https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-style-statement Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 04 Apr 2026 08:11:39 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-style-statement/page/2#post-1204126 Mon, 24 Mar 2014 22:23:57 +0000 rachylou 1204126@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>LOL, Suz! But you and Janet are opening whole new vistas for me... Calgary, Dallas and Austin. Fascinating! </p> <p>ETA: Just had to google a bit... Did you know that Wikipedia has an entry for "cowpunk/country punk"? And even some of my bands are on the list. Go figure.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-style-statement/page/2#post-1204107 Mon, 24 Mar 2014 22:10:32 +0000 Suz 1204107@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ooh, Rachy -- or Calgary. There's a cool visual art scene there but they wear cowboy hats for realz. Plus they have a much cooler mayor than Toronto.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-style-statement/page/2#post-1204102 Mon, 24 Mar 2014 22:07:05 +0000 Janet 1204102@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Rachy, visit some parts of Dallas, and Austin, if you want a taste of urban country punk. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-style-statement/page/2#post-1204096 Mon, 24 Mar 2014 22:00:22 +0000 rachylou 1204096@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Can I be *blithering spirit*? Lol. </p> <p>I <i>should </i>watch <i>9 to 5</i> again. Or <i>Beverly Hillbillies</i> (!) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-style-statement/page/2#post-1204091 Mon, 24 Mar 2014 21:51:33 +0000 Aziraphale 1204091@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hmm, blithe...that's closer. Although it means carefree, which doesn't quite describe me. I've got worries a-plenty, lol. &nbsp;:-) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-style-statement/page/2#post-1204089 Mon, 24 Mar 2014 21:49:38 +0000 gryffin 1204089@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Aziraphale - don't make yourself uneasy!!&nbsp; You did not remotely have a negative or judgemental tone and never unkind.&nbsp; It's sounds exactly as you meant it, you feel that you stand apart.&nbsp; I think everyone does at some time or other, only more or less, depending on who they are.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-style-statement/page/2#post-1204084 Mon, 24 Mar 2014 21:46:45 +0000 gryffin 1204084@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Rachy - sorry autocorrect is a bear at times!!&nbsp; I hate to misquote!&nbsp; Let's put this in another context:&nbsp; What would Dolly Parton wear in the big city?&nbsp; I think we need to have you rewatch 9 to 5!!<br />Aziraphale - does "blithe spirit" call to you at all?&nbsp; No woodstock associations but a cute movie!!&nbsp; Did you know it was Shelley's "To a Skylark?"&nbsp; Great poem!!&nbsp; "Hail to thee, blithe Spirit!"&nbsp; BTW love Pirates of the Carribean!&nbsp; Fun flick and some really great lines, that is definitely one of them!!&nbsp; Plus nothing wrong with having your own vision.&nbsp; I think that's great, after all it's personal style!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-style-statement/page/2#post-1204081 Mon, 24 Mar 2014 21:44:06 +0000 Aziraphale 1204081@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>....aaaand I just realized that the above comments make me sound (a) egotistical and (b) not respectful of other people's feelings. That's not right! Even as a youth, I was not unkind. And it's not that I thought (or think) of myself as better than other people, just...not in the same box. Same sun, different sandbox.&nbsp;Sort of. &nbsp;:-) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-style-statement/page/2#post-1204034 Mon, 24 Mar 2014 20:53:11 +0000 Aziraphale 1204034@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I just thought of a funny quote that illustrates my&nbsp;approach to style, as well as to life. Remember in the first Pirates of the Caribbean movie, when Captain Barbossa says of the pirate code, "the code is more what you'd call 'guidelines' than actual rules"? That pretty much sums it up. </p> <p>I don't even dress that weird, though. I never have. I just never see clothing quite the way others see it.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-style-statement/page/2#post-1204032 Mon, 24 Mar 2014 20:46:11 +0000 Aziraphale 1204032@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi Gryffin. To answer your question, I imagine people call me a free spirit because I look, walk and talk a little "off-centre", if that makes sense. Like, if everybody is wearing and doing a certain thing, I always seem to be (and not totally intentionally, btw) doing something related, but a bit off on a tangent. A lateral interpretation of the spirit of the times, sort of.