Ready for Week 2 of The Wardrobe Architect?? I couldn’t wait, I kept checking each day to see when the next post would appear (I’m guessing it’s on Thursdays). This week the topic was all about defining your core style – I really enjoyed this exercise, it was all about discovering what styles make me feel like “me.”
Q1: When you are wearing your favorite clothing, how do you feel (e.g. confident, sexy, poised, powerful, etc)?
Confident, un-stoppable, comfortable, chic, pulled together, on top of the world
Q2: When you’re wearing something that is not quite right, how do you feel? What are the feelings you want to avoid about the clothes you wear?
Awkward, distracted, self conscious, frumpy, unattractive, not myself
Q3: Who do you consider to be your style icons? What is it about them that appeals to you?
- Audrey Hepburn (isn’t she everyone’s icon?) – effortless style, always chic and classic.
- Kate Middleton – knows how to dress for her body, always looks pulled together whether she’s dressed up or going to the grocery store.
- Also drawn to French fashion aesthetic, which is along the same lines – pulled-together classics with a twist. I was in heaven studying what French women were wearing when I studied abroad.
I like J Crew preppiness, but I couldn’t pull it off everyday – kind of boring and predictable, but I like the classic element of it. I need a little bit more edge than J Crew. I also like the “sloppy layers” look, but it doesn’t feel quite right on me since it’s super casual and not pulled together feeling.
At the end of the exercise, I had to pick out 15 words that I associated with my answers from last week. I whittled them down to five words to describe my core style, which are:
- Colorful
- Feminine
- Confident
- Happy
- Chic
Follow SewWrong’s board Core Style on Pinterest.
These images make me happy and feel like the style I’m trying to achieve, and I think I’m heading on the right track to getting my wardrobe figured out. What were your five words to describe your core style?
