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Quiz:
What is your fashion personality?
Do you
relate closely to a style that is original and confident, trendy, a
reflection of hype, or classic? Take the quiz below and find out.
Most of
your clothes are:
a)
creative ensembles
b)
the latest trends
c)
unique and daring
d)
simple and chic
Accessories you love are:
a)
frilly, pretty, one of a kind
b)
simple and subtle
c) edgy
and bold
d)
traditional and basic
Fashionable to you is:
a)
wearing what you love
b) the
newest designs
c)
whatever the stars are wearing
d)
simple sleek comfort
A style
icon to you is:
a) Gwen
Stefani
b) Joss
Stone
c) J. Lo
d) Michelle
Branch
You'd
best describe your look as:
a)
appropriate to every occasion
b)
spunky & high spirited
c)
whatever is approved by 'Style Watch'
d)
simple, subtle and pretty
Your
style inspiration is:
a)
yourself
b)
eclectic influences
c)
Cosmopolitan magazine
d)
your mom
Your
style inspiration is:
a)
original and confident
b)
trendy
c)
a reflection of hype
d)
classic
Your
wardrobe gets a make over every:
a)
once in a while to suit your mood
b)
modified every season
c)
as often
possible (you wish you lived in a mall)
d)
only
when necessary
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You
can't live without is:
b)
something you designed
c)
a sensible yet spunky bag
d)
stilettos (you read they are all the rage in Paris)
e)
a pair
of comfy shoes
The most
important aspect of style should:
f)
reflect your personality
g)
be contemporary and fun
h)
well advertised and expensive
i)
understated and chic
Your Style
Inspiration Is:
Mostly A’s
Original and
confident
When it comes to
looking good, you’ve mastered the trait down to a ‘T’. You know what looks
good and are confident enough to sport it well. You are aware of the
current trends and know how to incorporate your own tastes into each
seasonal trend with absolute ease.
Mostly B’s
Trendy
Fashion to you is all
about fun. As such you aren’t afraid to be bold or try new things. You
keep up with the latest trends, and even if you don’t pull together your
best possible look, you have fun playing up each season’s newest
concoctions.
Mostly C’s
A reflection of hype
No matter how wacky
or chic you’ll wear it simply because it is promoted as a seasonal
highlight. Fashion to you is synonymous with hype. You simply feel out of
place you are wearing anything other than the season’s top sellers. You
are a poster child for the ‘now’ is fashion
Mostly D’s
Classic
Your closet doesn’t
emulate a fashion magazine nor do you dress outdated. To you less is more
and style is all about chic simplicity. You dress appropriately for every
occasion without making clothes the central highlight. To you style is
subtle, understated and fashionable without trying too hard.
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True Style
or Not ?
True Stylin' chicas know
the real deal behind fashion, and each new trend.
This guide is for the Stylin'
individuals who want more than just a boring old list............
This is a fashion's DOs & DON'Ts guide with a twist. it's not one of
those overly trite, repeated lists on what to wear this season & what
to leave behind....I mean who doesn't everyone know by now that leather boots are out this summer
(think stinky feet, ya right way fashionable, maybe in skunk land)
Ultimate style is about predicting the "What's hot" "What's not" lists in
fashion Magazines yourself. These lists are for fun .....& aren't meant
to serve as a shopping list....
fashion, style, international diversity, & the unity fashion aims to bring
by incorporating global trends and style brings about the creative aspects
of style & allure....Comfort,
confidence, and individual finesse is always in! With the right elements
everyone can look/be fashionable, and completely in mode, their own way....Make fashion
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1.COORDINATE
Coordination includes: Fabrics, Size, Colors, Accessories, Patterns,
Undertones, Pieces, (FS CAP UP). This is about putting the “right” pieces
together.
2. DRESS THE PART
Keep in mind the occasion, this is basically about knowing what to wear,
when and where.
This is primarily influenced by time, event, mood, & place (TEMP).
3. FEEL/BE COMFORTABLE
"Comfortable" doesn't just mean flannels & sweats It's about feeling like
the clothes your wearing are yours, feeling good in them, and truly like
them. Seeing yourself and being able to say, "I look great".
4. BUY WHAT YOU WANT & LIKE, KEEPING IN MIND WHAT'S IN
(rather than what's
in "Vogue" or "Elle", or what looked good on you
years back)
Find your own version of the latest fashion, look at the Cuts, Colors, and
Lengths, of each season,
THAT IS:
CUT -- straight cut clothes (tube like dresses), angled cuts,
(diagonal cut dresses and tops)
multiple cuts, symmetrical, etc.......
COLOR -- deep plums, pastels, neutral/khaki/beige, bright and vibrant, light
baby shades, etc.....
LENGTH -- 3/4 (like caprices/ elbow length shirts) 1/2 (skirts above the
knee, tops half way across the arm), or full lengths, etc....
5. BE PROPORTIONED
Keeping in mind your personal frame (short, tall, small, or not)
Monochromatic ensembles slim & heighten, as well as vertical cuts or
stripes; also one lengths (a dress that gives one smooth line rater than a
skirt and top combo which cuts down the height); (opposite for the opposite
affect)
6. REMEMBER FASHION ISN'T "MONO"
Fashion isn't just one thing, it about variation & a vast range, it’s about
a wide spectrum influenced by color, style/design, and season, (DSS); it’s
also about adapting the styles of the past decades and incorporating that
into today’s styles & the styles of tomorrow.
