The Space Between My Peers http://betweenmypeers.com from the bottom of the fashion food chain, a conversation about what to wear. Thu, 19 Apr 2012 23:26:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 en TheSpaceBetweenMyPeershttp://feedburner.google.com Premier Designs Jewelry Workshop http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheSpaceBetweenMyPeers/~3/axFbJrkneN4/ http://betweenmypeers.com/2012/04/19/premier-designs-jewelry-workshop/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 23:26:52 +0000 Rebecca http://betweenmypeers.com/2012/04/19/premier-designs-jewelry-workshop/ This month I had the privilege of being invited to present a workshop entitled “Your Jewelry Personality” for the Premier Designs jewelers in our area.  Perhaps some of you recall my trepidation when it comes to jewelry.   Since my exposure to Premier, I have had a change of heart.

  1. I can wear their earrings!  I think the posts are titanium or something, but these are the first EVER affordable earrings I have found that don’t cause my ears to break out in a matter of hours.
  2. More importantly, I saw a dramatic demonstration of the difference between wearing jewelry and not wearing it.  I never again want to compromise my image by going without!

What I spoke on was how different personalities wear different jewelry.  Peer pressure to wear things that don’t suit me has been a major contributor to my reluctance when it comes to wearing jewelry:  alot of stuff, especially matched sets, feels overdone on me AND I really intensely dislike insignificant earrings.  Can’t wear studs at all.

Here is what I shared with the ladies about combining pieces, based on the first two dimensions (letters) of one’s Myers Briggs type.  A quick inventory and explanation of Myers Briggs typology can be found at Personality Pathways.

  • IN (Winter): bold earrings or necklace - not both
  • EN (Spring): random-looking combinations
  • IS (Summer):  understated earrings with long, elegant necklace
  • ES (Autumn):  matching sets

Clearly this is just a suggestion, but since I’ve been playing with the ideas and talking about them to various groups of ladies, I’ve been surprised how well they fit.

Now, for the dramatic demonstration, you could try this at home:  sometime when you are wearing a great outfit WITH great jewelry, have someone take a picture of you.  Then, take off the jewelry and take another picture.  Hopefully this exercise will re-create for you the visual that inspired me to get serious about jewelry.  Then let me know if the personality styles help at all.  :)

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    When you see this post show up on facebook, you also have the option of clicking on over to the blog and signing up to receive it as an email; every time a new post is published (which may begin to happen more frequently, probably this summer), it hits your inbox overnight.  :)

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    In the meantime, though, my Senior Capstone is establishing an open forum in which those who have been through the system can tell their stories for the benefit of those who are considering the various programs offered at EWU.  If one student avoids a disruptive upper division major change, we will have made a difference. 

    Help us to make Underground Student Guide to EWU a rich repository of resources for present and potential Eastern Washington University students and alum.  Do you know anyone who has attended EWU?  Email them this link:  http://undergroundewustudents.websitetoolbox.com/

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    ]]>     http://betweenmypeers.com/2012/01/27/valentines-day-gifts/feed/ http://betweenmypeers.com/2012/01/27/valentines-day-gifts/     Do You and Your Man Look Like a Couple? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheSpaceBetweenMyPeers/~3/8ZM21kN7Zn4/ http://betweenmypeers.com/2011/12/26/happy-valentines-day/#comments Mon, 26 Dec 2011 16:34:52 +0000 Rebecca http://betweenmypeers.com/2011/12/26/happy-valentines-day/ Years ago, I wrote a very romantic post about considering your husband’s style idiom, with the recommendation that you take your fashion personality and add a nod to his.

    This is something that’s been on my heart again recently. Married ladies, when you go out, do you look like a couple? Are people surprised when they find out the two of you belong together?

    For me, that’s an uncomfortable feeling.

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    ]]>     http://betweenmypeers.com/2011/12/26/happy-valentines-day/feed/ http://betweenmypeers.com/2011/12/26/happy-valentines-day/     The Bargain Queen on Personal Style http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheSpaceBetweenMyPeers/~3/svRa7Vy4Tkk/ http://betweenmypeers.com/2011/12/19/the-bargain-queen-on-personal-style/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:35:00 +0000 Rebecca http://betweenmypeers.com/2011/12/19/the-bargain-queen-on-personal-style/ Early in my blogging career, I became acquainted with another blogger, The Bargain Queen.  Unfortunately, she is no longer blogging (that I know of) and her old posts appear to have been removed.  This worthwhile quote has been preserved here:

    “Personally, I know that if something looks a little strange but I don’t want to take it off, it’s set to be a wardrobe favourite.”