</p> <p>The reason "free spirit" isn't what I would use to describe myself has to do with my own associations with the term. It calls to mind Woodstock and the flower children of the 1960s, with all the free love and bohemian clothes and Mary Jane. Not my scene (obviously, since it was before my time), and not my style. At all. Not even a filtered reflection of it.</p> <p>But I do understand what other people mean by it -- I act as though the rules don't completely apply to me. And I guess they're right. It's not in subversive&nbsp;way, though.&nbsp;I'm not actively rebellious; I've just always tended to think of myself in one category and everybody else in another. I've got much better as I've got older&nbsp;at seeing myself as part of the big picture, and of taking other people's viewpoints into consideration. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-style-statement/page/2#post-1203952 Mon, 24 Mar 2014 19:28:59 +0000 rachylou 1203952@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><i>Thine own self be true?</i> Whatcha talking about, girl? *I was not brought up that way.* <i>Hee hee ;)</i></p> <p>Maybe I should study Nashville videos or something. But I haven't a clue as to how Country Punk can adapt to the city. Wouldn't it be City Punk, then? The diametric opposite? Also, the RATE-ness is so discordant with the polish of this building. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-style-statement/page/2#post-1203887 Mon, 24 Mar 2014 18:42:15 +0000 gryffin 1203887@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>rachy - Love the chickens!!&nbsp; gosh girl what happened to thing own self be true?&nbsp; Plus can't country punk adapt to a new environment?&nbsp; Honestly, I have every faith in you to stay true to yourself but adapt to your audience!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-style-statement/page/2#post-1203867 Mon, 24 Mar 2014 18:11:10 +0000 rachylou 1203867@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's the Siren's Lure of matching my environment. I'm in a high-rise office building - all shiny marble tile, synthetic carpet, and brass trim. Country Punk just looks messy in this building. It looks like a failure to understand.</p> <p>Also, the chickens are a problem... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-style-statement/page/2#post-1203490 Mon, 24 Mar 2014 10:06:24 +0000 gryffin 1203490@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Why don't they feel right rachy?&nbsp; Do you think you've changed in a new environment?&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-style-statement/page/2#post-1203435 Mon, 24 Mar 2014 06:28:16 +0000 rachylou 1203435@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The only words I've ever picked for myself are Country Punk last fall. I really enjoyed that, but I don't feel it plays at all in the big city... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-style-statement/page/2#post-1203326 Mon, 24 Mar 2014 03:06:03 +0000 gryffin 1203326@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Aziraphale - wow, I am the opposite totally sentimental about most things. Big mush over here , so that's really interesting that that is your core. Why do you think people consider you a free spirit? Why doesn't this feel right? Thoughts on another word?<br /> MuseumGal - I so adore your SS!! It so fits your outfits and what you say in your posts. E is so insightful with such a wonderful sense of humor. I am still chuckling. You know I will never be able to read another if your posts without hearing that in my head!! Simply brilliant!!<br /> Torontogirl - I am so thrilled that was helpful. I think essential is such a great and evocative quality!!<br /> Aubergine - that's a really astute point. Some times it's not the message but the messenger that puts us off. I like soft, quiet and relaxed. I see that very much in your style and tranquil could embrace all of that too. But then you have dynamic words in urban, sophisticated and cultured. I really like cultured but it's all about what feels right to you!!<br /> Joy - you may want to be a special snowflake but I see you as a shining star !!<br /> Gaylene - no idea of the reference but it sounds pretty funny!! Up there with "what animal are you?" I am a meerkat, a curious animal!!<br /> Suz - you have a beautiful home. I am a firm believer that the fixed elements in home need to drive the style of the decor if you want to achieve optimal harmony. That's why it's so hard to find a house that truly feels like home. You've created such a warm, inviting, cosy space with color, art,fabric, light, it's like the house is wrapping you in a hug. It must be wonderful to get to spend so much time there when you get to work at home!