Comments on: Why Fashion is Important to Me http://www.omiru.com/index.php/2005/11/21/why-fashion-is-important-to-me/ Real Style for Real People: An Intelligent Take on Fashion Trends Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:04:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Trisha http://www.omiru.com/index.php/2005/11/21/why-fashion-is-important-to-me/comment-page-1/#comment-75 Trisha Fri, 02 Dec 2005 05:49:14 +0000 http://omiru.com/?p=251#comment-75 iad2la, you made an interesting point in your blog post--that personal style isn't easy to just Define. Indeed, for many, personal style is not a simple trait that can be defined into one pre-set category. Preppy. Glamourous. Minimalist. Punk. Utilitarian. Feminine. Masculine. Or the ever-popular all-encompassing "Eclectic." I think it's easier to define your personal style at a specific point in time, but that the concept becomes more amorphous as the time frame increases. iad2la, you made an interesting point in your blog post–that personal style isn’t easy to just Define. Indeed, for many, personal style is not a simple trait that can be defined into one pre-set category. Preppy. Glamourous. Minimalist. Punk. Utilitarian. Feminine. Masculine. Or the ever-popular all-encompassing “Eclectic.”

I think it’s easier to define your personal style at a specific point in time, but that the concept becomes more amorphous as the time frame increases.

]]> By: La BellaDonna http://www.omiru.com/index.php/2005/11/21/why-fashion-is-important-to-me/comment-page-1/#comment-67 La BellaDonna Thu, 01 Dec 2005 20:48:36 +0000 http://omiru.com/?p=251#comment-67 I dress for myself, which means I consistently dress with panache and a certain formality. I have had the experience of going to Bailey Banks & Biddle (a jewelry store of some note) with a friend who was a frequent customer there. The friend was a professional artist, and was wearing jeans, a nondescript top, and (I think) sneakers. The salespeople ignored her and made a beeline for me. At six feet tall, she had trouble getting any attention at all from the salespeople. As far as fashion making an impression on my life ... hmmm. Not fashion, so much, as clothing and style, have formed the framework of my life and coloured every aspect of it. I taught myself to sew at six, when I was going to encyclopediae to look up historic and ethnic clothing, since those were the only sources I could find at the time; I have hundreds of yards of fabric, and dozens of hats. Most of the choices I've made in my life have had something to do with my connection to clothing and style; the historic clothing I've made has brought me acting engagements which I would never have otherwise had. My day job basically funds my passion; I have a constantly growing library (over 400 volumes related to fashion history) which needs space, which dictates where I can live ... it really does affect everything I do from day to day. I dress for myself, which means I consistently dress with panache and a certain formality. I have had the experience of going to Bailey Banks & Biddle (a jewelry store of some note) with a friend who was a frequent customer there. The friend was a professional artist, and was wearing jeans, a nondescript top, and (I think) sneakers. The salespeople ignored her and made a beeline for me. At six feet tall, she had trouble getting any attention at all from the salespeople.

As far as fashion making an impression on my life … hmmm. Not fashion, so much, as clothing and style, have formed the framework of my life and coloured every aspect of it. I taught myself to sew at six, when I was going to encyclopediae to look up historic and ethnic clothing, since those were the only sources I could find at the time; I have hundreds of yards of fabric, and dozens of hats. Most of the choices I’ve made in my life have had something to do with my connection to clothing and style; the historic clothing I’ve made has brought me acting engagements which I would never have otherwise had. My day job basically funds my passion; I have a constantly growing library (over 400 volumes related to fashion history) which needs space, which dictates where I can live … it really does affect everything I do from day to day.

]]> By: iad2la http://www.omiru.com/index.php/2005/11/21/why-fashion-is-important-to-me/comment-page-1/#comment-65 iad2la Wed, 30 Nov 2005 15:59:44 +0000 http://omiru.com/?p=251#comment-65 Last month I blogged on a similar topic -- my own fashion philosophy: http://journals.aol.com/iad2la/IwantIneedIhavetohave/entries/114 Why we feel the need to justify our interest in fashion, is interesting... do as many artists and art lovers have to justify their passion as much as we do? Last month I blogged on a similar topic — my own fashion philosophy: http://journals.aol.com/iad2la/IwantIneedIhavetohave/entries/114
Why we feel the need to justify our interest in fashion, is interesting… do as many artists and art lovers have to justify their passion as much as we do?

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