https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/interesting-article-on-choice-and-style Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 07 May 2026 14:54:26 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/interesting-article-on-choice-and-style#post-135856 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:56:38 +0000 Anonymous 135856@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I heard her interviewed by Diane Rehm just a couple of weeks ago -- very interesting woman. The podcast is available here:</p> <p><a href="http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2010-03-03/sheena-iyengar-art-choosing" rel="nofollow">http://thedianerehmshow.org/sh.....t-choosing</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/interesting-article-on-choice-and-style#post-135838 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:24:28 +0000 Boof 135838@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Very cool! I can't wait to have time to sit and read it! Good to hear from you, Medusa! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/interesting-article-on-choice-and-style#post-135837 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:13:18 +0000 Dashrashi 135837@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I had the pleasure of working with her briefly on a conference I helped organize, and she is also incredibly (INCREDIBLY) nice and willing to talk about her work. Thanks for pointing me towards the link! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/interesting-article-on-choice-and-style#post-135834 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:54:44 +0000 elpgal 135834@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Medusa! You beat me to it. I was drafting a post on this very topic and wondering if I should send PM it to Michelle. I found the article very fascinating and wish there were more details about her clothing style and how did she come up with the appropriate descriptors for her style persona. I have her book on hold for me at the library. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/interesting-article-on-choice-and-style#post-135832 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:47:56 +0000 medusa 135832@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I just saw an interesting article in the New York Times, and I just have to post about it:<br /> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/18/garden/18choice.html?pagewanted=all" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03.....wanted=all</a></p> <p>It's about the approach to home decorating (and clothes, a bit) of Sheena Iyengar. Iyengar is a really interesting person to talk about style with because (1) she's an academic who studies choice (how people choose things) and (2) she's blind. She's worked out her own system of interior decorating that's based on consensus of a group of people - it reminded me of this forum!</p> <p>Here the article describes how she found her "style" of interior decorating, using results from her research that people are overwhelmed by having too many choices:</p> <p>'So she and her husband visited small furniture stores, researching the feeling and look of labels like “modern,” “Colonial” and “English antique.” “The worst thing you can do first is go to a huge department store,” she said. “Once you learn what you like and realize you can’t afford any of it, then you can take that information, the shapes that appeal and the patterns they fit into, and go back into the bigger pool of choices.” ' </p>