Thoughts on Survey of Dressing

Though your personality is not fully your identity, it is a major attribute to it. MAJOR!

So if I’m going to illustrate models based on various personalities, it indirectly becomes a sort of celebration of personalities which cater to different identities.

To note: Though our styles in dressing hold certain insights to the personalities that we possess, it is not fully characterized until we bring into account of the way a person carries herself which is animated by our character. Our image portrayed to the world, thus, consists of the “outside” and the “inside”.

Therefore personalities can be found as similar, but not EXACTLY the same.

Survey on Dressing Part 2

VERSION 1: My heart burning questions..

1. Would you agree that your dressing is a channel for communicating to the world about who you are? Y/N

2. Would you agree that you pick the clothes (colors, style, patterns) you wear because you feel comfortable with the image you see in the mirror? Y/N

3. Therefore, would you agree that we may consider our dressing as related to our personality which plays a major role in our identity? Y/N

4. In at least, and at most 2 words, which best describe your personality using the any of the following words.

Words: Cheerful, Emo, Feminine, Girlish, Boyish, Loud, Quiet, Sociable, Insociable

I am ____________+____________.

5. Describe your style in dressing in not more than 80 words: _______________________________________________________

 

VERSION 2: The refined version of the above..

1. Does your dressing communicate who you are? Y/N

2. Do you pick the clothes you wear because you like the way you are portrayed through them? Y/N (No, purely for practicality)

3. Does your dressing express your personality? Y/N

4. Write 3 words that can be used to describe your personality: __________ , __________ , __________.

5. Describe the your style in dressing. Provide a sure-set of description:

Hair style: __________________________

Face Makeup (include choice of colors): _________________________________________

Top: _________________________________________

Bottom: _________________________________________

Accessories: _________________________________________

Footwear: _________________________________________

Refer to Thoughts on Survey of Dressing Part 2 (Category: Thoughts)

Flattering Fashions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here’s another film called Flattering Fashions. The knowledge to acquire in this film would be good-to-know though not fully relevant to the project.

Call number: TT507F586f @ ADM Lirary

 What I gathered..

The Blink Test

• Look at yourself from a distance in a mirror. Close your eyes for 5 seconds and then open them. What’s the first thing you see?

*Train your eyes by watching people of all types of shape: Big, small, medium.

Shape

• When looking at a person from a distance, shape is the first thing seen.
• Controling the body shape controls what the body seen:

Lines

• Have the power to lead the eyes from one point to another
• Horizontal lines adds width making a person seem heavier and shorter
• Vertical lines adds height making the body looke more narrow
• 2 Vertical lines together creates more height than the ones further apart from each other
• Scarf and shoulder bag add vertical lines
• Pointed-toe shoes add lines too
• Diagonals are dynamic and suggest movement (Lengthens a person’s image when the slant is close to vertical and shortens when closer to horizontal)
• Curved-lines give a feminine appearance
• Top ending below the waist is fine for someone with narrow hips
• Top ending below the hips is fine for those with broader hips

Colors

• Bright colors on top calls attention to the face
• Bright colors may cause the directed attention to put “more weight” to the area
• Neutral colors(white, black, grey) matches anything
• Minohromatic dressing —> uninterrupted line

Balance

• Wide-leg pants adds width to lower body so it balances broad hips
• Boot-cut has a better slimming effect than straight-cut
• Good balance makes wearer feel at ease

Texture

• Layering gives depth to outfit, making it looks more polished
• Texture or patterns can create line

Proportion

• Golden mean
• Avoid outfits that are half 1 color and half the other
• Color has pleasing proportions when used in unequal amount

*Dressing well doesn’t mean following alot of rules. It’s training your eyes to recognize and apply principles of fashion.