One of the most fun parts of my encounter at Nordie's yesterday was when my new friend tried on a long Vince deep brown wool cardi/wrap with a hood. It looked fabulous on her, but she told me she had misgivings about brown being "low energy". (I told her about YLF's term "soul-sucking beige"!). I explained that this saturated brown was very different, but she was still struggling with how she would style it. And then a story came to me - I said to picture it like a character from 'The Lion In Winter" - it's cold, and you're stalking around an icy castle with your woolens and a big belt and boots, looking rustic and regal. That made us both see the sweater in a completely different light.

We went through the rest of our selections to see if they told us a story ("Hip widow time travels to revolutionary France" or "Indian woman morphs into Amelia Earhart") and if the story didn't appeal, we rejected the item. It was actually an incredible way to sort out what we did and didn't love.

What do you think of this idea? Do you ever do it? Am I just nuts? I'm going to apply it to my outfits for the next week or so and see if it helps me gain more insight into my own choices.