Fashion is Not Style
Fashion is what is available in stores right now. It’s ever changing. It’s not about you. It’s not about what suits you.
Fashion is a tool. Style is the expression of who you are using this tool
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Take the bits of current fashions that suit you, your colouring, your style, your body, your personality, your lifestyle. Leave the rest.
Sometimes nothing in the current fashion may suit. Don’t worry, a new fashion, a new expression, cut or shape, color or pattern will be right around the corner. Fashions constantly change.
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Think about who you are as a person and how you want to express this through your outfits.
Put on your favorite outfits and photograph them. Note down the shapes of the garments and how those shapes relate to your body.
Think about the details of the garments:
- Fabric
- Fit
- Structure
- Pattern
- Colour
- Drape
- Texture
- Detail
- Embellishment
What do you love about this outfit?
How does wearing this outfit make you feel?
If you had to describe your look in a few words what would they be?
Note down your answers to these. Where are the themes? What do all your favourites have in common?
For example, here in this simple outfit of a white shirt with jeans and pearls I love the soft fabric of the blouse and the sheer spotty chiffon sleeve. I like the modern setting for these pearls, it stops them from looking too old fashioned and conservative. The blouse and pearls dress up the casual nature of the jeans. There is a little quirk and individuality in the pieces which express who I am.
Not sure what you love? Not sure what suits? Then start on your 7 Steps to Style journey and discover what it is that you really love and what really works for you. All the answers are there.
Further Reading
My Style Muse is 94 from The Essentials of Fabulous
Get inspired with these 15 Instagrammers (none who are under 50 years old)
Discover Lisa’s process for creating outfits
Style and Fashion from an anthropological aspect
Style is not anti-intellectual
