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On Repeat: The Killing Sherlock Chicken and Gravy Polar Vorticies Twelve Hour Days Favorites: Food: Buckwheat pancakes with nutmeg Books: The Flight of Gemma Hardy by Magot Livesey Film: The Whistleblower -or- The Perfect Stranger 101 Status Report: Back at the beginning of August I made a 101 in 1,001 list which is a list of 101 goals to be met in 1,001 days (roughly 2.75 years).  Paid off my debt (finished 26 January 2014)

This week ’s wardrobe architect goal is to attach words and images to key style elements. The questions provided in the exercise are meant to make us think about how items of clothing or particular styles, make us feel and then identify words and images that illustrate the positive aspects of these. WHEN I WEAR MY FAVORITE CLOTHES I FEEL… Put together and unself-conscious; I don’t tend to notice myself in relation to space. I feel like I smile more and the world is/feels sunnier. Things seem more optimistic; I’m more lenient toward life (I’m not sure if the clothing choices tend to cause or effect). I feel like I’ve done something good for myself when I’m wearing clothes that suit me. WHEN I WEAR CLOTHES THAT DON’T FEEL LIKE “ME” I FEEL… Clumsy to an extent and awkward in a physical sense, more visible, like I’m trying too hard (or not hard enough). I feel uncomfortable, dirty in that ‘I forgot to brush my teeth’ sort of way like there’s something not quite right. I tend...

Over on the Colette Pattern's blog Sarai has put together a series on defining your personal style.  More specifically, she's working on a resolution of her own to streamline and perfect her wardrobe.  As such, I figured I would follow along and post responses to her weekly posts and work through some of the exercises. This week's focus is on looking past trends and outside influences to determine what are our core fashion related values and ascetics.  The exercise is to answer the questions about our personal history, philosophy, culture, community, activities, location, and body. HISTORY: To a certain extent a lot of my fundamental fashion values solidified pretty early on even if I didn't understand what they were or how they influenced the way I saw things.  I've always liked people who look put together.  I used to envy the girl on the playground who was in a dress and shiny mary janes.  I'm not a fan of sportswear; the whole pajama bottoms in pu...