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T,t Style, Not Fashion Style goes way beyondfashion: It is t he distinctive way we put ourselves toget her. It is a uniqueblend of spirit and subst ance-personal identity imposed oil and cr eated throughthe world of things. It is a w ay of capturing something vibrant,makin g a statement about ourselves in clothes. ( 1) It is what people really want when the y aspireto be fashionable. (if they arent j ust adorningthemselvesin status symbols Through clothes, wereinvent ourselv es every time we get dressed. Our wardro be is our visual vocabulary. Style is ourdi stinctive pattern of speech, our individual poetry. Fashion is the least of it.Style is, for starters, one part identity: self-awareness and self-knowledge.You cant have style u ntil you have a senseof who you are.(2) A nd style requires security-feeling at home in your body, physically andmentally. Of course, like all knowledge, self-knowled ge must be updated as yougrow evolve; st yle takes ongoing self-assessment. Style is also one partpersonality: spi rit: verve, attitude, wit, inventiveness. It d emands the desireand confidence to expre ss whatever mood one wishes. Such varia bility is notonly necessary but a reflectio n of a persons unique complexity as a hu manbeing. You cant have style until you have a senseof who you are.(3) In order t o work, style must reflect the real self, th echaracter and personality of the individu al; anything less appears to be acostume? Lastly, style is one partfashion. Its p ossible to have lots of clothes and not an ounce of style. Butits also possible to hav e very few clothes and lots of style. Yes, f ashion isthe means through which we exp ress style, but it takes fewer clothes to be stylish than you might imagine. Whatever else it is, styleis optimism made visible. Style presumes that you are a person of interest:that the world is a pl ace of interest that life is worth making th e effort for.It also shows that you are mor ally responsible. It shows that you dont b uyt