    Yes. I love it.

    That wardrobe will never be stale or outlandish.

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    Originally posted December 10, 2007:

    Inspired by The Fashionable Kiffen, whose list I’m glad I didn’t read until I had done my own, (and my friend who is reading It’s All Too Much, by Peter Walsh), and promised recently in my post What Would It Take to Simplify Your Wardrobe, my own personal top 10 clothing staples:

    1. dark jeans. I realize it’s boring and on everyone’s list, that’s why I’m glad I didn’t read the kiffen’s post thoroughly before doing my own. Presently I am shopping for a modern looking tapered pair (is that an oxymoron?).
    2. fitted t-shirts. I prefer scoop necks. Jewel necks and square necks are also good. If you ever see me in a v-neck, know that it is a compromise of some kind. Oh, and I consider pullover sweaters t-shirts.
    3. sleeveless sheath dresses. Never short, but knee-length or mid-calf both work for me. Since I don’t wear dresses often, this style is a personal staple because it can be worn year round.
    4. athletic-inspired flats.
    5. wool or linen trousers. For summer, this bends a little to include short-sleeved pants in cotton sheeting (but no wool!).
    6. pencil skirts. With my silhouette and style personality, this has always been my skirt shape. Did I mention I’ve never favored short skirts?
    7. fitted jackets/blazers. Even my favorite coats have this flavor, being tailored and wool.
    8. Button-front, collared shirts. Sleeveless and long-sleeve are perrennial wardrobe staples, and currently I am sick to death of three-quarter sleeves and craving short sleeves. I especially love a semi-drapy natural fabric like very light-weight cotton or silk. Functionally in my wardrobe, these may serve as a combination scarf and skivvies.
    9. Cordovan leather. One of the most colorful and versatile neutrals, cordovan is technically a brown that appears almost burgundy or plum. Like black, it can be worn with black or brown.
    10. Suede, especially in colors. It’s just soft and friendly. What can I say?

    (I considered listing skirt suits, but decided #6 & #7 covered that. Actually, I’ve been sort of looking for a new suit for several years, without success.)  I have two skirt suits I am enjoying wearing these days: a brown wool birdseye tweed and a black and white silk tweed. Item number 9 is the only look on the list I am currently reconsidering.

    Well, there it is. What are your top 10 wardrobe staples?

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    Seriously.

    Some people have no clue.  Unfortunately, most of them don’t read fashion blogs, or other sources of clues.  Like the woman in the very nice vintage clothing store I was just in, who was wearing a brown velour tracksuit (with black tee-shirt) and a ponytail!  This was no teeny-bopper, either, she had to be in her early 40s.

    Since this is a conversation, where would you wear a velour track suit?  And what’s your opinion of the professional appearance of a ponytail?

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    Occasionally I will forget to ask, but stores are almost always happy to throw in the hanger with the purchase.  Last week, I bought two tank tops at the Eddie Outlet for $21.70 with tax. If the hangers had cost me $2 a piece, that is equal to almost a 20% savings!

    Try it!  What do you have to lose?

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    According to his firm’s office cheerleading squad, tomorrow is “Wear Your College Colors Day”.  Although college logo shirt is the basis of the local “after-dinner-grocery-shopping” uniform template, it is not part of his regular idiom.  Nor mine.  So when he fw’d the notice that wearing college colors to work on Friday September 2 was being encouraged, my mind raced quickly through the options:  dd and I both attend schools sporting some version of vampire-wear for their school colors and the school the hero and I graduated from has the blues.  No options worth $pending on.

    But there was one other option:  the local community college system, from which dd earned her AA.  Although I can’t tell you what their official color scheme is, their mascot is BIGFOOT!  This I discovered last spring, when I was a student at one of the schools.  I even bought a shirt.  Mine is a beautiful muted brown with the word “Bigfoot” written in ivory script; this “Sasquatch State” shirt is what the hero will be wearing to work tomorrow. 
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    The best part?  It was $9.99 less 20% AND I convinced them to give me the hanger.  he hee.

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