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 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 14 2015综合B新增文章 　Style, Not Fashion 　　Style goes way beyond fashion: It is the distinctive way we put ourselves together. It is a　　unique blend of spirit and substance-personal identity imposed oil and created through the　　world of things. _____ (1) It is what people really want when they aspire to be fashionable. (if　　they arent just adorning themselves in status symbols).　　Through clothes, we reinvent ourselves every time we get dressed. Our wardrobe is our　　visual vocabulary. Style is our distinctive pattern of speech, our individual poetry.　　Fashion is the least of it. Style is, for starters, one part identity: self-awareness and　　self-knowledge. _____ (2) And style requires security-feeling at home in your body,　　physically and mentally. Of course, like all knowledge, self-knowledge must be updated as　　you grow evolve; style takes ongoing self-assessment.　　Style is also one part personality: spirit: verve, attitude, wit, inventiveness. It demands　　the desire and confidence to express whatever mood one wishes. Such variability is not only　　necessary but a reflection of a persons unique complexity as a human being. _____ (3) In　　order to work, style must reflect the real self, the character and personality of the individual;　　anything less appears to be a costume?　　Lastly, style is one part fashion. Its possible to have lots of clothes and not an ounce of　　style. But it’s also possible to have very few clothes and lots of style. Yes, fashion is the　　means through which we express style, but it takes fewer clothes to be stylish than you might　　imagine.　　Whatever else it is, style is optimism made visible. Style presumes that you are a person　　of interest: that the world is a place of interest that life is worth making the effort for. It also　　shows that you are morally responsible. It shows that you dont buy things at the whim of the　　marketplace or the urging of marketers. _____ (4) Style exposes peoples ambivalence