<br /> Isabel - that's such an astute observation!! I wonder how many things the golden mean could be applied to!!<br /> Vildy - talk about tension and duality!! A pragmatic hedonist!! You go girl!! Some one who knows how to get what they want and enjoy it!! Kudos!!<br /> Isabel - we all learn and express ourselves differently. I think that is a real gift. When we are able to share the very different ways we see the world it offers us an insight that we might never reach in our own.<br /> Vildy - but your a hedonist too. So sometimes you need to do or keep things just because they feel good!! ;-). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-style-statement/page/2#post-1203126 Sun, 23 Mar 2014 23:16:29 +0000 Vildy 1203126@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>hmmm. If I'm so all-fired pragmatic - which I am - that could mean that I should&nbsp; get rid of a whole slew of visually nice purses (in terms of completing a look) that are, in fact, the worst nuisances to get anything into and out of.&nbsp; We went to the market today and I had one of those hard bodied vintage bucket purses, the kind with a side zipper compartment inside that had no give and was hard to put anything into or take anything out. And I kept struggling just to take out a little notebook, everything was wedged in so tightly - and I don't carry very much in a handbag! Must get used to the idea of parting with all those darling little handbags that won't even hold a legal size envelope so I have to carry it in my hand on the way to the post office. Should the whole world know my business? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-style-statement/page/2#post-1203122 Sun, 23 Mar 2014 22:57:11 +0000 Isabel 1203122@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Reading IK's response reminds me that I also have trouble with words but I do well with pictures ....so I pin on pinterest. It is sort of like the Supreme Court judge who said that he couldn't describe porn but he knew it when he saw it. ; ) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-style-statement#post-1203113 Sun, 23 Mar 2014 22:40:13 +0000 Suz 1203113@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Vildy, from your comments (because I haven't seen much of your style) I would say that's quite fitting! I'd say you did very well!!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-style-statement#post-1203106 Sun, 23 Mar 2014 22:34:31 +0000 Vildy 1203106@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I had trouble with the book. About the closest I could come was Pragmatic (80%) Romantic (20%).&nbsp; </p> <p>ETA: maybe Pragmatic Sensualist, since it matters to me how everything on my body feels to me and I'm very self-indulgent. Get all the pragmatic stuff lined up and squared away so I can have time and space to be hedonistic.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-style-statement#post-1203099 Sun, 23 Mar 2014 22:29:23 +0000 Suz 1203099@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ha! Isabel, that is hilarious!!&nbsp;</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-style-statement#post-1203094 Sun, 23 Mar 2014 22:25:13 +0000 Isabel 1203094@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I find that statistical split very interesting because it is the same split that represents what we don't wear ( 80 ) in our wardrobes and what we do (20 ). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-style-statement#post-1203042 Sun, 23 Mar 2014 21:14:10 +0000 Suz 1203042@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Gryffin, good question..does "urban prince" define the "inner me"? Uh, no....I don't think so. I am not sure I could come up with any specific <b>style</b> -related words that would. </p> <p>As for decor...I think my house is almost the opposite of my aspirational sartorial style! &nbsp;It's definitely urban, and to some extent it is refined....but it's&nbsp;not at all modern -- it's a 19th century workers' row house, with a warren of small rooms and a distinct absence of clean lines. It's filled with highly textured antiques (not truly RATE like shabby chic, but Quebec pine with a lot of patina) as &nbsp;select pieces of&nbsp;more modern furniture. Lots of books. Quite a lot of art -- most of it contemporary. It's also very colourful --- actually decorated in muted primaries -- predominantly golds and blues but our living room has red walls. Oh, and there are some secondary colours as well -- greens, oranges. (Pics below --- looking a bit crowded because we had moved furniture around for a celebration.)&nbsp;</p> <p>Previous houses have been more modern in spirit and overall effect, though. Even though we had the same furniture. We're working with what we've got here. It's basically a Victorian Regency style house. So we have taken our cues from what's here. Perhaps that expresses something important about my style.