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Kati has started posting videos on Fantastical Beauty and other style-related topics to her YouTube channel. Two of the videos she’s posted so far are Style Personality exercises:
Since I’ve been deeply involved in my style personality crisis, despite having my own workbook to help me, I decided to do these to help jog my thought process. (I’ve also started a new pinboard, but that’s private for now.) The first exercise is a series a questions about your preferences to help you see patterns. I’m copying my answers here.
1. Favorite movie
Sunset Boulevard,
Sabrina, and Bonjour Tristesse
2. Favorite Book
Harriet the Spy/The Long Secret
3. Favorite Song
Confetti by Cold Cave
4. Favorite Animal
Cats and dogs
5. Favorite Style Icon
Audrey Hepburn, Jean Seberg, Edie Sedgwick
6. Favorite Cake
Funfetti with vanilla icing
7. Three Words That Describe Your Personality
Smart, creative, bossy
8. Three to Five Words That Describe What You Want to Communicate
Edgy, fun, youthful, smart, stylish
Then you are supposed to go back and add some adjectives for each of your answers and look for patterns. What I found is that I had a heavy 50s and 60s influence, with a playful tomboy/gamine slant, but also just a little bit of edge and darkness, which goes along with what I’ve been thinking. In recent years, I’ve really concentrated on this edgy and dark side, and ignored my love for vintage Gamine style. In high school, my style was heavily influenced by this and I wore a lot of nods to the 60s, especially.
The next exercise is to create a Polyvore set of statement pieces: a coat, a pair of shoes, a pair of pants, a statement necklace, and a blouse. When I was thinking about it, I realized that I don’t really like statement necklaces that much, so I chose a cuff, and then the kind of blouse I like is hard to find, so I chose a coat that I could wear indoors as part of an outfit instead.
I don’t know how successful this Polyvore is at conveying this style idea, but it’s a process.
Have you attempted these personality style exercises?
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