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MMeO. Clothing.

I have an appointment for next weekend with Amy Eidelman, an image consultant, for a Personal Style Assessment, which is "a comprehensive assessment to determine [my] style, wardrobe goals and a customized approach to meeting [my] expectations."

Basically, I'm hoping she can tell me what to wear so I don't feel like a sell-out while still looking "sophisticated." Advance warning that implementation of her advice may be very long term. Clothing is f*cking expensive.

Amy asked me to do some homework: "look through magazines/catalogues and bring some pictures that inspire you. It could be clothes, colors, or random images that will help us hone in on your style and preferences."

Here's my first response, all images are from Terry Moore's Strangers in Paradise, a truly magnificent comic:



So here's what I like about Katchoo. Well, first she's totally cute. But so much more than that, she kicks ass (in a way too awesome to be conveyed from these few images... go read the comic, today). She's sassy and bad ass. She's petite but unseemingly powerful. She looks good in a dress, but she looks better in jeans and a bra. She's all-girl, whatever that means.

In an effort to venture a little closer to my own reality, here are some more images that "inspire me." Perhaps confoundingly, the first thing that comes to mind is traditional Japanese architecture.



Oddly enough, both of these spaces have circles in them, which I generally don't like, but I suppose accents are important. Images of clothing were more difficult for me to find, as I don't much care for today's fashions.

I do love strong colors, such as orange, green, red, blue, grey, black, and even the right shades of rich brown and yellow.

I do NOT like tepid pastels and off-whites. Earth tones are ok if they err on the side of earth-tone colorS rather than just variants on greyish-brown. (Can you even tell that there are four different colors in the word 'variants'? Neither can I.)

I'm looking forward to seeing what this process with Amy will involve. It makes me feel a little like a movie star or something, to be getting advice on what to wear...

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