&nbsp;</p> <p>First two pics are different view of the living room space. #3 shows dining room/ kitchen area. &nbsp;#4 is a part of my study. Most of the art &nbsp;there&nbsp;is my daughter's.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-style-statement#post-1203035 Sun, 23 Mar 2014 20:55:18 +0000 Suz 1203035@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Bwahahahahahah, Gaylene!!!!!&nbsp;</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-style-statement#post-1203031 Sun, 23 Mar 2014 20:38:55 +0000 Gaylene 1203031@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Why am I reminded of Tom King, Jasper Friendly Bear and Grace Heavy Hand in the <i>Dead Dog Cafe Comedy Hour </i>spinning the Authentic Indian Name generator? Any other Canadians remember that show?<br /><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/rewind/episode/2013/03/28/dead-dog-cafe-comedy-hour/" rel="nofollow">http://www.cbc.ca/rewind/episo.....medy-hour/</a></p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-style-statement#post-1203002 Sun, 23 Mar 2014 19:38:32 +0000 Anonymous 1203002@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh! I want to be a special snowflake too ! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-style-statement#post-1202955 Sun, 23 Mar 2014 18:50:43 +0000 Anonymous 1202955@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I read the Style Statement book fairly recently, and I actually had trouble with it too. It's sad to say, but&nbsp;I think something about the language brought out my inner eye-rolling teenager. Everything just seemed written in this&nbsp;emotionally intense way I couldn't quite relate to, although that may be more my fault than the book's.</p> <p>It did get me thinking, though. A lot of the words I was considering were either along the lines of soft/quiet/relaxed or of urban/sophisticated/cultured, which is definitely useful as a starting point.</p> <p>Shiny, I also wonder what my style would be like if I didn't always have to take being really short into account in choosing my clothes. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-style-statement#post-1202901 Sun, 23 Mar 2014 17:54:21 +0000 Helena 1202901@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh Gryffin, I love 'essential' - that gets to the heart of it for me - pared down, but full, if that makes sense. Thank you!! You are like the style philosopher!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-style-statement#post-1202899 Sun, 23 Mar 2014 17:53:49 +0000 MuseumGal 1202899@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I haven't read the book, but what I've been going with lately is "East meets Wild Wild West," which was actually coined by our own E to describe my aspirational style.</p> <p>So the eastern part is a strong oriental/Asian (ornate, luxe, silk, precious gems, etc.) influence married to a wild west base which is sturdy and practical (jeans, leather, cotton, base metals) - and the extra wild suggests a fantasy 19th century influence, very Firefly/Serenity (the TV show and movie), a little bit steampunkish, and a lot of Edwardian and Belle Epoch thrown in.</p> <p>On a practical level most days this just means jeans and a top with something "eastern" as decoration - a silk scarf, some Asian inspired jewelry, etc...</p> <p>This has been far more useful to me than modern bohemian or global ethnic chic, or whatever, because it's hard to look at a basic navy T shirt (which is a staple of my wardrobe) and think "modern bohemian," but easier to think, "Will this play as a nice base for east meets wild wild west?"</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-style-statement#post-1202896 Sun, 23 Mar 2014 17:49:18 +0000 gryffin 1202896@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>torontogirl - I do see a lot of "simple" in your style sleek, purposeful, essential and cultivated is a great word too - growing, refining, organic but directed, developed, trained, evolution toward a goal.&nbsp; I hear that in the voice of your posts.&nbsp; Great words!!<br />Shiny - I think living outside the box can be a good place to be!!&nbsp; You don't need to define yourself, you have only to know yourself and language may not be how you do that.&nbsp; Your&nbsp;ideas about your authentic self&nbsp;might be visual or feelings, however you know yourself, is the right way for you!!&nbsp; Don't stuggle to do something that is not right for you.&nbsp; The blessing and curse,&nbsp;for at least &nbsp;this english major is to use words, despite their inadequacies, to understand myself and the world.&nbsp; Words help me, they may imprison and hinder you.&nbsp; Bag them!! </p>