

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7 years ago

Sal

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Smittie - Jackie O is perfect for you and you definitely need some large glasses. I wonder if you could do the headscarf? And thanks for the complement - I would love that bold striped dress. And I love dressing up and wish I had more chance to do so

La Pedestrienne - your pictures are great, and I can also see where you are going with your look. Natural fabrics, tough practical textures, great hair and denim.

7 years ago

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