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1. LIKE WHAT EVERYONE ELSE LIKES, jump on the bandwagon and
love whatever the fashion models are wearing....
2. MAKE SUDDEN PURCHASES, buy something straight of the mannequin on display
at your favorite store/boutique.... (you’re not plastic after all, so try it
out first and see if you look & feel great in it)
3. ASSUME, that if it fits and the sales lady says that it's what's "in"
right know, it's got to be right....
4. GO FOR THE SEASON’S LATEST colors, patterns, and other styles even if
it’s completely unflattering to you, (sometimes you can look out of style
EVEN if your wearing the latest, if it just wasn't meant for you)
5. MIX BULK WITH BULK (in fact avoid bulk all together as much as possible,
especially if you’re small framed)
6. MAKE SUDDEN DRASTIC CHANGES to your wardrobe (in a spur of the moment,
burn everything old, major shopping spree kind of way) in the name of
fashion......
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Fashion:
what
it is and what it Should be...
Fashion encompasses & is
defined by 'New' & 'Refreshed' styles; Style is all about attitude,
confidence, & distinct individuality.....
Understanding fashion & changing styles, being completely
in tune and oh so a la mode every season, & every year is
what true style is about. Fashion is about more than just rushing out to buy the top 10 hottest trends, (listed in fashion Magazines or
websites). Achieving Fashion Sense & Style, involves understanding the elements influencing
the evolving trends. Ultimate S T Y L E comes your unique aesthetic perception
and understanding what looks good on YOU...that's what's fashionable on
you....
 Fashion
is a global, and even a eternal part of our lives. Everyone has to "Dress" and have done so for centuries now. Fashion/style is about how we carry ourselves; it doesn't even have to just solely imply "Clothes".
At a time before people knew about fiber & the creation of cloth, (before closets were needed) people wore their birthday suits, and even today there appears to be rare regions across the globe that hold on to that "bare bottomed" era.
What we do or don't wear is a statement & expression of our surrounding
environment. Fashion characterizes & separates each time period; you can simply guess the decade or era
portrayed in an old movie, or
illustrated in an old magazine (or other medians alike), simply by the costumes worn.
To some extend it characterizes the diversity between the cultures/regions worldwide. The whole concept of the varying national costumes is influenced by each cultures way of life, tradition, and even weather (grass skirts popularized by the Hawaiian, wouldn't have existed if they dwelled in the snow capped mountains)
Fashion is a statement, an expression of individuality, lifestyle, choice, and of where we're headed, be it to the office or beach, the clothes are a big give away.
Fashion changes with time (change norms as the most fashionable thing to do), and true style comes from adapting to the change to suite each individuals own personal needs. the key is, knowing and finding what looks good on "You".
What looks good on your best friend, or favorite
Celeb. may not look good on you. What flatters &
dazzles them may not flatter you, like wise, what flatters you might not flatter them, (as impossible as it seems, the most beautiful people with the best bodies don't necessarily
look great in absolutely everything).
The most fashionable people know what looks good on them, what flaunts, and accentuates only the good parts, and what doesn't, explaining why they always look great! Well at least almost always :) (hey no one's perfect).
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Santa
& The
Color
Red...Well lets see know Santa
also known as (*check list to the right) has been a cherished character for
eons, perhaps even before <gasp> before fashion was understood.
Considering how fashionably
stone aged people way back then where, Santa was perhaps envisioned as a pretty
well dressed personality with a rather a unique style that made people
pass a second glance at.
Color in “those” days was pretty limited. Those ancient folks only
knew of basic black, a color way to formal and serious for someone
who embodies, ‘jolly’, white, well you wouldn’t want to camouflage, an
icon (against the snow) now would ya? The rest of the color
palette comprised of drab grays, unspeakably dull blues, dreary
browns, dull dowdy khaki, and so forth………ok don’t even get me
started on why it would be just plain WRONG to put a long adored idol
in those dingy colors …….
Since symbols remain unchanged year after year, century after century,
‘RED’ appeared as a tolerable color for good old Saint Nick to
live with, well pretty much for eternity without dozing of with boredom as
far as his duds went.
It’s a confident, vibrant, and cheerful color, which mingles well with
the merry- ness of the holiday season, it’s a color that make Mr.
Clause shine and ‘stand out’ against the shrilling winter breeze, and blue-gray scenery. Plus red makes Clause look ‘extra’ generous and
appealing to the kiddy crowd that look forward to his giving ways every
single year. So whether you've been nice or naughty
One thing however remains a mystery, "who designed his famous
ensemble"??? :-)
-Ms. Panache
SZ' s Fashion Critic (a.k.a. Smarty Pants)
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Father
Christmas
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Joulupukki
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Criscringle
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Father
Frost
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Kris
Kringle
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Sinter
Klaas
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P?re
No?l,
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Weinachtsmann
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Sabdiklos
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Saint
Nicolas
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Sancte
Claus
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Christmas man.
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Saint
Nick
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