Self-Awareness Question: Personal Style

[ysabetwordsmith]

Folks have mentioned an interest in questions and conversations that make them think. So I've decided to offer more of those. This is the current list on self-awareness.

66. How would you describe your personal style?

Eclectic.  No matter what I do, I'm never all of anything.  I always bring in something of myself, so things get mixed around.  But I'm very good at cherry-picking the best of available options ... where "available" can include things that are 50,000 years out of fashion or were invented in another dimension.  If it can be made of local resources with skills I currently possess, and it's better than what other people are offering, I'm very likely to make it myself.

Comments

[pronker]

Opportunistic. I always have an eye out for ways to get ahead.

[caera_ash]

Cozy? With vintage themes? Someone once described (my winter clothes) as "a little house on the prairie thing". Long layered skirts, long sleeve shirts or blouses.

[fuzzyred]

I'm not really sure. I don't seem to have a distinctive style, so I'm going to say "unassuming" might be the best fit. (I would say "average" but that's not really a usefil descriptor at all.)

[jtthomas]

Practical seems to be my number one style concern. I can't wear long sleeves when I'm out at the lathe, so I have a lot of short-sleeved shirts. Baseball cut (sleeve fabric extending to neck) fits my shoulders better than the standard, so it's a lot of those. Color-wise, it's back to practical -- it's a lot of stuff that hides sawdust & thread bits, neutrals mostly.

The exception to all of the above is when I'm at an in-person convention -- I have a cargo jacket covered in the geekiest possible patches and pins. Can't wear it around the lathe, but at cons it's useful.

Try this ...

[ysabetwordsmith]

Allow me to introduce you to the swordsman's shirt. It has cuffs from wrist to elbow that lace up snug to your arm, providing warmth and protection for people who work with their hands. You start the lace at your wrist and tie it at your elbow, so the bow is out of the way. This produces a much better fit than most modern sleeves, unless they are made of stretchy fabric with negative ease.

My partner has many skills where he works with his hands, so I took a generic Renaissance shirt pattern and made custom cuffs like that for him. Be aware that there are different yoke and body patterns for such shirts, and for a practical one, you'll want a fairly slim-line version, not the extra-billowy kind.