https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-classic-is-on-one-end-of-the-continuum-whats-on-the-other-side Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 03 Jun 2026 03:40:53 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-classic-is-on-one-end-of-the-continuum-whats-on-the-other-side/page/3#post-503966 Sat, 07 Jan 2012 19:49:40 +0000 Beth 503966@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Julie, that's awesome! Yes!</p> <p>I agree that men can most definitely be classic dressers. Most of the men I know well are. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-classic-is-on-one-end-of-the-continuum-whats-on-the-other-side/page/3#post-503914 Sat, 07 Jan 2012 18:57:18 +0000 Angie 503914@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yay, Julie! LOVE your brilliant analogy. </p> <p>Sure, Jayne. Some men are very classic dressers. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-classic-is-on-one-end-of-the-continuum-whats-on-the-other-side/page/3#post-503911 Sat, 07 Jan 2012 18:53:59 +0000 rosee 503911@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>RoseandJoan (Julie?): I second "brilliant". I love a good geek! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-classic-is-on-one-end-of-the-continuum-whats-on-the-other-side/page/3#post-503898 Sat, 07 Jan 2012 18:36:28 +0000 jayne 503898@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Do men dress classically? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-classic-is-on-one-end-of-the-continuum-whats-on-the-other-side/page/3#post-503896 Sat, 07 Jan 2012 18:31:23 +0000 Suz 503896@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Julie, that's brilliant! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-classic-is-on-one-end-of-the-continuum-whats-on-the-other-side/page/3#post-503891 Sat, 07 Jan 2012 18:24:24 +0000 RoseandJoan 503891@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Please excuse me for reawakening this thread but I have been giving this some thought :-)</p> <p>If you imagine fashion/style as a solar system the star upon which are universe hinged would be formed by the classics BUT nobody (to my knowledge) dresses exclusively wearing classic pieces, therefore our style personas become planets. Some planets such as modern classic orbit very closely to the sun whilst other planets such as avant garde are in the outer reaches of our solar system but are still inexplicably drawn to the classic sun.</p> <p>So in this analogy, as with our solar system, the planets orbits are elliptical and therefore even the most avant garde dressers will move closer to the classic sun at some points in time.</p> <p>And if our classic sun would be destroyed...our style planets would rocket off into space on an unknown trajectory seeking out another star.</p> <p>(good heavens I am such a geek and I100% blame Brian Cox!!!)<br /> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Cox_(physicist)" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Cox_(physicist)</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-classic-is-on-one-end-of-the-continuum-whats-on-the-other-side/page/2#post-503459 Sat, 07 Jan 2012 04:05:51 +0000 Ana 503459@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's hard to describe three dimensional objects using only words, isn't it? I think I had an idea of what you were thinking though, Aida. : ) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-classic-is-on-one-end-of-the-continuum-whats-on-the-other-side/page/2#post-503455 Sat, 07 Jan 2012 03:54:17 +0000 Aida 503455@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>*nodnod* 3D is exactly what I'm picturing, though I had a hard time explaining it. Kind of like those lightning balls! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-classic-is-on-one-end-of-the-continuum-whats-on-the-other-side/page/2#post-503391 Sat, 07 Jan 2012 02:33:14 +0000 Sona 503391@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I also like the term alternative. Like in my mind you could be modern classic or classic boho but classic alternative is a no go but if I was to change the words around: alternative classic then maybe that is the all paths lead to classic : divergent yet convergent analogy?</p> <p>Hmmmmmmmmmmmm. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-classic-is-on-one-end-of-the-continuum-whats-on-the-other-side/page/2#post-503353 Sat, 07 Jan 2012 01:58:24 +0000 greenglove 503353@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Such genius! Ana and Aida- love your thinking!<br /> I think" everything else" and "non-classic" still are in the lead.<br /> Una- brilliant!<br /> Angie, makes perfect sense to me! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-classic-is-on-one-end-of-the-continuum-whats-on-the-other-side/page/2#post-503347 Sat, 07 Jan 2012 01:55:04 +0000 annagybe 503347@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Tarzy said it, "not me". LMAO. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-classic-is-on-one-end-of-the-continuum-whats-on-the-other-side/page/2#post-503322 Sat, 07 Jan 2012 01:29:42 +0000 Mellllls 503322@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>i'm going with trendy and on the fringe. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-classic-is-on-one-end-of-the-continuum-whats-on-the-other-side/page/2#post-503320 Sat, 07 Jan 2012 01:28:57 +0000 Angie 503320@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ana, I agree. But if you discuss one style - like Boho - what's on the other end? Classic. If you discuss Urban, what's on the other end? Classic. If you discuss Eclectic, what's on the other end? Classic. Does that make sense? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-classic-is-on-one-end-of-the-continuum-whats-on-the-other-side/page/2#post-503317 Sat, 07 Jan 2012 01:26:40 +0000 Ana 503317@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie, I think we posted at the same time. I think it is greater than one continuum. : )</p> <p>ETA: Thanks, Angie. It's not a completely accurate model because all the branches would have to touch the middle (classic) and this star doesn't quite do that, but it probably looks something along this vein. </p> <p>This is fun. Fashion Geometry! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-classic-is-on-one-end-of-the-continuum-whats-on-the-other-side/page/2#post-503314 Sat, 07 Jan 2012 01:25:20 +0000 Angie 503314@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Rae and Ana, OR, there are many, many, many continuums. </p> <p>I like that 3-D Star, Ana! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-classic-is-on-one-end-of-the-continuum-whats-on-the-other-side/page/2#post-503313 Sat, 07 Jan 2012 01:25:17 +0000 Ana 503313@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Rae has a point. It's not really one continuum. I think what Aida was saying is that Classic like a circle in the middle, and all the other styles link off it but also connect to each other. I think our fashion style model has entered the realm of three-dimensionality (at least). