This is all something I think we should consider before we sew another Garment.
Can you fit yourself into a handy stereotype? I mean according to this your clothing can actually enhance your personality..
Assuming we all actually have one to begin with.
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Sew... What personality are you?
These descriptions used to drive me crazy, because I BELIEVED them, and didn't seem to fit into any of their categories!
ReplyDeleteI was the sturdy, demure, wishing to be dramatic and vivacious type. I think that my home ec teacher had this book...
Your blog continues to crack me up!
Gwen (loved your story about Noodle, too! I bet you will always be the cool Mom, and all of his friends will love you!!)
I guess I veer toward the sturdy dramatic type. Why are all these types a size 2? (Says she who wears power net with all her belly dance costumes.)
ReplyDeleteI've been waiting for this post and holy cow! Scary! What's scarier is how the vocabulary has changed but how so much of the same poop is tossed about in women's magazines. I guess blogs are a retreat from that nonsense.
ReplyDeletewell, i certainly know which ones I'm NOT(aka sturdy, demure or dignified), though I think it is every woman's right to change costume according to her mood!
ReplyDeletewhile these descriptions are rather charmingly(or frighteningly) dated, i do think there is something to the idea that a person chooses clothes that make them feel the most like themselves (or failing that, what they would LIKE to feel like that day).
So it looks like plaids and checks are bad for everyone. Can I be demurely vivacious?
ReplyDeleteAs someone sturdy, I'll stick with tweeds and piques and make sure my hats are simple with the barest of garnish. Except not.
ReplyDeleteI love their recommendation of a pompon--that's the word I use to describe my hair on lazy days.
Cool! My mother had a book from her Retail Home Economics major in college (late 40s) which I used to read and read again. I was fascinated by the illustrations and the directions for being poised, ie. how to stand, sit and walk. I wonder if she still has it?
ReplyDeleteI do agree that your clothes tell about who you are, but I think mine just say I'm confused!
Lindy Sez...
ReplyDeleteOOOH I pick Vivacious!I truly am rushing about from one thing to the next and DO love sweaters that don't have to be pressed... but may I please have that tiny waist that appears to fit my personality so well???
Where's the section for the beatniks for cryin' out loud? Whddabout tha greasers?
ReplyDeleteWhen I look back at much of what I wore in my late teens early twenties, I could have used a book like this. I often chose clothes based on what I liked rather than what looked good on my body. Oh well.
I guess I'm a sturdy kind of gal. I am often apt to feeling overblown in large print florals. It all makes sense now.
ReplyDeleteI'm feeling dignified, yet sturdily dramatic...
ReplyDeleteThis is wonderful,I guess I am a dainty(merely because I like the dresses best) with a touch of sturdy,so I can mix it up,and get my leather and lace on!
ReplyDeleteThese pages are way better than the Seventeen Book of Etiquette that I inherited from my mom. It's all about being the perfect girl, fitting stereotypes and accomplishing a specific set of things (including having a steady beau). I feel a bit Grrr just thinking about it.
ReplyDeleteCompared to that, these pages here look positively enlightened.
dude, they lost me at "well groomed."
ReplyDeleteRandom reference here, but Capello made me think of it.
ReplyDeleteI don't "own a tooth brush."
Hmm it seems I am dainty with a love of sturdy bold colours and a flair for the dramatic (e.g not frilly)! Overall I think I shall place myself as dramatic with some vivacious tendasncies but a bit dainty ... cool read :)
ReplyDeleteMaybe with such a dominant fashion industry now it is much easier to have more than one "you" ...
Yes, dramatic for sure.... But, in a messy non sturdy way... hhehehe although, I do enjoy a pair of industrial strength knickers.
ReplyDeleteI don't think I fit into any of the catagories either, but I do so wish I had the dress/figure of the dramatic type. hmm. What an awesome find!
ReplyDeleteAlas, i can't seem to find the right fit for my style personality! :(
ReplyDeleteEcclectic tacky crazy-person does not seem to be listed in the book!
And what i would not give to have a teeny little wasp-waist like those gals back in the day....they must have been rockin' some industrial strength undergarments!!!
I finally had the time to sit down and properly read the personality pages. They didn't disappoint. I almost snorted when I saw the pictures for "dignified." I f-ing love the plaid woman in the tam-o-shanter. She *is* the opposite of dignified, although I wouldn't call her vivacious. ;)
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