https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/have-books-influenced-your-style Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 26 Apr 2026 08:25:37 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/have-books-influenced-your-style#post-20388 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:07:42 +0000 Anonymous 20388@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This may not be the type of book you mean, but I've been reading _Staging Your Comeback_ by Christopher Hopkins. It's amazing how even after 60 years it's still hard to be objective about yourself. That's why we need Angie and this forum.<br /> Using the questions and examples, I'm facing that I'm mostly a Classic who wants that type clothing with a twist so it isn't boring or predictable. So my "shadow profile" is Innovative. I'm actually most comfortable in a great suit with an interesting scarf, but my lifestyle is such that I really don't wear a suit more than a couple times a year. </p> <p>The shadow profile I need is Casual (so Classic with casual elements). I desperately need to get comfortable with casual and smart casual. I suppose the book is influencing me in helping define where I'm at and where I want to be. I consistantly fill my closet with clothing that is too dressy for what I actually need to wear on a daily basis, then have nothing appropriate to wear. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/have-books-influenced-your-style#post-20379 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:50:33 +0000 Nicole 20379@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I can't say that a character in a book ever inspired me to dress a certain way or buy any particular article of clothing. I'm more of a visual person...All the 80's Molly Ringwald movies affected my choices back in highschool....that's about as close as it gets. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/have-books-influenced-your-style#post-20333 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 07:47:53 +0000 Maya 20333@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Good topic!</p> <p>I got this book about the fashion/style of Audrey Hepburn as a birthday gift a few years ago. Somewhere in there, there was a list of items that Audrey always had in her closet, so I took that list and ran with it. Of course I did not have a body like hers (does anyone?), but I was straight and boyish at the time so it seemed to work, and also introduced me to my obsession with ballet flats. It also gave me a pretty good wardrobe of basics, which I didn't really have yet. </p> <p>I learned a lot from that book...less about fashion and more about style, and how her elegance really did come from within. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/have-books-influenced-your-style#post-20331 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 07:34:44 +0000 anne 20331@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Nicoles recent thread on reading sparked this question in my mind. Have books influenced your style? When I was a child I loved Little house on the prairie (I have never seen the TV show, but the books really turned me into the bookworm I have been even since). They affected the way I dressed; I refused to wear jeans until I was nine, wore hats to avoid getting tanned (before this was recommended behaviour) and tried to execute bizarre mid 19C hair styles that I had read about.<br /> Some of the fashions of the time (early 80's) fitted quite well into this obsession of mine - particularly those inspired by (as she then was) Lady Di. </p>