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Another Poll - Beauty or Style?

RoseandJoan

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This is out of pure curiosity rather than any deep thought on my part.

Would you rather spend every day for the rest of your life at your most beautiful, by beautiful I mean at your preferred weight, good hair days galore, clear skin but have very average style. Or have your usual beauty flaws but killer style every day for eternity.

Beauty or style, which would you choose?

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londonkiwi (now back in NZ)

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Style.

RoseandJoan

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For me it would be style, I long for straighter, whiter teeth but nothing would make me happier today than this jacket hanging in my wardrobe
http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/30.....Et5yBC9ACw

biscuitsmom

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Beauty...Ive never had it

Anonymous

Beauty.

Melissa

Ooh, style for me. I have mostly learned to accept my beauty flaws, and it would save me an enormous amount of time and effort over the course of my life if I could have killer style every day.

Polly (thunalata)

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Ooh - Killer style please. Can you arrange that?

Polly (thunalata)

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Ooh - Killer style please. Can you arrange that?

Louise

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Style x

taylor

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I would take style.
Beauty always seems soooo unatainable and soooo fleeting. Also beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I tend to be drawn to unusual looking features, the crooked nose or imperfect features for some reason. I always much prefer the celeb or friend before the plastic surgery...you know the surgery to make them look "perfect" and beautiful.

NK

After last week's particularly bad skin, I'd have to say beauty. ;P

janetinvirginia

Beauty.

Beth

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Beauty, hands down. If I'm having a yucky beauty day (that usually means bad hair), it doesn't matter what I'm wearing.

Isabel

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This one was tough. I pick beauty - not in the sense of being "beautiful" as you said, but rather, clear skin, decent hair cut, etc. As long as the style was "average" and not horrific.

My mom was very poor and grew up on an island with access to very few things. She only had a couple of outfits to wear and no shoes. But her hair was always clean and shiny and her skin was always clear and her eyebrows groomed etc. And she looked great !

elpgal

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If you add 'ages well' to the list, I am on Team Beauty.

taylor

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I'm switching to team beauty..
Beth is right...If I don't feel like I look good NOTHING I put on makes me feeel good...

Michelle

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Julie, you're a closet philosopher!
As someone who feels beautiful exactly 0 days out of the year, it's tempting to pick beauty (the whole grass is always greener approach). But there are times when I do feel decent about myself due entirely to the power of my clothing. Style can also transcend age, state of mind and all those other variables that can impact a person's beauty. So I think I'm going to pick style, if reluctantly. This is right up there with Angie's neutrals vs. colours poll!

Queen Mum

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funny.. I was thinking of a poll labeled "hair vs clothes" which kindof asks the same thing. Unkempt hair on others stands out much more to me than a less than stellar outfit.

therefore....
I'm team beauty..... if the hair ain't working... ain't nothin' workin!.
Remember Princess Diana and her wilted wedding day hair?

shell

Team beauty for me!

Not saying I have to look like a beauty queen, but as long as I feel beautiful, I wouldn't care what I wear! As much as I love style and fashion and all those fun things, I'm just as happy wearing "normal" clothes.

crasdy

I'm going with Team Beauty.

But honestly, I'd take either! If you are beautiful and confident, an average wardrobe is going to look pretty darn good on you. And if you have amazing style and are confident, you are going to look pretty darn beautiful.

RoseandJoan

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I'm loving reading the responses, it sounds as though what people really want is confidence in how they look or their style. Very interesting.

Michelle, I loved your post and FWIW you are beautiful!

Queenie, you remember Lady Di's hair and I remember her crumpled dress, does this account for our poll choices?

Isabel, I love the stories of your Mum and how she had style on a very limited budget. She sounds like a fabulous role model.

Angie

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Fashion Stylist

Interesting, responses. I'm with Coco Chanel:

"Beauty is no guarantee for happiness. Strive instead for elegance, grace and style". That's what I strive for. Beauty is not the sum of it's parts - its just a part. Style is the sum.

So Jules, I'm with you. Team Style.

Mac

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Great poll, R& J - thanks for creating it!

This is a very difficult one, but I'm going with beauty.

Tara

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I'm going to be all cliched here - but I strive for true inner beauty that shines outward. A truly beautiful person (from the inside out) will look beautiful to others no matter how stylish or unstylish they are.

I have a lot of fun with style, I find it as a huge outlet for creativity and it makes me feel great. But to be truly happy and contented in myself, in a way that shows outwardly, not reliant on the clothes I wear, would be an ultimate goal.

I'd rather be shabby or average, with kind eyes and heart and a smile for every person, than well-dressed yet mean-spirited and discontented.

RoseandJoan

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I think your response is not cliched at all Tara. Good for you and yes on the days were you are happy you inevitably do look beautiful and very content in your own skin.

Angie

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Tara, everyone on this forum agrees with your perspective. Striving for inner beauty is tops for most. But this poll is about the external in my opinion - even though the two are inexplicably linked. And the external preference is a very interesting one! Notice how many have already linked it to how they feel inside.

Rosie

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Tara, wonderful response.

This is a really hard one. We all have days we feel less beautiful than others, but for me it usually has to do with body and not skin, hair, etc. I think that if I looked stylish every single day that the times I feel less than fab would diminish naturally. It's the days when I can't find a thing to wear when I feel the most blah.

That said, if I don't go to bed soon I may switch to Team Beauty because my eyes will look bad!

Katiepea

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OK - I have thought about this and sat on this and I have decided that I am for team beauty for the reasons that:
1. I am still absolutely a novice when it comes to dressing in a stylish way (I still have quite a few WiW disasters even with all my diligent reading of Angie's posts - tee-hee!). In essence, style is a more foreign and new "out of my comfort zone" concept to me than the notion of beauty. Maybe once I emerge as stylish goddess in years to come, I will change my mind!
2. To me, as part of R&J's description of beauty includes being at a healthy weight, having lovely shiny hair, glowing skin etc, and these things tend to imply to me good physical health. A person may be stylish, but they certainly can look (and be) unhealthy!
3. I'm a sucker for beautiful things (Yes, I can be shallow. ;-)).

Theresa

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hmmmm this is a thought-provoking question!

I think I would have to vote Team Style.

I don't have perfect skin, and my hair is often out of control, but I do love my body, and I have worked out ways to deal with (or conceal) my skin and hair, so will be able to use these skills throughout my life to cope with whatever other beauty issues arise. I guess the fact that my brothers girlfriend is a beauty therapist so I know I always have "help" on hand makes this less of a big deal for me... she is used to my odd text messages asking her how to solve particular dilemmas LOL

But, to have fabulous style 24/7 for the rest of my life would just make my heart sing! To have 100% confidence that I am pulling off style all day every day would just be awesome.

Kristen

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Team Beauty. My ideal weight, clear skin and every day is a good hair day? In a heartbeat. Like Beth and Taylor noted, when I don't feel like those are in order, all the stylish pieces in my closet won't help.

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