I am glad you all found my rambling entertaining, and I am excited that you see some cohesiveness (and that I am not crazy for thinking it is there).

Jenni - It's funny, I have about 40-50 pics for each persona, and I just grabbed a few to show as examples. It could be that I feel powerful in heels (for my professional/Posh persona), but I imagine any smart, refined shoe (e.g., metallic pointy toe loafer or tailored ankle boot) could sub for pumps.
I used to pin looks and then hunt for exact items shown, but now that I am looking at the VIBE of the whole outfit first, I think I can avoid feeling like I must have a very specific item in order to make a look work. E.g., I don't have to run out and buy leopard print pumps when I could easily wear a pewter loafer and look just as neat. This will hopefully curb my impulsive buying and slow my churn... hopefully...
And goodness no, I wouldn't really punch you! The "elevator pitch" of my work outfit needs to say that I am confident and knowledgeable, and I can hold my own in a room full of founders, investors, or "bro"grammers. Anything TOO feminine could be perceived as weak or inferior. I see that kind of tough-yet-feminine vibe in a lot of Victoria Beckham's looks. Maybe it's because she never smiles...

Shevia - I am sure you are on to something with the idea of secret sauce that ties us all together!

Love this! Theres definitely cohesiveness between the styles, at least in color scheme and simple lines, so many of your pieces should work for multiple "personas". You're helping me get my thoughts together in my impending winter overhaul!

I don't have much to add except to thank you for your post, which definitely got my juices following!

I’ve come back to read this properly. Impressive, entertaining and accurate. You managed to maintain focus and create fun realistically - and with heart. Good soul searching! Fun visuals too. WELL DONE.

Now try not to stray....

Harrison’s influence is my favourite part

You had me at "analytical, navel-gazing post" ... my favourite kind

Seriously - I love this so much. I think there have been a few posts recently that I need to catch up on (Shevia had one I think too) about this notion that we are complex beings, hard to distill down to a catchy moniker (not that it's not a worthwhile exercise to do so, but just that if you feel the need to expand beyond it, why not?). I think it was Einstein who said something like, make things as simple as possible, but not simpler.

I know I fall prey to trying to make things simpler than they are (e.g. over-purging, making colour schemes too tight, etc.). I noticed recently how social media feeds this - for example, one Instagrammer I like not only has an extremely tight style and colour palette, but I recently realized uses the same filter on every photo, giving even the background of everything the self-same cast. This looks beautiful on an Instagram feed, but God, how stifling to try to re-create for dynamic, messy, ever-changing real life - I could kick myself for not copping to this sooner!

I love the current vibe on the forum of widening the embrace a little. This post is so inspiring, so thanks for sharing your journey and insights!

The styles you've represented visually look cohesive, even though they reflect different roles and occasions. I can't wait to see how these play out in your personal style!

I loved this post. Will be mulling it over.

TG, love your comment & that Einstein quote. how stifling to try to re-create for dynamic, messy, ever-changing real life Yes! That said, for my mom, and probably others of her generation/station in life, I can see the utility of having a unified style, as the various parts of her life did all run through a central theme of being the doctor's wife. We lived in a small town, and people recognized me as his daughter on site and recognized our last name. Her activities were very much what you'd expect--active church member, board member of the classical music concert association, medical auxiliary, hospice volunteer, occasional Girl Scout leader, came to our games and plays, lunch with her friends who were mostly also doctors' wives, authors' club.... She kept busy, but all of it has that same flavor, so having one thought-out style would've made sense. That isn't my life. My sister's life is similar (without the MD spouse, natch), but most people I know enjoy juxtaposing different groups and vibes.

TG - I am nodding along with you on how social media feeds the frustration. Too simple or strict and you lose the FUN then, what's the point?! I would look at IG pics and have major FOMO - if I loved an outfit, I wanted every piece in the outfit, when a piece that was similar in feeling or silhouette would have been just as fab. Angie says it in her outfit formula posts all the time, to do it YOUR WAY, and I'm a bit miffed at myself for not listening and paying attention to what that meant. Maybe I didn't KNOW what my way was... that requires more navel-gazing, I suppose....

Is that FOMO and wanting to have every single piece in the outfit a thing that you North American Fabbers can tend to do with each other’s outfits that can trip you up? For the Australian and NZ Fabbers, and even the UK and European and tiny number of South African Fabbers, we don’t have easy access to the same brands as you, so we can’t so much go “Look, there’s that J Crew skirt that looks so great on whoever, I need that too?” We have to look more critically at the SORT of style it is and think of brands in our own areas that may scratch that itch for us? I was intermittently looking at the NAS posts, not every post or every day as I got so tired of it and was pleased I could hide that section, but when I did look, it’s so obvious that various top picks etc would suit some of you and the fit would be all wrong on others of you. And you would be sending the items back.