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-classic-is-on-one-end-of-the-continuum-whats-on-the-other-side/page/2#post-503306 Sat, 07 Jan 2012 01:20:48 +0000 nicoleb 503306@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Once again, my head is spinning. </p> <p>I was just going to say crazy.... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-classic-is-on-one-end-of-the-continuum-whats-on-the-other-side/page/2#post-503304 Sat, 07 Jan 2012 01:20:15 +0000 catgirl 503304@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oooh, I was kind of onto something! Everything else falls into Non-Classic! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-classic-is-on-one-end-of-the-continuum-whats-on-the-other-side/page/2#post-503300 Sat, 07 Jan 2012 01:17:52 +0000 rae 503300@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>If everything else is equally the opposite of Classic, then there isn't a continuum at all. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-classic-is-on-one-end-of-the-continuum-whats-on-the-other-side/page/2#post-503270 Sat, 07 Jan 2012 01:03:49 +0000 Angie 503270@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ana and Aida - YES! Such astute ladies. Classic is on the other side of all those other style vibes - all paths lead back to Classic. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-classic-is-on-one-end-of-the-continuum-whats-on-the-other-side/page/2#post-503257 Sat, 07 Jan 2012 00:59:59 +0000 Ana 503257@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think I see what you're saying, Aida. Is it that "Classic" is the opposite of every other style type? The opposite of "Arty" is "Classic" and the opposite of "Urban" is also "Classic," etc.? If that is true, then we are all *technically* correct! ; ) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-classic-is-on-one-end-of-the-continuum-whats-on-the-other-side/page/2#post-503232 Sat, 07 Jan 2012 00:49:18 +0000 Aida 503232@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hmm "everything else" seems right to me. I think it's probably less of a linear continuum and more of a.. center of many continuums. If classic includes all those timeless items that can be used in so many different style types, then all other styles satellite out of that (and overlap too, I suppose). So ignoring the need for overlap for a moment, if my style is Urban and someone else's is Boho, we sort of have two different streams leading back to "classic" and would fall somewhere along THAT continuum. I'm kind of picturing a pretty rock floating in the center of a sphere of water, and all paths away from the center could be the continuum of a style that can overlap with any other. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-classic-is-on-one-end-of-the-continuum-whats-on-the-other-side/page/2#post-503174 Sat, 07 Jan 2012 00:07:23 +0000 Dashrashi 503174@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wacky, or trendy. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-classic-is-on-one-end-of-the-continuum-whats-on-the-other-side/page/2#post-503069 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 22:37:21 +0000 Ana 503069@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So we have to test our theory that there is "Classic" and then there is "everything else." What style is the opposite of "Arty" or "Avante Garde?" What is the opposite of "Urban?" You see what I am saying? Why would it not be "Avante Garde" and "everything else?" Or, "UWP" and everything else? I think the way we are categorizing this, for this statement to be true, then all other styles would have to have an opposite, except for "Classic."</p> <p>Lol, Una! Actually, I think "non-classic" is very accurate. : ) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-classic-is-on-one-end-of-the-continuum-whats-on-the-other-side/page/2#post-503040 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 22:14:33 +0000 rachylou 503040@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Too funny, alaskagirl! You are a crack-up! That is sooooo true. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-classic-is-on-one-end-of-the-continuum-whats-on-the-other-side/page/2#post-503005 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:47:03 +0000 catgirl 503005@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>"Non-classic"</p> <p>I crack myself up!</p> <p>I have been pondering this all morning and can't come up with anything new. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-classic-is-on-one-end-of-the-continuum-whats-on-the-other-side/page/2#post-503001 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:41:58 +0000 tarzy 503001@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I call it "Annagybe." </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-classic-is-on-one-end-of-the-continuum-whats-on-the-other-side/page/2#post-502975 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:04:08 +0000 ironkurtin 502975@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't think Classic has an antonym in the way we are using it. It's not like good/bad. It's more like blue/yellow. So just like blue and yellow are colors, Classic is a style - just like Trendy and Avant Garde. They're distinct, but not opposites. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-classic-is-on-one-end-of-the-continuum-whats-on-the-other-side/page/2#post-502972 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:56:35 +0000 greenglove 502972@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ah, interesting thoughts. I do not think "Baroque" describes non- classic styles anymore than "punk" or "trendy" would. Classic items do not follow a particular form or structure necessarily, I do not think.<br /> Julie, yes they do evolve so maybe they are not consistent but become so over time.<br /> Art is a difficult analogy because it refers to periods of time and when we are talking about classic style, many time periods are represented.<br /> Are all classics simple in design? I think there is room to disagree with that although I cannot think of an example. Someone will on this thread, I suspect </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-classic-is-on-one-end-of-the-continuum-whats-on-the-other-side/page/2#post-502960 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:44:24 +0000 RoseandJoan 502960@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Jean, perhaps you could ask your art class I also think classics in themselves also have an inconsistency in that they do still evolve. A vintage trench has slightly different signifiers than a burberry trench on sale today IMO. </p>