Does your style persona change depending on the season?

Irene

I just realized, mine does.
I am a sailorish/classic girl in Spring, with loads of navy, cream and red and ballet flats, who becomes a floral girly girl in the summer with plenty of floral fit-and-flare colorful dresses and cute sandals. In the Fall I either go for a bohemian vibe or stick to well-fitting shirts and skinnies, achieving a very stream-lined and polished look. When it's cold in Winter, I go all 90s with neutral shades, oversized jumpers, flannel shirts, dark jeans and tall black boots.

Does this happen to you too, or do you adapt your seasonal needs to your style persona?

12 years ago

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Latest reply was from TraceyLiz65

ManidipaM

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To an extent, yes. I become more androgynous in the rainy seasons--pants for ease of puddle jumping and easier laundering than knit leggings. In summer, I am more classic or minimal, with simpler shapes to avoid becoming a puddle myself. Winter is for layers and gathers, more emphatically gypsy than other seasons. Festive autumn can also make more of a magpie of me, depending on social circumstances.

12 years ago

Suz

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I don't think my persona changes, but the mode of expression does! I definitely wear more skirts and dresses in spring/ summer -- so look more feminine, I guess. I also wear somewhat different colours. Same general cool palette, but I wear more berry/ wine/ plums in fall and winter and more blues in different hues in summer.

12 years ago

cinnamon fern

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I'm definitely more boho in summer and more minimalist in winter. This is partly a response to the rhythms of my job, though - I am teaching and going to meetings September through May, and working from home all summer.

12 years ago

Anonymous

I had a good think about this and I think I feel like Suz, in that my persona stays the same but different aspects of it shine through at different times of the year. Mind you, as I have eclectic in my descriptor I do have a lot of room for manoeuvre.

12 years ago

jayne

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Oh yes, it sure does...was just wondering about that myself since they seem so different

spring-summer is feminine and preppy and a bit sporty in navy and white with pops of red and sour green/lemon

fall is rocker chic (I hope anyway) with black, burgundy, forest, aztec prints and copper

I go from wedge chunky sandals or preppy loafers/brogues to black and more black boots.

Obviously a split personality here!

12 years ago

CocoLion

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I used to go more Boho style in the spring and summer. I probably do, to some extent.

12 years ago

Lisa

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I get more boho in the summer, because I feel that's what is in bulk in the stores at that time of year. In winter months, I wear very few colors, again I think it's because I often see black, greys and blues in the stores.

12 years ago

Nicola

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Yes! Isn't it fun? I still stay true to myself somehow, but each season seems to bring out a different side of me.

12 years ago

Anonymous

That's a good question. I think it's mostly colors and amount of structure that changes. In the summer I wear more brights and more loose, draping. It is also the time I wear cardigans more than jackets because they are easy to carry for A/C.

12 years ago

(website)

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I actually had to really stop and think about my style descriptors because I knew I dressed differently in FL than in Tahoe, but still like 'me'. I found the elements that run through both styles, although they do present themselves differently by necessity of fabrics, etc.

Streamlined (not ALGO)
Hardware
Repetition (of shapes or colors)
Fitted (figure defining in some way)
Texture

and recently added Drape

12 years ago

Julie

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Off course, my style persona changing as seasons. For example, in summer I wears cotton trench coat, in winter I try woolen trench coat and in fall I use leather trench coat. In summer I mostly wear shorts,skirts but in winter I avoid it mostly.

12 years ago

Aziraphale

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Actually, now that you mention it, yes. I think I'm pretty consistent all through fall, winter and spring, and then in summer, the SECOND it gets hot, everything goes to hell in a handbasket and I wear whatever I can find that is loose-fitting and covers the important parts, regardless of how sloppy it looks. I just can't bring myself to care in the heat. I'm a naturally sweaty person. I can't even stand to have jewellery touching my skin if I'm a bit sweaty, let alone any kind of belt or scarf, which means no accessories all summer (except sunglasses, which I never take off). Then there's the unavoidable sticky gross sunblock, which I have to put not only on my face but everywhere else that's exposed, so I feel like a greased pig at a county fair. And it's a real fight to make myself wear anything other than flip flops. Yep, summer's pretty much my yearly style low point.

I guess it's not so much that my style persona changes -- it's more that I just don't have one in the summer.

Mind you, I have a very casual summer lifestyle. If I had to go work in an office, I'd have to find away to pull it together, and in that case my style persona would probably stay the same. Plus, there would be air conditioning. That would help.

12 years ago

TraceyLiz65

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I've often joked that I am too complex for just one style....

12 years ago

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