SOOOO interesting, everyone.
Going back to Jung's actual definition of the "shadow" and thinking about repressed sides of ourselves...I am not so sure the boho is repressed in me. So maybe boho is more my "fantasy" style than my shadow style. And my definition is completely wonky!
The repressed side would seem more like what you wouldn't be caught DEAD wearing.
For me, that would be overtly sexy clothes—anything super tight, super high heeled, bust and bum enhancing to the max (I would NEED the max, or no one would even notice mine, heh heh), anything super bombshell, I guess. Having said all this, do I secretly admire this look on others? Um...no. Unless it is done in a ladylike way as per Goldenpig. I just don't aspire to it. But maybe that shows how much I truly need it? Hmmm. Carole, I share your confusion, and I'm the one who started this crazy thread! Maybe I should have used another term besides "shadow" to describe the less acknowledged but desired style. Perhaps "shadow" is best suited to the style that one represses and tries to avoid at all costs.
Astrid, Meredith, Traci, Jyoti, Amy, Ana - I can understand your choices. They make absolute sense. Thanks for those links to the Lucky definitions!!
Ruth, biscuit mom, high five. More boho wannabes. There are a lot of us.
Helen, I am having some fun picturing you getting all done up like an Executrix!
Vix, thank you, again! It is your thinking on this that got me going. I admire your ability to blend your various style personnae into a coherent whole. That is something we can all aspire to!
But Harmonica and Jayne, I hear you on not being fixed yet in any one style; I don't think I've settled yet, either. (Story of my life, or what?) But I DO think YLF is helping me get closer.
Dianthus, you are GORGEOUS in your gowns, and that 30s Hollywood glamour looks made for you. That's no shadow, lady. Those are your wings!
ManidiaM, you're another one whose shadows make perfect sense to me. Of course you would be attracted on some level to those crisp, English looks. (The history of colonized countries being what it is, I share some of that yen with you!) And for you it would be stronger because the climate you live in makes it much harder to pull off—so that much more desirable. I think you COULD incorporate more UWP but it would also be very difficult. The floaty and flowing simply work better than the tough when the temperature is 100 degrees in the shade!
Natalie, Steampunk is perfect as your shadow style. And your outfit is fab!